Sweet Aziz romance is all over
AZIZ ANSARI may want to have another read through his own book.
We’re told that the comic — who recently authored “Modern Romance,” a guide to relationships in the 21st century — has ended his own. Confidenti@l hears that the 32-year-old star has broken up with his girlfriend of more than two years, pastry chef Courtney y McBroom (pic-( pi tured with him).
A source close to the “Parks and Recreation” actor tells us they split around a month ago, speculating that Ansari’s frantic work schedule may be to blame.
As well as his own Golden Globes-nominated Netflix sitcom “Master of None” and best-selling book, Ansari is also a touring standup comic.
A different Confidenti@l source spotted the pair back in September. The spy said the couple looked “happy,” but the comedian seemed distracted. “He was kind of dragging her along and holding her hand while on the phone,” said the source.
Ansari met McBroom — who co-owns the Large Marge food company in L.A. — when she was a chef at the much-loved Momofuku Milk Bar.
“I was working at Momofuku Milk Bar in Manhattan,” she told Food & Wine magazine. “Someone said, ‘Aziz Ansari is here!’ I didn’t know who he was. A year later we met at an event and bonded over Hokey Pokey cookies. They’re made from smoked oats and a weird New Zealand toffee candy called Hokey Pokey.”
Recalling his own version of how they met, Ansari told Billboard in 2014, “I met her years ago when she was seeing someone. I thought she was really cool. Then I ran into her randomly and she was single.”
They began dating in August 2013.
“I’ve kind of settled down,” he added. “I was the guy eating Skittles and having lots of fun, and then I was like, ‘I need a nice nutritious salad’ — she’s the salad.”
Confidenti@l reported in September that the twosome were spotted checking out a $4.9 million apartment together.
At the time, the pair lived together at Ansari’s home in Los Angeles, but were said to be looking to go bicoastal.
Asked by Elle magazine in October if he was planning to get married one day, the comic said, “I don’t know.”
“There are more and more people who don’t really feel so enraptured by the institution of marriage these days,” he added, “There are so many more people who are like, ”Oh yeah, we just went to the courthouse and got this thing done so we get a tax refund.”
A rep for Ansari did not respond to our request for comment.