Amanda Kloots has confirmed she and Justin Gimelstob have ended their year-long romance.
The TV personality, 44, revealed the split Wednesday while attending the 8th Annual Daytime Beauty Awards, saying that she and the former pro tennis player, 49, are “still very good friends” despite no longer being a couple. The professional dancer and former “The Talk” co-host was direct when asked about their status, saying simply, “No, not currently.”
Kloots hasn’t abandoned hope for future love, though. “I believe in love. I definitely want that in my life,” she said at the event. For the time being, her energy is directed elsewhere. “Right now I’ve really just been focused on work and Elvis and myself and just making sure I’m the best version of me,” she noted. She described this period as personally restorative, adding, “It’s been very good and healing and rewarding, so that’s where I’m at right now.”
The fitness entrepreneur shares her 7-year-old son, Elvis, with her late husband, Broadway actor Nick Cordero, who died in 2020 at age 41 after a prolonged battle with COVID-19. Kloots and Cordero married in 2017 after meeting as performers in “Bullets Over Broadway.” She had previously been married to actor David Larsen from 2007 until their divorce in 2015.
Kloots and Gimelstob first stepped out publicly as a couple in April of last year, making their red carpet debut together. At that early stage, she had characterized their connection as still being in the “courting phase.”
Professionally, Kloots has maintained an active schedule. She appeared as a confidante to Harry Jowsey on Netflix’s “Let’s Marry Harry” and recently launched her podcast “Good Grief with Amanda Kloots” through Dear Media, which explores grief, loss and moving forward after life-altering experiences. New episodes are released Wednesdays.
When Cordero passed away, Kloots shared the news with her followers on Instagram, writing: “God has another angel in heaven now. My darling husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth.”
New episodes of Kloots’ podcast “Good Grief with Amanda Kloots” drop Wednesdays on Dear Media.