Reason why Tom Hiddleston broke up with Taylor Swift

He was said to have been 'humiliated' after being dumped in the midst of their very public love affair.

But now friends of Tom Hiddleston have come forward to claim it was in fact he who decided to give Taylor Swift the flick as he had grown 'tired of her.'

Indeed the 35-year-old Thor star is said to be so fickle with women that he dumps them all with monotonous regularity, a development which led his associates christening the time frame as 'the three month rule.'

A theatre producer who worked with the wannabe James Bond on Coriolanus told Heat Street: 'The reports are wide of the mark and come as news to all Tom’s friends.

'He grew tired of Taylor, it wasn’t the other way round.'

Team Taylor had mooted the idea that she decided to get rid of Tom after he demanded she walk the Emmys red carpet with him, in what would appear to be a transparent attempt to boost his career. 

But the friend said: 'Tom drifted from her and it had nothing to do with her being put off by the publicity.

It’s more to do with the fact he’s a commitment-phobe who gets bored very easily.'

As if that was not enough, the footloose and fancy free star is supposedly noted by friends for a 'three month rule' which dictates when he gets sick of his latest romantic partner.

His pal said: 'Even his sisters affectionately chide him on his lack of relationship staying power.'

Despite his decision, Tom was looking miserable as he enjoyed a coffee with some friends in Australia on Wednesday. He is in the Gold Coast as he is filming Thor: Ragnarok.

By way of contrast, Taylor was pictured grinning and holding her head up high as she headed to the gym in New York that same day. 

It was previously reported she had been the one to put the brakes on the relationship after having regrets about how public the first few weeks were and getting the impression that Tom liked the limelight.

The coupling formerly known as Hiddleswift  became infamous due to their enthusiastic publicly displays of affection after hooking up in June, the first of which was a romantic stroll on the beach where they were pictured locking lips.

But the most infamous moment occurred during their July 4th weekend break in Rhode Island, where Tom was photographed frolicking in the surf with his lover while wearing a vest that was emblazoned with the message 'I heart TS,' an image he will surely never be able to live down.