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Nicholas Braun is pulling back the curtain on his relationship with girlfriend Hyunji Ward.
The Succession actor, 36, went Instagram official with Ward to celebrate her birthday on March 26 and shared a sweet note to her in honor of the occasion.
“HBD to my sweet sweet DARLING of a girlfriend!!! You are the absolute joy of my life,” he wrote alongside a series of photos of the creative executive, who he tagged in the post. “You make me my best self!! Like when you said that I could pull off this shirt full of forks. You were right. Love you dearly ❤️”
In one snapshot, the actor and Ward pose together alongside a river while he is dressed in the aforementioned fork shirt and she is wearing a pink maxi dress. The post also includes photos of the pair enjoying BBQ together and cuddling a dog as well as several pictures of Ward solo.
The post comes more than a year after the couple were spotted stepping out together at HBO & Max Post Emmys party in January 2024.
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Cameras also caught Braun giving Ward a kiss at their table after Succession won best drama series at Critics Choice Awards the same month.
Braun posed for photos solo on the red carpet prior to the award ceremony, although his girlfriend was seated beside him inside the event.
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Prior to going public with his romance with Ward, Braun told The New York Times in October 2021 that he was “fascinated by romance and courting another human” because “I haven’t really been in a long-term relationship ever” in real life.
“I do yearn for it and yet I’m incapable of it,” he shared at the time. “I go toward it and then I hit a wall where I’m like, ‘I can’t go farther into this. I’ve got to exit.’ ”
He continued, “I do believe it’ll happen at the right time with the right person. Until then, it’s fun to meet people and see what works.”
