Alexandra opened up to Vogue about her mixed emotions regarding her decision to publicize her relationship, saying, "I think every single person I knew called me in the first week of November, and that's fascinating, but the question I've been asking in all of this is: 'What is the opportunity for good?'"
She added that "love at every level is deeply important" to her identity and expressed her belief in the value of being in relationships, saying, "I do not believe that isolation is the way. There is a period of isolation that I do as a painter, but I deeply value the experience of being in relationships."
Keanu and Alexandra's romance has been mostly private, with the couple appearing together at only a few public events.
Tragedy struck when Keanu’s previous long-term romance in the early 2000s when his then-girlfriend, late actress Jennifer Syme, tragically passed away at the age of 28.
Jennifer was involved in a devastating car accident in LA, where her vehicle collided with a row of parked cars.
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