Natalie Portman isn’t dropping any sleep over ex-husband Benjamin Millepied’s new romantic pursuits.
“Natalie isn’t shocked that Benjamin has moved on due to how their relationship ended. She thought he’d transfer on fairly shortly,” a supply completely reveals within the new challenge of Us Weekly.
Millepied, 47, was seen passionately kissing a thriller lady in Paris on October 15. The PDA got here seven months after the French dancer and Portman, 43, finalized their divorce in March. Us beforehand confirmed in August 2023 that Portman and Millepied had quietly break up after 11 years of marriage. Information of the breakup got here two months after it was broadly reported that Millepied had an affair with local weather activist Camille Étienne.
“[Natalie] hopes Benjamin is comfortable,” the insider says, noting that Portman realized concerning the photographs of Millepied locking lips with an unnamed lady shortly earlier than they had been made public final month.
A second supply tells Us that Portman isn’t affected by Millepied’s romantic choices.
“Benjamin’s courting life doesn’t actually have any bearing on Natalie,” the second insider provides. “She’s tremendous comfortable in her life proper now and has been prioritizing household and buddies.”
Portman beforehand voiced her “gratitude for my buddies who raise me up repeatedly” whereas commemorating her birthday by way of Instagram in June.
Along with specializing in her friendships, Portman can also be prioritizing her and Millepied’s two youngsters, son Aleph, 13, and daughter Amalia, 7. The primary supply tells Us that the previous couple are “moving into the swing” of coparenting.
“Every little thing is shifting easily thus far,” the insider provides.
A further supply informed Us in June that it took Portman “some time to get her smile again after the divorce,” however she “turned a nook” after finalizing the break up.
“Natalie is her assured self [again],” the insider mentioned on the time, noting that the actress had a “lighter step” and “extra pleasure” in her eyes.
Portman and Millepied started courting after working collectively on 2010’s Black Swan, for which Portman received an Oscar for Finest Actress. They tied the knot in 2012. The pair “began having issues” properly earlier than they break up, one other supply informed Us in January, noting that Portman “started to suspect infidelity” after Millepied began “taking work journeys that didn’t add up.”
Whereas the insider mentioned Portman was “humiliated and totally crushed by Benjamin’s habits,” an extra supply mentioned that Portman “didn’t hand over on [her marriage] calmly.”
Regardless of the contentious circumstances of their break up, Portman and Millepied are “being very civil towards one another for the youngsters,” one other supply informed Us in March.
Portman gushed about her and Millepied’s youngsters in a since-deleted Could 2020 Instagram submit.
“I’m blessed by my children who turned me right into a mother and make me smile and chortle each single day,” she wrote. “Who make me recognize my mother much more for all of the invisible issues she did for me that I understand now as I attempt to reside as much as her mothering.”
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