Drew Barrymore isn’t at all surprised that her ex-boyfriend Justin Long has been able to get “all the ladies.”
“We dated for many years. I was very much in love with Justin. You know why? Because he’s funny,” the actress said on the “A Little Bit Extra” segment of her talk show Thursday.
“You want to know why he gets all the ladies? Well, there’s a few reasons, but the comedy is definitely [one of them],” she explained. “He is one of the sharpest, wittiest [people]. He’s brilliant, and he’ll just knock your socks off with laughter.”
The “Never Been Kissed” star, 47, and Long met while filming “He’s Just Not That Into You” in 2007, and they dated on and off until 2010. They also co-starred in “Going the Distance.”
Despite their breakup, the former couple have stayed close friends and were spotted hanging out in 2018 at the Lowell hotel on the Upper East Side.
Page Six broke the news in December that Long, 44, entered a relationship with Kate Bosworth. Although the pair concealed their romance for some time — Bosworth has been going through a divorce with estranged husband Michael Polish — the “Accepted” star and the “Blue Crush” actress have since gone public by posting PDA-packed photos.
The couple have only gotten more serious, with Long going so far as to describe Bosworth as “the one.”
“I had gotten to a place where … I was comfortable with myself. I was ready to be — I didn’t know it at the time — but I was ready for the one,” he told “Bachelor” alum Nick Viall on the “Viall Files” podcast in April.
“And the one I had met … I had found.”