Overcoming loss will never be an easy process, but having someone loving by your side can
make all the difference.
Keanu Reeves can definitely attest to that.
After years of speculation about his love life, Reeves has been dating Alexandra Grant
for over three years now.
Healing, mature connections, and a good old friends-to-lovers story is at your disposal.
Enjoy!
Despite being one of Hollywood’s most successful and beloved actors, Keanu Reeves hasn’t
had an easy life — far from it.
He experienced intense heartbreak and a string of losses that would forever affect his approach
to relationships at a very young age.
As his career blossomed, Keanu’s personal life, which he kept highly private, was impacted
by his fear of losing more people he loved, making building a new, lasting connection
extremely difficult.
That all changed, however, when the right person came along.
When Reeves met Alexandra Grant, she gave him the strength to take a chance on love
again and proved that finding the right one can happen at any age.
The future couple first met at a dinner party in 2009, but had a working relationship for
years, building a strong connection on a shared passion: art and literature.
In 2011, Alex and Keanu worked together for the first time when they published Ode to
Happiness, “a grown-up’s picture book” that paired her drawings with his text.
The pair collaborated again on their book, Shadows, about four years later.
This time around, Grant was in the driver’s seat, pivoting from her usual medium of painting
to photography and using the actor as her subject.
Reeves also contributed poetic descriptions for her photos, earning him a co-author credit.
Their collaborations were so fulfilling that two years after their second book, Reeves
and Grant cemented their creative partnership by founding a publishing company, X Artists’
Books.
“XAB is a small publisher of thoughtful, high-quality, artist-centered books that fit
within and between genres,” their official website states.
“Our books are works of art; portals to imagined worlds; treasured companions; the
fabric of a community.”
The timing of when the couple went from working together to sharing a life together is a little
blurry.
However, in February 2020, Grant’s friend, actor Jennifer Tilly , recalled that the artist
revealed her relationship with Reeves “about a year and a half ago,” which means they
likely started dating sometime in 2018 — or perhaps even earlier.
“I remember a couple of years ago, about a year and a half ago, Grant said, ‘Keanu
Reeves is my boyfriend,’ and I’m like, ‘Wait.
What?
What?’”
Tilly said.
And the fact that it was Reeves wasn’t the reason she was surprised.
“She was so cool, I thought she was a lesbian,” Tilly added.
Once romance began to bloom, this positive teamwork translated to their personal life.
As an insider told Closer Weekly in May 2020, “They occasionally disagree on minor things
but never argue.
Whenever you’re around Keanu and Alexandra, you get a sense of calmness — there’s
just something about them that puts you at ease.”
According to the outlet, they make most business decisions for X Artists’ Books together,
including finding art to spotlight on their own, as they never accept submissions or use
art agents.
“Part of the genesis of X Artists’ Books was that these projects might become a performance
or an exhibition,” Grant said.
In May 2019, Reeves and Grant attended the MOCA Benefit together in Los Angeles.
However, no one suspected that they were an item just yet.
Even the next month, when the couple posed together at the Saint Laurent show in Malibu
while holding hands, most fans and media still didn’t catch on to the fact that they were
romantically involved.
In November 2019, however, the couple firmly confirmed their romance by walking the red
carpet together at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Film Gala and holding hands
once again.
They weren’t shy about sharing loving glances at each other, and finally, the public got
the hint.
Surely, the fact that he felt confident enough to walk the red carpet with a partner for
the first time in THREE DECADES helped as well.
“It’s really astonishing to me how in the last five months, all of a sudden, she
goes to an event with him, and everybody goes insane, like, ‘It’s his new girlfriend,’”
Jennifer Tilly said.
“Because she had gone to a lot of events with him.
It’s just suddenly surfaced that he’s been dating her for several years.”
Us Weekly then reported that the couple had been dating for years, and a source told People
that the actor was happier than ever with the artist.
“Keanu wants to openly share his life with her,” the source said.
“He is extremely happy and grateful to have Alex in his life.”
