Amy Poehler and boyfriend Joel Lovell are red carpet official.
Poehler, 53, and Lovell posed together while attending the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Poehler rocked a classic black gown, which she paired with gold and diamond necklaces. Lovell, meanwhile, wore a black tuxedo and bowtie while holding hands with Poehler during their first public outing.
The couple have kept their romance low-key after October 2024 reports that they were dating. This marks Poehler’s first public relationship after dating fellow comedian Nick Kroll from 2013 to 2015. She moved on with Kroll, 46, after her high-profile divorce from Will Arnett.
Poehler and Arnett, 54, got married in 2003 and expanded their family with sons, Archie, 16, and Abel, 14. Following nine years of marriage, the duo announced their separation and filed for divorce in April 2014. Their divorce was finalized in 2016.
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Arnett previously praised the way the pair successfully transitioned into their new coparenting relationship.
“It’s been almost 10 years and my kids are so lucky that Amy is their mother,” he told The Guardian in February 2022. “And I’m so lucky that we’re such a huge part of each other’s lives, even more so than we were five years ago.”
Arnett admitted how “excruciating” it was to return to work after the split, adding, “Just brutal, brutal, brutal. I was driving to the set [for Arrested Development] one day and I pulled over to the side of the road and cried for an hour.”
Poehler also opened up about the ups and downs that came with ending a long-term relationship.
“I am proud of how my ex-husband Will and I have been taking care of our children,” she wrote in her 2014 memoir, Yes Please, adding that she felt “incredibly alone” amid the breakup. “I am beyond grateful he is their father, and I don’t think a ten-year marriage constitutes failure. That being said, getting a divorce really sucks.”
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Arnett was briefly linked to interior designer Elizabeth Law in late 2016 following his divorce. He later moved on with Alessandra Brawn in 2019. The couple welcomed their son, Alexander, in 2020.
Earlier this year, Poehler received public support from Arnett after she launched her new podcast.
“So you’re doing a podcast, huh? That is awesome,” Arnett, who hosts the “Smartless” podcast, said in the February announcement video before changing the topic, “Would you happen to know my blood type? I’m gonna put it down in this form.”
