Florence Pugh goes public with her romance with photographer Charlie Gooch

Florence Pugh was first photographed with her new boyfriend Charlie Gooch as the couple enjoyed an al fresco lunch at a London pub on Valentine’s Day.

The 27-year-old actress, who split from her partner of three years, Zach Braff, 47, last year, moved in with Charlie, who is a photographer.

The new couple put on a display of love during their outing as they hugged, laughed and held hands down the street.

Florence appeared in high spirits when they stopped at a pub for lunch to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Don’t Worry Darling enjoyed a glass of wine while Charlie smoked a cigarette as they enjoyed the afternoon sun in the capital.

Florence cut a casual yet fresh figure in a black bomber jacket, which she layered over a gray knit sweater and jeans.

The actress donned a pair of white sunglasses on her head, while Charlie rocked a blue slogan jacket and hoodie.

The new couple looked agonized with love as they frolicked in the street after lunch.

Charlie is a photographer and director and worked with Florence in 2021, taking photos of her during her Black Widow press tour.

‘He took Florence Pugh as part of his next movie Black Widow! Super excited to be a part of this journey,’ he wrote to her at the time.

page six reports that the couple may have known each other since when they went to school together; it has been reported that they went to school together in Oxford, but this has not been confirmed.

MailOnline has contacted representatives for Florence for comment.

In August of last year, Florence announced that she and her boyfriend Zach had split after three years together.

The actress revealed in an interview with harper’s bazaar she and the Scrubs star had gone their separate ways.

The couple worked to keep their relationship out of the public eye, with Florence saying they wanted to break up in private.

She said: “We’ve been trying to do this split without the world knowing, because it’s been a relationship that everyone has an opinion about.”

“We feel like something like this would really benefit us from not having millions of people telling us how happy they are that we’re not together.” So we’ve done that. I automatically get a lump in my throat when I talk about it.

Florence didn’t reveal when exactly she and Zach broke up, but they were still together in April when she wished him a happy 47th birthday on Instagram.

The Little Women star posted several photos of the actor with his pet Billie to his stories, writing, “Happy birthday Zachary.”

The 21-year age difference between the couple drew attention during their three-year courtship.

In 2021, Florence spoke with sunday times about the cruel comments he received from trolls after wishing Zach a happy 46th birthday.

She said: ‘I think it upsets people that it’s not who they expected. But it’s my life and I’m not doing anything to please people or make a better headline or story. I want to be a person too!’

Before their split, Florence and Zach were working together on the movie A Good Person, which he directed.

Zach praised Florence during the production of the project, calling her “one of the best actresses working” today.

Speaking to Collider, he said: “Florence Pugh’s performance in the movie, I know I’m biased, but it’s the most miraculous thing you’ll ever see.”

The former couple first met on the set of their short film In the Time It Takes to Get There, and first sparked romance rumors in April 2019 when they were spotted holding hands, but neither confirmed anything until the following December. .