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A source tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue that Wooten has spent time with Holmes' inner circle, includingSuri, her 16-year-old daughter with ex-husbandTom Cruise.
“He is getting to know her family,” the insider says of the composer, who is currently playing bass inMoulin Rouge! The Musicalon Broadway.
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Holmes, 43, and Wooten, 33, first stirred up talk of a budding romance when they were spottedkissing and holding handson April 28 during a stroll through Central Park in New York City. They also took the subway and visited the Guggenheim Museum.
TheDawson’s Creekstar’s momKathyjoined them for the afternoon out. She was seen giving Wooten a hug in one picture.
A month after their date, the pair made their red carpet debut on May 26 at the Moth’s 25th Anniversary Gala at Spring Studios in New York City, where Wooten presented his collaborator (and former Talking Heads frontman) David Byrne with an award.
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Earlier this month, Holmes brought Wooden as her date to the the Tribeca Film Festival, whereAlone Together— the film she wrote, directed, and stars in — premiered. The two looked sweet on the red carpet, holding hands, laughing, and embracing while posing for photographers.
Wootenrecently playedatCoachellawithCarly Rae Jepsen. He has alsobeen nominatedfor aGrammy Awardin the past, serves as an adjunct instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is from Chicago — a Midwest transplant like Holmes, who grew up in Toledo, Ohio.
A source told PEOPLE of Wooten in April, “He’s an amazing guy, very kind,supertalented and just an all-around cool guy.”
“He’s a highly accomplished bassist and musician, and is as chill and brilliant and funny as they come,” the insider added.
Holmes was previously married to Cruise for six years before their 2012 split. She was later linked toJamie Foxxfor several yearsbefore they broke up in 2019, and most recently dated chefEmilio Vitolo Jr.for eight months beforethe relationship ended in April 2021.
source: people.com
