Joe Manganiello and Caitlin O’Connor.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty
Amy Sussman/Getty
Love is in the air forJoe ManganielloandCaitlin O’Connor!
A source close to theWinning Timeactress, 33, tells PEOPLE that she and theMagic Mikeactor are officially “dating” and currently “out of town together” spending time away from Los Angeles.
“They’re both really funny together. He laughs at her a lot because she’ll crack these witty jokes,” the insider shares. “She’s really witty. So sweet and smart. And he’s cool. He’s cool as s—.”
PEOPLE has reached out to reps for Manganiello and O’Connor.
The relationship update comes after another source told PEOPLE earlier this month that thepair first metat a small, “unofficial” post-premiere party for theHBO drama about the Los Angeles Lakers' ’80s heyday.
The insider noted that theWinning Timebash was “the first time they met in the hot tub and they were talking the whole time.”
Manganiello and O’Connor were “casually seeing each other at this point,” the source added at the time, sharing that O’Connor “is a lovely girl” and Manganiello “seemed like a great guy.”
Not long after, the duo — who have been quietly meeting up around L.A., according to the insider — were spotted in September, then later photographed leaving a Gold’s Gym together in Venice, California after a workout and driving away in his car, perPage Six.
TheTrue Bloodalum’s new relationship comes after hefiled for divorcefromSofía Vergarain July, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Joe Manganiello and Sofía Vergara.Kevin Winter/Getty, Trae Patton/NBC via Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty, Trae Patton/NBC via Getty
A source told PEOPLE at the time that the couple had been going through “ups and downs for a long time,” though they “always put on a good front publicly.”
Despite their shared mutual love and respect, the insider added Vergara, 51, and Manganiello “differ immensely in style and what they like to do, although during the marriage, each tried to put the other’s interests ahead of their own to make it work.”
Joe Manganiello.David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty
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source: people.com
