Elliot Page has debuted his first public relationship since his 2021 divorce. The 38-year-old actor celebrated Pride month by unveiling his new romance with Overcompensating star Julia Shiplett, 38, with a sweet post on Instagram.
Elliot shared a picture of them cuddling on a street painted rainbow and captioned the picture with rainbow and double heart emojis. The post went viral on social media, with fans gushing over the couple.
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While one comment on the post read, 鈥淭his makes me so so so happy,鈥 another netizen wrote, 鈥渢he hardest of launches.鈥 A third comment read, 鈥淵ou are an inspiration to so many, Elliot. Thank you for everything that you have done and that you continue to do.鈥
Julia also shared some pictures of Elliot shirtless in a hot spring to her Instagram Stories.
She added the exhaling and the water droplet emojis and wrote: 鈥淗appy prideee.鈥
This is the first public romance for Elliot since his marriage to Emma Portner ended four years ago.
The pair tied the knot in 2018 and Emma was publicly supportive when Elliot came out as transgender in December 2020.
However, they filed for divorce in January 2021 and revealed they had been secretly separated since the previous summer.
They said in a joint statement at the time: 鈥淎fter much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce following our separation last summer. We have the utmost respect for each other and remain close friends.鈥
While Julia is Elliot鈥檚 first public partner since the split, he revealed previously that he was enjoying dating following the divorce and his transition.
He told the Los Angeles Times: 鈥淚t鈥檚 the most fun I鈥檝e ever had dating. Interacting with people feels so much easier and more connected, because I鈥檓 not feeling lost in myself and not seen in the right way.鈥