Madelyn Cline Shares Her Best Romantic Advice — and Says She’s Still Figuring Out Love (Exclusive)

Madelyn Cline is sharing some of her best romantic advice while saying to take it with a grain of salt.

Cline spoke to PEOPLE exclusively while attending the premiere of her new romance movie, The Map That Leads to You, in Charleston, S.C., on Aug. 10. During the conversation, PEOPLE asked the actress to share the “best love advice” she’s ever received.

“Best love advice. I dunno. Fall in love, don’t be afraid of it,” Cline, 27, says. “Look, historically, I haven’t been, like, the most successful [at love], so don’t take advice from me until I figure it out.”

“But yeah, my advice is don’t be afraid to fall in love,” she adds.

Cline was most recently linked with comedian Pete Davidson from September 2023 until their split in 2024. The Outer Banks star has remained tight-lipped about the relationship, though she did make a brief comment about their time together while speaking to Allure for their July cover story.

“The jokes, they write themselves. And I said it before, and I’ll say it again, that is my only comment,” Cline told the outlet.

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She later added. “He has a really cute dog and some really great girlfriends now.”

Cline also previously dated her Outer Banks costar Chase Stokes. The pair first met in 2019 shortly before filming for the series began, and they went public with their relationship in 2020 before splitting after less than two years in 2021.

The actress opened up about how dating in the public eye impacted her life while appearing on the March 19 episode of Jake Shane’s Therapuss podcast. 

“I think at the time I didn’t realize what the repercussions [were] of inviting so many people into something, let’s be honest, something that’s intimate,” she said at the time.

“I didn’t understand. I was just so in love. And, you know, people loved it. I think they loved it because of us, but they also loved John B and Sarah, first and foremost,” she added, referring to their Outer Banks characters.

“You look at any public breakup and so many people are invested, and of course that was really hard,” she continued. “And also, we still, to this day, share a very, very big… this huge thing that is a massive part of both of our lives. So, I think, yeah, it was really hard to separate, but also like any breakup, you grow out of it, which is great.”

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“For sure there was a period of time there where I truly did not know which way was up, which way was down because that — Outer Banks and that public relationship, was kind of my identity. And I was like, ‘Who the f— am I?’ I’m still figuring that out,” she added.

Cline’s latest project, The Map That Leads to You, is about a young woman who plans to adventure across Europe before settling into her perfectly planned life — when she meets a guy (KJ Apa) who turns those plans upside down. The movie also stars Sofia Wylie and Madison Thompson.

The Map That Leads to You premieres on Prime Video on Aug. 20.