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Zach Braff and Florence Pugh's Complete Relationship Timeline

Zach Braff and Florence Pugh's Complete Relationship Timeline

Florence Pugh and Zach Braff took their time making their relationship official, but fans and internet sleuths alike were in on the love story before the two posted their first couples' Instagram post.

While their age difference became social media fodder, Pugh is 24 and Braff is 45, the pair has managed to not let the criticism get in the way of their adorable relationship. From a  trip to Disneyland, to unlikely family friendships, and a very cute dog here's everything to know, about their relationship.

Florence Pugh Zach Braff
Florence Pugh Zach Braff

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August 2018

Braff casts Pugh in his short film, In The Time It Takes to Get There. Plus, he starts to like posts on her Instagram feed, which is definitely the first step in any modern-day love story. On Twitter, Braff calls Pugh a "movie star."

April 2019

In The Time It Takes to Get There officially gets released. It stars Pugh and Alicia Silverstone and just as the short film hits the internet, Braff and Pugh are spotted together in New York City. The relationship comes after Braff split with model Taylor Bagley. They dated for five years.

Twitter is on the case.

June 2019

Braff posts a photo with Game of Thrones actor Toby Sebastian. No big deal, right? Well, he happens to be Pugh's older brother.

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August 2019

The two are spotted together at a wedding in the U.K.

They also post very similar photos from Spain. While things aren't official, they're suspiciously close to it.

October 2019

Pugh makes her debut on Braff's Instagram feed. His caption? "People I love." That's quite the statement. A source told Page Six, "It was very clear to me that they're a couple."

November 2019

They make their official Instagram debut a month later. Braff shares a snapshot from a day at Disney California Adventure Park. That same month, they both attend the L.A. premiere of Marriage Story, only they don't actually get photographed together.

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December 2019

The same thing happens at the premiere of Pugh's flick Little Women. They both go to the NYC premiere, but they're not snapped together. Fans don't get the red carpet debut they so desperately want.

An official relationship post wouldn't come until the end of the month. Braff comments on one of Pugh's IG posts. A troll writes, "You're 44 years old," and Pugh claps back, writing "and yet he got it."

January 2020

People reports that the two celebrate Pugh's Oscar nomination. She's up for Best Supporting Actress. The magazine also reports that Braff and Pugh are set to work together again. He'll direct her in the upcoming film The Secret Ingredients of Rocket Cola.

February 2020

There's still no red carpet debut. Pugh attends the Academy Awards with her parents.

March 2020

According to People, the couple is seen prepping for the coronavirus lockdown at an L.A. Whole Foods. Pugh was sitting on the back of Braff's motorcycle.

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April 2020

Both Pugh and Braff post about a foster puppy named Billie that they're keeping safe and sound during the coronavirus pandemic. Billie makes an appearance in Pugh's celebratory birthday post for Braff.

"Today we shall smile wider than the clouds are grey. April 6th and we're celebrating hard! Happy Birthday wishes, boogies and cheers for this special person. Raise those bubbles and jiggle!" she wrote.

Almost immediately, she has to defend her relationship from online critics.

"On Monday, I posted a photo in honor of Zach's birthday and I wrote a birthday message underneath. Within about eight minutes of the photo being posted, I had about 70 percent of the comments hurling abuse and being horrid — basically bullying someone on my page," she said in an IGTV post. "It is the first time in my entire Instagram life that I've had to turn off the comments on my page. I've never been an Instagram page that encourages that. I've never been an Instagram page that likes that toxic vibe."

"The abuse that you throw at him is abuse that you are throwing at me, and I don't want those followers. I do not want to have to be protecting my comments every time I post a picture of him. I really hope that I can continue this relationship with a lot of you," she finished.

February 2021

In late Feb., Deadline reported that Pugh is set to star in Braff's upcoming directorial effort, A Good Person. The film, which trails Pugh's character in the years following a "fatal accident," also features Morgan Freeman. This won't be the first collaboration for Braff and Freeman — the former directed 2017 comedy Going In Style, in which Freeman starred.

April 2021

Pugh wished Braff a happy birthday — and revealed a a very unique nickname. He celebrated his 46th birthday on Tuesday, April 6.

"Happy Birthday chicken, odd shoes is a good look," she wrote in her caption, referencing Braff's mis-matched shoes and giving fans a new way to refer to the Scrubs alum.

August 2022

After months of speculation, Pugh confirmed that the two have gone their separate ways. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, she explained why they kept the breakup quiet. "We've been trying to do this separation without the world knowing, because it's been a relationship that everybody has an opinion on," she said. "We just felt something like this would really do us the benefit of not having millions of people telling us how happy they are that we're not together. So we've done that."

She added, "I automatically get a lumpy throat when I talk about it." She did not expand on the details or timing of the split.