Anna Camp, 42, and new girlfriend, 24, make red carpet debut with steamy PDA outing
Anna Camp and her girlfriend, Jade Whipkey, made their red carpet debut a month after confirming their romance with a steamy PDA-filled outing.
The Pitch Perfect actress, 42, and the writer, 24, hit the Los Angeles premiere of Bride Hard at the DGA Theatre Complex Wednesday.
The couple posed for pictures together on the red carpet, smiling as they sweetly looked into each other's eyes.
Camp had her arm around Whipkey as they smiled for photographers.
The You alum stunned in a floor-length sequined teal gown, while her girlfriend rocked a grey suit.
Their red carpet appearance comes a month after they were seen passionately making out while out in LA.
In the photos, Whipkey kissed Camp's cheek and lovingly gave a peck to the actress' hand.
The on-set stylist also pulled Camp in by the waist for a tight embrace as the former True Blood star grabbed Whipkey's face for a smooch.
A week before the steamy make-out session, Camp revealed that she was dating a woman by soft launching their romance on Instagram.
At the time, Camp reposted an image from Whipkey's Instagram Stories of herself sitting at a restaurant table as she looked into the distance.
'Her smile is a poem, her eyes are roses, her laugh is music for dancing,' Whipkey wrote atop the photo.
Camp's romance with Whipkey came six years after she and her second ex-husband, Skylar Astin, called it quits after nearly three years of marriage.
'We can confirm that we have decided to separate, and this decision was made mutually and amicably,' Camp's rep told Page Six in 2019.
'We kindly ask for privacy as we navigate this transition.'
The following year after the divorce, Camp began dating drummer Michael Johnson.
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