Natalie Portman’s Dating Hesitation Reportedly Has To Do with Ex Benjamin Millepied
Natalie Portman’s divorce from Benjamin Millepied was finalized earlier this year and he’s moved on with the woman he allegedly had an affair with Camille étienne. With her ex moving on quickly after their split, the 43-year-old actress has been reportedly thinking about dating again — but she has some hesitations.
Portman doesn’t want to date a “fellow actor,” according to Life & Style, because she isn’t into the Hollywood scene. “She barely likes to socialize with other stars, and she’s even admitted publicly how difficult it is maintaining those friendships,” a source shared. Her inner circle is primarily “people she knows from her college years and folks she grew up with back East before she became a household name.”
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The insider thinks she would be happier “dating a heart surgeon or an architect than a sitcom star” because she doesn’t want someone who is attracted to fame like Millepied. The choreographer “wanted to be a star a lot more than he initially let on” and Portman doesn’t want to repeat that scenario because she felt like it led to his infidelity.
Millepied’s alleged affair was first reported by the French outlet, Voici, in June 2023. Portman tried to work out their differences in hopes of sparking a reconciliation, but the fling apparently continued. By March 2024, Portman’s rep confirmed her divorce to People. Now, it seems that Millepied and étienne are not shy about their romance after E! News captured their passionate kiss in Paris on Oct. 15.
Portman’s reaction to her ex’s relationship was fairly nonchalant. “Natalie isn’t surprised that Benjamin has moved on because of how their relationship ended. She thought he’d move on pretty quickly,” an insider told Us Weekly. Still, she is moving cautiously when it comes to her own love life.
Portman and Millepied met on the set of Black Swan in 2009 amid their own rumored affair. He was living with American Ballet Theatre’s Isabella Boylston at the time, but he soon took up with Portman. They married in 2012 and share two children, Aleph, 13, and Amalia, 7.
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