Glee star Lea Michele appears to be in love with current boyfriend Matthew Paetz.
Last Sunday, October 12, Michele posted a picture of her boyfriend via Instagram. In the picture, the shadows of the couple are seen holding each other's hands.
Matthew Paetz is a model and a lifestyle coach. Paetz and Michele met in April while they were shooting Michele's music video for her second solo single, "On My Way."
The picture is the first one shared by actress and singer Michele of her current boyfriend. She wrote in the caption, "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
The couple was reported to be dating this June and seen already seen vacationing together in Capri, Italy. The couple celebrated Michele's birthday there last July. Last month, Paetz moved in with Michele in the latter's home.
The 28-year-old actress rose to prominence when she played the character Rachel Berry on the Fox television series Glee which is on its fifth season. The sixth season will be its final one. She received a two Golden Globe award nominations for Best Actress in Television series or Comedy last 2010 and in 2011, an Emmy Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Comedy Series in 2010, received a Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy, a Screen Actors Guild Award and People's Choice Award for three consecutive years.
In 2008, Michele began working with Canadian actor Cory Monteith who starred as Rachel Berry's love interest in Glee. They became a couple in November 2011 but waited to announce their relationship to the media until February 2012. In July 2013, the actor was pronounced dead after a heroin and alcohol overdose. Monteith was only 31 at the time of his death.
Following the actor's death, Michele co-wrote a song called "If You Say So" about Monteith.
