Natalie Portman isn’t losing any sleep over ex-husband Benjamin Millepied’s new romantic pursuits.
“Natalie isn’t surprised that Benjamin has moved on because of how their relationship ended. She thought he’d move on pretty quickly,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Millepied, 47, was seen passionately kissing a mystery woman in Paris on October 15. The PDA came seven months after the French dancer and Portman, 43, finalized their divorce in March. Us previously confirmed in August 2023 that Portman and Millepied had quietly split after 11 years of marriage. News of the breakup came two months after it was widely reported that Millepied had an affair with climate activist Camille Étienne.
“[Natalie] hopes Benjamin is happy,” the insider says, noting that Portman learned about the photos of Millepied locking lips with an unnamed woman shortly before they were made public last month.
A second source tells Us that Portman isn’t affected by Millepied’s romantic decisions.
“Benjamin’s dating life doesn’t really have any bearing on Natalie,” the second insider adds. “She’s super happy in her life right now and has been prioritizing family and friends.”
Portman previously voiced her “gratitude for my friends who lift me up again and again” while commemorating her birthday via Instagram in June.
In addition to focusing on her friendships, Portman is also prioritizing her and Millepied’s two children, son Aleph, 13, and daughter Amalia, 7. The first source tells Us that the former couple are “getting into the swing” of coparenting.
“Everything is moving smoothly so far,” the insider adds.
A beautiful love story. Natalie Portman and her husband, Benjamin Millepied, met on the set of her film Black Swan in 2009. “I think I was in, like, dreamland. So, it was pretty … it seemed pretty fun the whole time,” Portman said of getting to know her husband while making the psychological thriller during […]
An additional source told Us in June that it took Portman “a while to get her smile back after the divorce,” but she “turned a corner” after finalizing the split.
“Natalie is her confident self [again],” the insider said at the time, noting that the actress had a “lighter step” and “more joy” in her eyes.
Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied. Karwai Tang/Getty Images
Portman and Millepied began dating after working together on 2010’s Black Swan, for which Portman won an Oscar for Best Actress. They tied the knot in 2012. The pair “started having problems” well before they split, another source told Us in January, noting that Portman “began to suspect infidelity” after Millepied started “taking work trips that didn’t add up.”
While the insider said Portman was “humiliated and utterly crushed by Benjamin’s behavior,” an additional source said that Portman “didn’t give up on [her marriage] lightly.”
Natalie Portman has been romantically attached to several A-listers over the years. Portman had a brief relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal in 2006, three years before they costarred in the 2009 psychological drama Brothers. While she sparked romances with Gael Garcia Bernal, Nathan Bogle and Devendra Banhart, Portman shut down claims made in musician Moby’s 2019 […]
Despite the contentious circumstances of their split, Portman and Millepied are “being very civil toward each other for the kids,” another source told Us in March.
Portman gushed about her and Millepied’s children in a since-deleted May 2020 Instagram post.
“I’m blessed by my kids who turned me into a mom and make me smile and laugh every single day,” she wrote. “Who make me appreciate my mom even more for all the invisible things she did for me that I realize now as I try to live up to her mothering.”
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