Here’s a nice story of two costars who fell for each other when they were both single. (See also: Lauren Graham and Peter Krause. And don’t tell me they’re not still together or my day will be ruined.) Tea Leoni, 48, and Tim Daly, 58, play a married couple on CBS’ Madam Secretary, and now they’re dating in real life. The best part of this story is that they were both divorced with two kids each when they met, and it’s also somewhat awesome that they’re around the same age too:

Tea Leoni’s leading man on-screen is now her leading man offscreen, too! As revealed exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly, the recently divorced Madam Secretary actress is dating her costar Tim Daly, who plays the husband of her character Elizabeth Faulkner McCord on the CBS political drama.

“Their chemistry on set is electrifying,” a source tells Us of Leoni, 48, and Daly, 58. “They have an amazing time filming.”
The fun continues off-camera, too. On Friday, Nov. 14, the duo were seen strolling down a street in L.A.’s Venice area “with their arms wrapped around each other,” a witness says, adding, “They were definitely couple-y.”

For his part, Private Practice alum Daly gushed about working with Leoni back in September, telling Collider they went to the same high school in Vermont, years apart. “She’s a person, like me and like a lot of people who have gone to that school…who can be perfectly happy sleeping in a wet sleeping bag on a stone floor, or staying in a fancy hotel,” he said of his costar.

“She’s not a whiner. She wants to work hard and she wants to have fun,” he added. “We get along really, really well. We have a really good time. I’ve gotten along with plenty of people, but the chemistry sucked. And I’ve hated people where the chemistry is great. It’s much better if you get along and the chemistry is good. That’s perfect.”

[From US Magazine]

That’s really sweet that Tim gushed about working with Tea. US Magazine points out that Tim has been divorced since 2010 and that Tea just finalized her divorce from David Duchovny four months ago. I doubt this burgeoning relationship had anything to do with Tea’s split – Tea and David first announced their separation in 2008 (after he went to rehab for sex addiction), and they reunited but then split up again in 2011. They may have had a another go-around after that although that’s difficult to google. The point is that both Tea and Tim were single when they hooked up. Tea also doesn’t seem to have any hard feelings for her ex, she told Parade Magazine a few months ago that “David gave me the two greatest gifts on the planet” (referring to their two kids, one of whom is literally named Kyd) and that “We’ve always loved each other, and we adore these kids.” Yay for amicable divorces and new love.

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