United Kingdom, April 22 -- Dominic West is finally able to see the funny side of the Lily James pictures which mired him in scandal.

The 54-year-old actor was photographed cuddling his 'The Pursuit Of Love' co-star Lily, 35, while they were sightseeing in Rome, Italy in October 2020 without his wife Catherine FitzGerald and he's now admitted the couple can joke about the "absurd situation".

He told The Times newspaper: "I hesitate to speak on my wife's behalf because it was obviously horrible, particularly for her. But we do joke about it sometimes.

"Whenever we went out together, the papers would always say we were 'putting on a show of unity'. Even if we'd just been rowing about parking the car or whatever, even if that couldn't be ...