Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom on Aug. 28, 2024.Photo:ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty
ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty
Justin Theroux’sfiancéeNicole Brydon Bloomis opening up about the early stages of their romance.
“That’s very sweet. We were friends for a little while before we started dating and I think that’s actually really nice how it happened,” she added of their relationship.
PEOPLE confirmed that Bloom and Theroux were engaged on Aug. 29 after the couple stepped out at the 2024 Venice Film Festival and Bloomshowed off an engagement ring.
The pair were first seen together when they were photographed at a Netflix event in New York City in February 2023; in August 2023, they werephotographed sharing a kissduring a date night in Manhattan. Theroux and Bloom made their red carpet debut atVanity Fair’s Oscars partyin March 2024. They have also been photographedattending Bloom’s twin sister’s weddingand Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup’sweddingtogether.
Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom on Aug. 28, 2024.JB Lacroix/FilmMagic
JB Lacroix/FilmMagic
Bloom also touched on her engagement to Theroux during her Thursday, Feb. 6 appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live.“He was very romantic,” she said of Theroux’s proposal in Italy, which took place shortly before the couple attended the Venice Film Festival. “He did it properly, it was very sweet. Just the two of us.”
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Theroux, who waspreviously marriedtoJennifer Anistonfrom 2015 to 2018, explained during his September 2024 appearance onDrew Barrymore’s talk show that he and Bloom originally met “through mutual friends.”
“The first impression was wow,” he said at that time. “And then a friend of mine who was with me, literally the quote, [they] said, ‘That’s the one.’ Like, we hadn’t even met yet. And I was like, ‘She’s so stunning.’ So I went over and started talking and things like that and it progressed.”
Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom on April 4, 2024.Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Aside from Bloom’s role the Hulu series,Paradise, she has most recently appeared on the television seriesWe Were the Lucky OnesandThe Gilded Age. Theroux, meanwhile, was last seen in 2024’s hit sequelBeetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Paradiseis streaming on Hulu now.
source: people.com
