Afterward 8 months together, Katie Holmes and Bobby Wooten 3 take split.

"Katie and Bobby broke up last week, she'south no longer [talking] nigh him to his friends," an insider told United states Mag. "They just didn't work out together for the long run."

On December 2, Holmes was seen with New York Rangers player Henrik Lundqvist at Jingle Ball NYC.

Holmes and Wooten first appeared on the crimson carpet together on Thursday, May 26. They were attending The Moth's 25th Anniversary gala, The Silver Ball, held at Bound Studios in New York City. The 43-year-old Dawson's Creek star stepped out with the 33-yr-old Grammy nominee, getting affectionate in front of the cameras.

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Holmes was wearing a long-sleeved orange gown with blackness patent leather heels, and carried a modest blackness clutch with a gold frame. Her hair was loosely pulled back and she accessorized with dangling diamond driblet earrings. Wooten wore a blue arrange over a push-downwards black shirt, and a pair of black boots with a few silver rings on his hand.

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Now that things are "red carpet official," hither'due south everything we know about Bobby Wooten III, Katie Holmes' new fellow.

Who is Bobby Wooten III?

Wooten grew upwards in Chicago, a midwesterner like Holmes, who is native to Toledo. The musician and composer is playing bass in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway at the moment, but he seems to have projects and performances popping up everywhere. At this twelvemonth's Coachella, Wooten performed with Carly Rae Jepsen, he was nominated for a Grammy Award, and is likewise an adjunct instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

A source told People that Wooten is "an amazing guy, very kind, super talented and just an all-effectually cool guy. He's a highly achieved bassist and musician, and is every bit chill and vivid and funny as they come."

Wooten was invited to The Moth'due south Silver Ball because he worked with vocalizer-songwriter David Byrne on the Broadway recording of American Utopia. Byrne was the evening's honoree, and Wooten presented him with the award.

Wooten told Usa Weekly, "I'1000 happy to have (Katie) hither as my date."

How did Bobby Wooten and Katie Holmes run into?

A source close to Holmes told E! News in early May that they were introduced through friends, calculation that their human relationship is "working well."

"Katie is excited nearly seeing someone and is very happy," they said. "She enjoys having someone in her life and he is very kind and proficient to her."

Rumors of their human relationship started in Apr, when they were seen kissing outside the subway while on their style to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, where they kissed before heading inside, U.s. Weekly reports. It had been about a year since Holmes was romantically connected to anyone afterward breaking information technology off with chef Emilio Vitolo Jr., who she dated for a few months.

Holmes has said in the past that her priority is raising her daughter, 16-yr-old Suri Cruise, who she shares with her ex-married man, Tom Cruise.

"My kid is the most important person to me, and her upbringing is paramount to my piece of work right now," Holmes told Boondocks & Country in 2017. "It'southward very important that I'chiliad present and she has a stable, innocent childhood. I feel and then blessed to practise what I do, but there'due south nothing in the globe better than watching your child succeed."

On August 6, Holmes and Wooten were out in New York City once more walking paw-in-hand through Washington Foursquare Park. Holmes was wearing a tan one-piece with a halter neckline and a cinched waist over a pair of black sneakers. She left a her long brunette hair downward and wore a pair of gold hoop earrings. Wooten wore a grey t-shirt with khakis and black leather shoes, and carried a canvas tote bag over one shoulder. This was two months after their debut on the red carpet at the Moth's Silvery Ball where Wooten presented singer-songwriter David Byrne with an laurels.

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Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and more. Her first book, The Lonely Hunter, will be released by Dial Press in February 2022.