Report: Lea Michele & Cory Monteith Valentine’s Day Date
February 23, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Life & Style is claiming the exclusive this week on a Glee hook-up. The magazine claims Lea Michele, 25, and Cory Monteith, 29, have been quietly dating the past few weeks, including a Valentine’s Day date.
Monteith’s love life has mostly stayed out of the tabloids and off the promotional trail during the Glee tours. However, Michele’s been pretty open about her love life. In September 2011, Michele confirmed that she’d split from boyfriend Theo Stockman after one year of dating. Soon after, Michele hit the junkets for New Year’s Eve with a recently-separated Ashton Kutcher with whom she appeared to flirt and whom she name-drop including an anecdote about a naked prank on set.
And now L&S claims the Glee leads are dating in real life. Except, in what reads as a lopsided plant by Michele’s publicist, he’s more into her than she is into him. Judge for yourself: cute or contrived?
Multiple eyewitnesses tell the new issue of Life & Style, that Lea, 25, and Cory, 29, got cozy on Valentine’s Day during a romantic date at Il Covo in LA.
“They were into each other all night,” an eyewitness reveals… “She was very happy, flirting and touching Cory a lot. He just stared at her with puppy-dog eyes.”
The duo didn’t hold back from showing their affection, giggling and holding handing hands throughout the evening. The eyewitness tells Life & Style that Cory fed his Valentine spaghetti and Lea reciprocated by affectionately rubbing her date’s back. The couple were spotted again on a date at the Ritz-Carlton on Feb. 17.
“Cory is totally into her,” a Glee crew member confesses…
Lea split from her longtime beau Theo Stockman in September, and the actress and Cory were caught canoodling on the Glee set in November. But the lovebirds’ chemistry has been undeniable from the start.
“For me, if it was going to happen with anybody, it would have happened with Cory,” she admitted in 2011.
And with grueling 16-hour workdays and an infectious engagement plotline, the duo have become closer than ever. “As long as I get to have scenes with Cory, it makes me really happy,” Lea has said.
The stars’ reps didn’t respond when asked for comment. – via Life & Style Magazine.