Who Is Zooey Deschanel Dating?
Before Finding Love With Jonathan Scott, Zooey Deschanel Dated These People
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The pair met for the first time around 2008. Gibbard, who had reportedly known of Deschanel's work, was smitten the second he met her in person. He told New York Magazine (via Us Weekly), "I'd seen her in movies and obviously I thought she was very beautiful. I was just awestruck that she was even talking to me." After a year of dating, the two privately eloped in 2009, according to InStyle.
By 2011, however, Gibbard and Deschanel separated, and the "500 Days of Summer" actor filed for divorce in December 2011, as reported by CBS News. A source close to the couple told Us Weekly that the split was "was mutual and amicable." The divorce was finalized in December 2012.