Justin Hartley is dating his former co-star Sofia Pernas, who used to be ‘close friends’ with his ex-wife Chrishell Stause.
The actor filed for divorce from Chrishell after two years of marriage in November 2019, and just a few months later he was spotted kissing Sofia in LA.
In June, a source confirmed to PEOPLE that the pair had “been dating for several weeks” and were “spending a lot of time at his house.”
Their romance has raised a lot of eyebrows, as Justin met Sofia on the set of The Young And The Restless in 2015 while he was dating Chrishell – who also worked on the show.
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It’s understood Sofia and Chrishell remained friends after meeting on set, and they regularly liked and commented on each other’s social media posts – up until February of this year.
Justin and Chrishell confirmed their romance in January 2014, and got engaged two years later.
The couple tied the knot on October 30, 2017 – but just two years later Justin filed for divorce in November 2019, which completely “blindsided” Chrishell.
Their divorce hit headlines once again this week, as it was widely discussed in the latest season of Chrishell’s Netflix series Selling Sunset, which dropped last Friday.
During a conversation with her co-star Mary Fitzgerald, Chrishell revealed how Justin told her he had filed for divorce over text message back in November.
“He texted me that we were filed,” she said. “Forty-five minutes later, the world knew.”
During a camera confessional, the real-estate agent said: “I’m just kind of in shock with it all. I’m trying to keep it together, but it’s just a lot all at once ’cause everybody in the whole world knows like at the same time that I knew.”
“I don’t think anyone ever gets married thinking that they’ll get a divorce. I’m definitely a hopeless romantic, and I feel stupid even saying that out loud.”
“When I think of marriage, I think of: you work on things with people if they’re not perfect — no one is. You work on it. You talk about it.”
“You don’t go out looking for greener grass; sometimes you have to water the grass that you have,” she continued.
“And that’s what marriage is. Sometimes it can be hard. I don’t think it should be more hard than easy, at all, but that’s why I’m so confused, because I didn’t feel like that balance was off. I just feel stupid.”
Since the new season premiered on Netflix, fans of the show have taken to social media to slam the actor for the way he treated Chrishell.
Justin Hartley is a piece of shit for texting Chrishell that he filed for divorce. pic.twitter.com/CIfodFxSjv
— Angel C (@chebonita91) August 7, 2020
“Justin Hartley files for divorce” just gave me shivers???? literally crying for Chrishell. Imagine having one argument and then your husband files for divorce and texts you to let you know???? a good sum up of the male species? Probably????????♀️ #SellingSunsetS3
— Lauren Cullivan (@laurencullivan) August 8, 2020
justin hartley filing for divorce then telling chrishell over TEXT at the same time the news was released all over the internet is fucking vile, what a piece of SHIT
— paige (@blondejiu) August 9, 2020
Chrishell didn’t deserve the fake snow assaulting her, ok!? Justin Fartley ended their marriage over a TEXT and she STILL came to support her bully’s wedding…WHILE dying on the inside?!
AND DAVINA HAD THE NERVE?! NOT THIS. #SellingSunset pic.twitter.com/z0X4c8ZdNo
— Braden Davis (@thebraden) August 8, 2020
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