Paul Wesley appears to be unbothered amid estranged wife Ines de Ramon’s romance with Brad Pitt. The Vampire Diaries alum and his new love, Natalie Kuckenburg, were all smiles on their first Christmas together.
The 40-year-old actor cozied up to the 22-year-old model at Madison Square Garden to watch the New York Knicks take on the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, December 25. (The Knicks lost 119-112.)
Wesley was first linked to Kuckenburg last month when the twosome were seen packing on the PDA in the village of Nerano, Italy. The new romance came two months after a rep for the former CW star and de Ramon told Us Weekly that the couple had quietly separated “five months ago.”
“The decision to separate is mutual,” the rep said in September, one month after Wesley ditched his wedding band at a Brothers Bond Bourbon event. “They request privacy at this time.”
Wesley and de Ramon, 30, were married for three years before calling it quits. Amid the divorce, the jewelry designer has moved on with Pitt, 59.
“Brad and Ines are officially dating,” an insider exclusively told Us earlier this month. “They really enjoy each other’s company and are having a great time in the early stages of an early relationship, but are still getting to know each other.”
A second source previously revealed that the Oscar winner has been “smitten with Ines” as they initially spent “time together as friends.”
Pitt and de Ramon were first spotted together at a Bono concert in Los Angeles in November. The following month, they celebrated the Babylon star’s movie premiere and stepped out for his birthday.
“He wasn’t expecting to find someone so extraordinary like Ines,” the second source said, adding that “they [were] becoming great friends” and seeing what “blossoms from there.”
Pitt was previously married to Jennifer Aniston from 2000 to 2005 and to Angelina Jolie from 2014 to 2016. The actor shares six kids — Maddox, 21, Pax, 18, Zahara, 17, Shiloh, 16, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 14 — with the Maleficent actress. While the former couple, who were together for more than a decade, were declared legally single in 2019, they are still in court over custody.
“It’s very clear to him that Angie has gone out of her way to delay and stall the process,” a third insider claimed to Us earlier this year. “All he can do is work with his legal team and file the paperwork whilst responding to her claims. Month after month goes by with one piece of red tape after another, endless jumping through hoops and bickering between their lawyers with no resolution.”
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