Friends star Matt LeBlanc splits from girlfriend of six years

Just a day after he was spotted looking unrecognisable, it’s been revealed Friends star Matt LeBlanc has broken up with his girlfriend of six years.

Friends star Matt LeBlanc has split up with his British girlfriend after nearly six years together.

Matt, 54 — Joey Tribbiani in US sitcom — was photographed looking unrecognisable in a rare public outing at the weekend, as it’s revealed he is going through a break up with TV producer Aurora Mulligan, 36, The Sun reports.

A source said the former Top Gear host and his younger girlfriend — who also 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 popular BBC show’s first non-UK host 2016.

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Aurora Mulligan and Matt LeBlanc have split after six years together. Picture: Noam Galai/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival

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 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, in photos that went viral over the weekend.

Actor Matt LeBlanc was spotted at the weekend cutting a very different figure. Picture: BACKGRID/Javiles/Bruce

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.”

LeBlanc emerged in the popular Friends reunion in May last year, in which he reunited with his co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer.

Matt LeBlanc (left) with his Friends co-stars during the reunion last year. Picture: Warner Bros Entertainment Inc/Binge

He is rarely seen out in public and lives life largely out of the spotlight – a far cry from his hey days in the ‘90s and early 2000s.

Despite his low profile, LeBlanc is estimated to have a whopping net worth of $110 million.

This story originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission