HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Jennifer Love Hewitt is gushing over her new boyfriend, actor Jamie Kennedy, admitting that the couple's steamy romance is the result of being friends "for a long time."
"I've heard about it – about being friends with somebody and it turns into something else and I've never really done that before and it's been great," the 30-year-old actress shared during an appearance on Wednesday's "Ellen DeGeneres Show."
"He's hilarious and when you're with somebody funny, they're always funny and it's just great," added Hewitt.
While the pair have known each other for years, Hewitt admits it took a little while before the lights starting flashing in her head.
"There are people in your life who are just supportive and who just look at you, and they see who you are, and he really saw who I was as a person more than anybody had ever done in my whole life," explained Hewitt. "I think that's for me when I sort of went, 'Oh, wow!' I knew he was funny; I knew he was special; I knew he was a really nice guy and decent person. I just never really looked at him until a little while ago."
The couple's relationship has been on speed dial ever since the 38-year-old Kennedy confirmed they were dating during an appearance on Ryan Seacrest's KISS-FM radio show in March. Still, Hewitt says calling off her engagement late last year to actor Ross McCall was difficult.
"Look, break-ups are awful," she said. "They really suck on lots of levels, but what I think is great about life is that the universe always brings you something really beautiful and great afterward and that's kind of where I am now."
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