Natalie Portman apparently cannot quit the Frenchies. A year after finalizing her divorce from her cheating French husband Benjamin Millepied, Natalie has a new boyfriend. He’s French and he genuinely has the most French-guy name I think I’ve ever seen or heard? His name is Tanguy Destable. An American would pronounce that as written, Tan Guy D-Stable. Apparently, the French say it as “taw-NEE” and I have no idea how they would pronounce his surname. Dah-stahb-la? Sigh… I wish Hilaria Baldwin was pretend-French so we could learn how to pronounce this stuff. Anyway, People Mag reports:
Natalie Portman has a new man in her life. One year after finalizing her divorce from ex-husband Benjamin Millepied, the 43-year-old Oscar winner is dating French musician and music producer Tanguy Destable, PEOPLE confirms.
French outlet Voici was the first to report news of Portman’s relationship with Destable, whose stage name is Tepr, per the outlet.
The actress finalized her divorce from director/choreographer Millepied, whom she was married to for 11 years, in February 2024. The settlement came eight months after she quietly filed, in 2023, following reports of an extramarital affair by Millepied. Portman met Millepied, 47, on the set of her 2010 movie Black Swan. They wed in August 2012, and share two children: son Aleph, 13, and daughter Amalia, 8.
Interesting note, maybe just to me, but Voici was the outlet which caught Millepied openly cheating on Natalie with his 25-year-old mistress. Like, Voici ran the photos. And now Voici was the first outlet to confirm that Natalie is dating Tanguy? Interesting. Maybe Voici just has really good sources in the French music/ballet/entertainment world. As for this guy… he’s different than what I would expect for Natalie, and honestly, I find him attractive – he’s the grey-haired guy in the IG photo, below. I can also see the appeal for Natalie – dating someone in music, who seems to be sort of adjacent to the film world but not really part of it.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Instagram.
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- SANTA MONICA, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – FEBRUARY 25: Natalie Portman wearing a Balmain dress, Jimmy Choo shoes, and Nouvel Heritage jewelry arrives at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards (39th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards) held at the Santa Monica Beach on February 25, 2024 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 850980374, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Natalie Portman, Credit line: Image Press Agency / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- Natalie Portman attends the Award ceremony during the 50th Deauville American Film Festival on September 14, 2024 in Deauville, France.,Image: 908151764, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Thomas Floyd/Avalon
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- Natalie Portman attends the Ballon d Or Ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet on October 28, 2024 in Paris, France ( Photo by Federico Pestellini / Panoramic ),Image: 927513809, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Federico Pestellini/Panoramic/Avalon
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- Paris am 28.Oktober 2024 68. Ballon d Or im Theatre Du Chatelet in Paris PARIS, FRANKREICH v.,li., Schauspielerin Natalie Portman *** Paris on October 28, 2024 68 Ballon d Or at the Theatre Du Chatelet in Paris PARIS, FRANCE v ,li , actress Natalie Portman Copyright:,Image: 927779561, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/HMB Media/Antonio Borga/Avalon
The French tabloids are so obsessed with Natalie. Voici should quit stalking Nat but I guess they want her miserable.
He’s hot. Go for it Natalie.
He’s fine
“I wish Hilaria Baldwin was pretend-French so we could learn how to pronounce this stuff.”
😂💀😂💀 I AM DECEASED.
I was going to comment on that too, so glad someone else agrees! Kaiser, that is one of the most amusing jokes you’ve ever told, and so lightly thrown off. I’m still smiling.
thanks!
hahahaha so funny.
Kaiser, you could just talk like Lumiere and you’ll probably get it. Like I would guess maybe “Deh-stAWbluh” but I could be wrong.
I’m laughing because at first glance I thought his last name was “Destestable” – guess I still need a coffee:) Get it, Nat!
Can you not be weird about peoples names Just because you cant pronuncie it…? Weird as hell
I’m fluent in French — and wouldn’t know how to pronounce his first name, because it’s of Breton origin.
I remember the head games + intellectual flirtation she had with Jonathan Safran Foer–an exchange that was so heady the New York Times published their email musings. Portman was expert at sounding ardent while saying nothing that could be considered crossing a line. I think making their emails public was part of the “nothing to see here, just art talk” BS ploy to make it seem their dancing so hard for each other as innocent.
Does anyone else remember this?
Foer’s marriage ended, then Portman’s marriage ended, and I wondered if she would reach out to him. My theory was always that he was into it and she was getting a thrill yanking the chain of a famous writer.
@NoHope
He told his wife he wanted a divorce before even telling Portman about his feelings.
Portman had no intention of leaving her husband for him (her divorce was years later) and was, it seems, just enjoying the frisson and the flirtation and, as you wrote, “going up to the line.”
It’s a crappy thing to do to someone.
We have a French friend whose name is Robert (Ro-BEAR).
My sweet, but very American, brothers immediately called him Robbie.
There is a joke on the old show Frasier based on this pronunciation. Martin calls a French store owner (who is named “Robert” and, being French, pronounces it “Ro-BEAR”) a “robber” for the high prices in the store. Robert says “Robber? No one calls me a robber!” (both times pronouncing it “ro-BEAR” because of his French accent). Then right after he says this, a French worker in the store in the back offscreen calls out for Robert pronouncing it “Ro-BEAR!”
This tortured explanation by me aside, it is a hilarious moment. I think it’s in the episode “Roe to Perdition,” which is a hilarious episode in it’s entirety. Including the fun with French names!
It’s not that hard to learn someone’s name. It’s not cute that because they’re Very American they can’t be bothered to learn it.
As a non-native French speaker who’s been living in France for 15 years, it’s likely pronounced tã-GHEE (the ã being a nasal ah sound) deh-STAH-bleuh
It’s pronounced Tawn-guee (like the g in the word mango). However you do NOT pronounce the N, it’s that “an/en” sound anglophones can’t quite approximate (think of how you pronounce “France” in French, the “an” sound in France is how it’s pronounced in Tanguy. Guy is a first name in French (very old school) and it’s pronounced Guee (like g in mango), not like the word guy in English. It’s not a name I’ve ever heard of and sounds more like a last name than first name to me. Apparently it’s a name from the Brittany region of France which I guess doesn’t surprise me. As for the last name, Duh-stah-bluh or Deh-stah-bluh.
I wanted to write a comment like that but I couldn’t find an example for the AN sound in English lol.
I don’t think you will be able to find a name that is more Breton than this guy’s name. It’s almost too cliché.