Natalie Portman ‘isn’t surprised’ as ex Benjamin Millepied moves on after divorce

Natalie Portman’s ex-husband has been spotted kissing a new woman just months after their divorce was made public, and the actress reportedly saw it coming.

Natalie Portman is reportedly not “surprised” her ex-husband, Benjamin Millepied, moved on so quickly after their divorce.

“Natalie isn’t surprised that Benjamin has moved on because of how their relationship ended. She thought he’d move on pretty quickly,” a source told Us Weekly.

“[Natalie] hopes Benjamin is happy,” the insider added, noting that the US actress, 43, learned about the pictures of the French dancer, 47, kissing an unknown woman right before they were made public last month.

A second source told the outlet Portman isn’t impacted by her ex’s romantic decisions.

Natalie Portman with her ex-husband, French choreographer Benjamin Millepied. Picture: Valery Hache/AFP

“Benjamin’s dating life doesn’t really have any bearing on Natalie,” the second insider told Us Weekly.

“She’s super happy in her life right now and has been prioritising family and friends.”

Page Six reached out to reps for both Portman and Millepied but did not immediately hear back. However, a source told us, “Natalie doesn’t really care who Benjamin is dating. She moved on a long time ago.”

On October 15, Millepied was seen locking lips with a mystery woman in Paris.

Issues between Portman and Milliepied’s marriage made headlines in June 2023 when Page Six exclusively reported that they were fighting to save their union after she discovered the choreographer had an affair with a climate activist Camille Étienne.

The Thor: Love and Thunder star learned about her then-husband’s affair in early March 2023.

Camille Étienne was named in reports suggesting Millepied had an affair while married to Portman.

The couple were married for 11 years. Picture: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images

A French outlet published photos of Millepied and Étienne, 26, entering his Paris office separately in late May 2023 and exiting two hours later, 10 minutes apart.

“They have not split and are trying to work things out. Ben is doing everything he can to get Natalie to forgive him,” our source shared at the time.

“He loves her and their family.”

In January, Portman fuelled divorce rumours when her interview with the Wall Street Journal revealed that she lived in France with her kids, son Aleph, 13, and daughter Amalia, 7 — but failed to mention Millepied.

Portman and Millepied pictured in Australia, where they spent several months residing in 2021.

Though it seemed the couple, who tied the knot in 2012, was trying to work through their issues for the sake of their two children, Portman quietly filed for divorce from the choreographer in July 2023 and finalised the proceedings in February, her rep told People in March.

The pair first met in 2009 on the set of Portman’s ballet movie, Black Swan, which he choreographed. Portman went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.

In June, Portman thanked her friends for lifting her up “again and again” in honour of her 43rd birthday.

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