Keanu Reeves‘ notoriously private partner Alexandra Grant has opened up in a rare interview about the couple’s relationship.
Speaking to People, the 50-year-old shared one of the best aspects of her relationship with the actor.
Talking about their common creative careers, Grant said, “What I love about Keanu and our exchange is that we’re pushing each other to build new roads
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“Seeing the other person’s problem-solving is inspiring, like, ‘Oh, well, okay, this one, that’s a cul-de-sac. How do I try this other thing?'”
“He’s such an inspiration to me,” she continued. “He’s so creative, he’s so kind. He works so hard.”
Grant, who is an accomplished visual artist, was introduced as the 59-year-old’s partner to the public for the first time on the red carpet for the LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles in 2019.
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But Grant has walked many red carpets in her own right, most recently hitting it solo for the Los Angeles Beverly Arts Icon Awards, where she was an honoree.
“The good news about falling in love as an adult is that I had built my own career by the time that my relationship had begun,” she said, “I feel very confident in the relationship on the red carpet. I feel confident on it alone.”
“It’s interdependent and independent in the best ways,” she adds.
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One of those ways is evident in her artwork, at least according to one “high-level person” who had visited her studio a few years ago and commented on her work.
“‘I can see that your work has gotten happier,’ ” she recalled they had told her.
“That’s real. We’re all human beings. We’re animals. We’re expressing from where we are and certainly feeling happier. I think the work is happier.”
