Amanda Kloots is giving Us plenty to talk about!
The 43-year-old former cohost of Talk introduced her new relationship with retired tennis player Justin Gimelstob, 48, to the public at An Unforgettable Evening, a charity event in support of breast cancer research held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on April 28th.
Both looking delighted, the couple happily posed together on the red carpet. Kloots wore an elegant floor-length light blue satin gown with a thigh-high split, while Gimelstob was dressed in a blue suit paired with a light pink tie.
Gimelstob launched his professional tennis career in 1996 and achieved success by winning 15 doubles titles, including notable victories at the 1998 Australian Open and 1998 French Open alongside his tennis partner Venus Williams. After retiring in 2007, Gimelstob was previously married to psychotherapist Cary Sinnott, with whom he shares a son.
Kloots, meanwhile, was married to Canadian actor Nick Cordero until his death in July 2020 from COVID-19-related complications. Kloots and Cordero share a son, Elvis, 5.
A year after his death, Kloots exclusively told Us Weekly that navigating grief is “different” every day.
“A lot of people have said to me, ‘It gets easier [and] time helps,’ and I don’t know if I found that yet,” Kloots shared. “I still pretty much cry every day. It’s growing pains.” She added that she is “doing everything I possibly can to stay healthy and active and happy. And you know, grief is a process … Everybody does it differently.”
In December 2022, Kloots told People that she is open to finding love again. “I’ve definitely gone on lots of dates and all wonderful, nice people, but just nobody that has stuck around.”
In a follow-up interview with People in October 2024, the former professional dancer and fitness instructor said Cordero had given her his blessing to move on through a medium.
“He has definitely given me his blessing,” she said. “And he always says it’s coming. That’s one of the running themes from readings that I’ve had, that it’s coming. ‘I know you’re lonely. It’s coming. I don’t know. We’ll see.”
In the same interview, she gave an update on her romantic life.
“I’ve learned a lot. I try to take something positive from each little date or relationship that I’ve been on,” Kloots told the outlet. “I’m still looking for the one, and I really do have faith that I’ll find it. I really believe in love and I believe that it’s still out there for me.”
