Reeves’ likely girlfriend appears as cool as he is
Keanu Reeves stepped out Monday night holding hands with artist Alexandra Grant to walk the red carpet at a high-profile, high-society event in Los Angeles, People and other outlets reported.
While Reeves’ representatives wouldn’t officially confirm a romance, the PDA-filled appearance by the “John Wick” star and Grant at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Art + Film Gala can’t be taken as anything other than a signal to the world that Hollywood’s coolest Alister and male heartthrob is seriously dating someone.
Rather than express disappointment, jealousy or heartbreak, Reeves’ fans on social media enthusiastically celebrated.
There were a number of reasons that people were happy to see Reeves and Grant together and to believe that she’s a perfect match for an actor who may be rich and globally famous, but who always comes across as friendly, humble and genuinely decent. Of course, the initial reason people were celebrating: Grant is what many were calling “age-appropriate.”
She’s 46, while Reeves is 55. In an era when the public is used to seeing aging male celebrities — notably Dennis Quaid, Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio — date or marry much younger women, Reeves is dating a woman who is just nine years younger. In that same vein, Grant doesn’t appear to be trying to downplay the fact that she’s in her 40s, proudly displaying a head of silver hair to go with her midnight blue gown with a deep V-neck.
And here’s another thing about Grant’s gala-night ensemble that shows she’s probably as unfussy as Reeves always appears to be: She was wearing silver flats, not the foot-crunching, balance-challenging stiletto heels that female celebrities famously complain about. Grant looks like she cares most about being comfortable in her own skin.
It was widely noted that Reeves’ appearance with Grant marks the first time in nearly 20 years that the famously private actor has gone public with anything about his romantic life.
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