Matt LeBlanc splits from Top Gear producer girlfriend after nearly six years together
FRIENDS star Matt LeBlanc has split up with his British girlfriend after nearly six years together.
Matt, 54 — Joey Tribbiani in US sitcom — was snapped looking downcast at the weekend following his break with TV producer Aurora Mulligan, 36.
A source said the former Top Gear host and Aurora — who worked on the motoring show — had “struck a clean break, but it’s still very raw”.
The couple were first linked after Matt became the BBC show’s first non-UK host 2016.
The Sun revealed they were dating that May and they were seen at the Hickstead Derby in West Sussex in June. Onlookers said they looked “besotted”.
In 2017, they made their red carpet debut at a New York film festival and in 2018 attended the UK launch of Top Gear’s 25th series as a couple.
Dad-of-one Matt called her “honey” on social media while Aurora, who is from Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, joked he was an “old geezer”.
They kept a low profile in LA where Matt, who once dated actress Andrea Anders, moved in 2019.
Just days ago, he looked downcast at a car body shop in Sherman Oaks, an LA neighbourhood.
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A source said: “Matt and Aurora’s relationship has run its course. It’s all over.
“It’s a huge shame and Matt has taken the news particularly hard, as anyone would.
“He and Aurora fell for each on Top Gear and although there was a pretty big age gap they were a really great match.
“But when he announced he was leaving Top Gear and took on other work, it was hard for them. He’s mainly based out of LA and was travelling a lot while Aurora was working in the UK.”