As their connection blossomed out of a shared passion, Alexandra’s enthusiasm, love and
support turned out to be just what Reeves needed to try his hand at love again.
And that communication has been a major key to their success.
“She’s kind, warm and spiritual, just like Keanu, and a great communicator.
She’s one of the few people who’s managed to get Keanu to open up about his emotions
and past,” they concluded.
Tilly went as far as to say the following: “They’re sort of the perfect couple.
I think everybody wishes that they had something like that.
It’s not a razzle-dazzle Hollywood romance.”
Alexandra joined Keanu in Berlin in the summer of 2020 while he filmed the highly anticipated
4th installment of the John Wick franchise.
They were frequently photographed smooching at cafes and holding hands while strolling
through the city.
Friends and family are so happy that the actor has found love again, especially his mom,
Patricia Taylor.
“She’s seen a huge change in Keanu since they started dating — he’s more positive
about life,” a source told Closer.
“Seeing her son so happy makes her happy!”
“What Patricia loves most about Alexandra is her caring nature and the fact that she’s
with Keanu for who he is, rather than his fame and money,” the insider added.
In March 2020, Grant opened up about their relationship for the first time, saying it
had been a whirlwind when the public finally found out.
She immediately realized that all the attention was suddenly on her.
“I think every single person I knew called me in the first week of November, and that’s
fascinating,” she said.
“But the question I’ve been asking in all of this is: ‘What is the opportunity
for good?’”
When asked how she feels about marriage, Grant kept coy.
“Over a glass of wine…
I would love to tell you,” she said.
“Love at every level is deeply important to my identity.
How’s that for dodging the question?”
When Jennifer Tilly was asked if she thought her friends would ever tie the knot, Jennifer
said, “I don’t know; that doesn’t seem very hip and bohemian, does it?
They’re artists.
They’re just going to do what they do.”
Over the years, Reeves has given mixed responses when it comes to the idea of settling down.
It looked like the actor was about to start a family with Jennifer Syme at one point in
his life.
In 1999, news broke that the couple was expecting their first child.
However, they later learned that their baby had been stillborn.
Not long after, the couple split.
Just two years later, Jennifer would die in a car accident.
For Keanu, these tragedies have always stayed with him.
It may have even been why he was drawn to portray John Wick.
“I absolutely relate to that, and I don’t think you ever work through it,” the actor
once said.
“Grief and loss, those are things that don’t ever go away.
They stay with you.”
Fortunately, Reeves seems to be doing better now.
And that seems to be due to Grant, whose “energy is very calming” for the actor.
Although, before the couple started dating, when he was asked about settling down, the
actor said, “I’m too…
it’s too late.
It’s over.”
He also added, “I’m 52.
I’m not going to have any kids.”
Some say, however, that Keanu is ready to tie the knot soon, as the Matrix star is about
to propose to Alexandra.
An insider spilled to Life and Style that the 57-year-old actor will soon be a married
man, as he believes that Alex is the right one.
“Keanu isn’t hiding the fact that he’s going to propose to Alexandra,” the insider
told the magazine.
The source added, pointing to the actor’s latest outing when he was captured shopping
for a ring in Los Angeles, “Keanu and Alexandra have both been in relationships before, but
this is by far the easiest.
They just flow well together; they mesh perfectly.
Maybe it’s because they’re mature, stable and know what they want from life.
There’s no drama,” the source revealed.
He also might technically be married to his Bram Stoker’s Dracula co-star Winona Ryder,
but they were never romantically involved.
The world has been waiting for Reeves to find happiness (especially in light of the Sad
Keanu meme), and thanks to Grant, it looks like that’s happened.
It’s clear that Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant are playing by their own rules — and
it’s working.
Following a devastating string of losses, Keanu appeared to close his heart off almost
completely, but all it took was the right person to help him take the next step.
It just goes to show that love we have in our hearts really is an unrivaled healer.
At the moment, it also seems that Grant and Reeves are just happy being together.
And whether they intend to tie the knot soon, fans would just have to wait and see.
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