Natalie Portman shares a sweet kiss with husband Benjamin Millepied... after Moby issued public apology to furious actress following his shock claims he dated her when she was 18
Natalie Portman has had a tough few weeks following Moby's shock allegations in his new memoir that he briefly dated her when she was 18 and he was in his 30s, claims which she has strongly refuted.
But the actress was focusing on her personal life on Tuesday, enjoying a date night with her husband Benjamin Millepied in Los Feliz.
The Black Swan star, 37, looked totally enamored with her spouse of seven years as they shared a sweet embrace in the street.
Sealed with a kiss: Natalie Portman was focusing on her personal life on Tuesday, enjoying a date night with her husband Benjamin Millepied in Los Feliz
Natalie laced her arms around her French choreographer partner as they waited by the roadside, looking head-over-heels for one another.
The Oscar-winning star was dressed down for her outing, throwing a grey hoodie over a printed T-shirt and black jeans.
Benjamin, who was casually clad in a white T-shirt, couldn't take his eyes off his wife as they kissed by the kerbside.
Natalie and Benjamin met on the set of Black Swan in 2009 and welcomed son Aleph two years later.
The pair tied the knot in August 2012 and the second addition to their family, daughter Amalia, arrived in February 2017.
Public apology: Moby has now apologised after he made allegations in his new memoir that he briefly dated Natalie when she was 18 and he was in his 30s, claims which she has strongly refuted. He had also shared this image of himself with the young star to dispute her claim that they were only ever friends when she was a 'teenager'
Happy couple: The Black Swan star, 37, looked totally enamored with her spouse of seven years as they shared a sweet embrace in the street
Casual: The Oscar-winning star was dressed down for her outing, throwing a grey hoodie over a printed T-shirt and black jeans
Happy couple: The pair tied the knot in August 2012 and have two children together
Natalie's public outing comes after Moby publicly apologized to her - days after the actress contested the nature of their past relationship and characterized him as a 'creepy old man.'
The climb-down comes after the singer boasted of his relationship with the then 18-year-old in his memoir Then It All Fell Apart, before doubling down on his recollection when Portman disputed his version of events and labeled them 'disturbing.'
In his apology, posted on Instagram on Saturday, he said he accepted he was wrong for including their so-called relationship in the book without giving her forewarning, and that given the 14-year age gap between the pair, admitted he should have 'acted more responsibly and respectfully' when they first met in Austin, Texas in 1999.
He wrote: 'As some time has passed I've realized that many of the criticisms leveled at me regarding my inclusion of Natalie in Then It Fell Apart are very valid.
Speaking out: The climb-down comes after the singer boasted of his relationship with the then '20-year-old' in his memoir Then It All Fell Apart, before doubling down on his recollection when Portman disputed his version of events labeling it 'disturbing'
'I also fully recognize that it was truly inconsiderate of me to not let her know about her inclusion in the book beforehand, and equally inconsiderate for me to not fully respect her reaction.
'I have a lot of admiration for Natalie, for her intelligence, creativity, and animal rights activism, and I hate that I might have caused her and her family distress.'
The Porcelain singer added: 'I tried to treat everyone I included in Then It Fell Apart with dignity and respect, but nonetheless it was truly inconsiderate for me to not let them know before the book was released.
'So for that I apologize, to Natalie, as well as the other people I wrote about in Then It Fell Apart without telling them beforehand.
'Also I accept that given the dynamic of our almost 14 year age difference I absolutely should've acted more responsibly and respectfully when Natalie and I first met almost 20 years ago.'
New tell-all book: Moby, now 53, is promoting his autobiography - but Natalie claimed they were only friends until his intentions became obvious
His apology comes days after he made it clear he believed they were dating, despite the age difference.
He said at the time: 'I recently read a gossip piece wherein Natalie Portman said that we'd never dated. This confused me, as we did, in fact, date.
'And after briefly dating in 1999 we remained friends for years. I like Natalie, and I respect her intelligence and activism.
'But, to be honest, I can't figure out why she would actively misrepresent the truth about our (albeit brief) involvement.
'Ps I completely respect Natalie's possible regret in dating me (to be fair, I would probably regret dating me, too), but it doesn't alter the actual facts of our brief romantic history.'
Earlier in the week, Portman told Harper's Bazaar: 'I was surprised to hear that he characterized the very short time that I knew him as dating because my recollection is a much older man being creepy with me when I just had graduated high school.
'He said I was 20. I definitely wasn't. I was a teenager. I had just turned 18.'
The mother-of-two also criticized the Moby's publisher for not checking the facts of the story, saying she thought it was a 'deliberate' attempt to sell books and called it 'disturbing'.
In his book, Moby said he was relieved when she ended their 'relationship'.
Claims: The electronic musician wrote in his autobiography that he went out with the actress for 'a few weeks' in 1999 when she was 18. He previously said it was in 2001. They are shown that year
He said they met for the first time at a show he performed in Austin in 1999.
He then describes seeing her again at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards when she approached him, writing: 'I was thirty-three and she was twenty but this was her world.'
The awards were on September 9, just three months after Natalie's 18th birthday.
He then claims that when she was studying at Harvard, he visited her and they spent one night 'kissing under centuries-old oak trees.'
'At midnight, she brought me back to her dorm room and we lay down next to each other on her small bed.
Romantic woes: The singer has also said that Lana Del Rey (pictured recently) rejected him in 2006
'After she fell asleep I carefully extracted myself from her arm and took a taxi back to the hotel,' he said.
Moby also described in his book how he had 'high hopes' for a night of 'vodka and sex' with Lana Del Ray in 2006 when she was 20 and he was 50.
He claimed they kissed after a date but that she declined sex because she had heard he was promiscuous.
Rey's representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.
Moby shot to stardom as in the 1990s with his techno album Play.
He has since documented how he blew his millions on drugs and alcohol and has spoken openly about his sexually deviant ways.
