Katie Holmes and her recent boyfriend Bobby Wooten III appeared on the red carpet together on Thursday, May 26. They were attending The Moth’s twenty fifth Anniversary gala, The Silver Ball, held at Spring Studios in Recent York City. The 43-year-old Dawson’s Creek star stepped out with the 33-year-old Grammy nominee, getting affectionate in front of the cameras.
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Holmes was wearing a long-sleeved orange gown with black patent leather heels, and carried a small black clutch with a gold frame. Her hair was loosely pulled back and she or he accessorized with dangling diamond drop earrings. Wooten wore a blue suit over a button-down black shirt, and a pair of black boots with a number of silver rings on his hand.
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Now that things are “red carpet official,” here’s every thing we learn about Bobby Wooten III, Katie Holmes’ recent boyfriend.
Who’s Bobby Wooten III?
Wooten grew up in Chicago, a midwesterner like Holmes, who’s native to Toledo. The musician and composer is playing bass in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway in the intervening time, but he seems to have projects and performances popping up all over the place. At this yr’s Coachella, Wooten performed with Carly Rae Jepsen, he was nominated for a Grammy Award, and can also be an adjunct instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
A source told People who Wooten is “an incredible guy, very kind, super talented and just an all-around cool guy. He’s a highly achieved bassist and musician, and is as chill and good and funny as they arrive.”
Wooten was invited to The Moth’s Silver Ball because he worked with singer-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 Us Weekly, “I’m joyful to have (Katie) here as my date.”
How did Bobby Wooten and Katie Holmes meet?
A source near Holmes told E! News in early May that they were introduced through friends, adding that their relationship is “working well.”
“Katie is enthusiastic about seeing someone and may be very joyful,” they said. “She enjoys having someone in her life and he may be very kind and good to her.”
Rumors of their relationship began in April, after they were seen kissing outside the subway while on their option to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, where they kissed before heading inside, Us Weekly reports. It had been a few yr since Holmes was romantically connected to anyone after breaking it off with chef Emilio Vitolo Jr., who she dated for a number of months.
Holmes has said prior to now that her priority is raising her daughter, 16-year-old Suri Cruise, who she shares together with her ex-husband, Tom Cruise.
“My child is a very powerful person to me, and her upbringing is paramount to my work at once,” Holmes told Town & Country in 2017. “It’s very vital that I’m present and she or he has a stable, innocent childhood. I feel so blessed to do what I do, but there’s nothing on the earth higher than watching your child succeed.”
When were Katie Holmes and Bobby Wooten last seen together?
On August 6, Holmes and Wooten were out in Recent York City again walking hand-in-hand through Washington Square Park. Holmes was wearing a tan jumpsuit with a halter neckline and a cinched waist over a pair of black sneakers. She left a her long brunette hair down and wore a pair of gold hoop earrings. Wooten wore a gray 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 on the Moth’s Silver Ball where Wooten presented singer-songwriter David Byrne with an award.
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, can be released by Dial Press in February 2022.
