The budding romance was first discovered by fans in May 2021 when Justin gave a lovely shout-out to Kate on Instagram.

You learn so much from watching movies about other people that you have to. Well, we just wrapped one of those,” Kate, who separated from husband Michael PolishA series of photographs featuring them was captioned in August 2021. “Holy moly @justinlong you are a truly spectacular / fun / funny / kind / rare / thoughtful / totally. fckn. rad human being.”

It’s more than just mutual.