Rebecca Gayheart, the Jawbreaker The star, who is still married to Eric Dane, was spotted on a date with businessman, Peter Morton.
Gayheart and Dane split in 2018, but the Scream 2 The actress dismissed her divorce request, and shortly after, Dane revealed that she had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
They share two daughters, Billie Beatrice and Georgia Geraldine.
After their broken marriage, Gayheart and Morton first sparked relationship rumors in 2023 when they were spotted at a dinner in Los Angeles, where they appeared to be on a double date with Claudia Schiffer and her husband, film director Matthew Vaughn.
The couple has maintained a low-key relationship out of the spotlight.
They were recently seen at the March 2025 pre-Oscars dinner and went on a date on December 3.
The couple makes rare public appearances as Gayheart navigates her “complicated” relationship with Dane.
Earlier this year, Gayheart admitted on the Broad Ideas podcast with Rachel Bilson and Olivia Allen: “I’m definitely trying to show [my daughters] that we show up for people no matter what. And he is our family, he is your father.”
Gayheart added that the dynamic is “super complicated.”
While Gayheart tries to smooth over the relationship dynamic, Morton has been influential behind the scenes in Hollywood.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Morton helped finance the independent film. Lock, Stock and Two smoking barrelsthat launched the career of director Guy Ritchie. He also helped finance Ritchie’s 2000 film, Snatch.
By The New York TimesMorton is the godfather of Matthew Vaughn, the director of X-Men: First Class, The King’s Man and star dustof which Morton was also co-executive producer.
