Justin Long has his own name for his girlfriend Kate Bosworth.
The Christmas with the Campbells star sat down with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on Nov. 28 to talk about his relationship with the Blue Crush star. The actor, 44, began to tell the hosts how his Thanksgiving with Kate, 39, was—except he didn't call her Kate—he called her Catherine.
Jenna quickly caught on, saying, "Oh, I thought she was Kate!" Hoda added, "Why do we all call her Kate?"
"Yeah, it's a little more personal. Even though it's longer and a pain in the ass to say," he said on the Nov. 28 episode of Today. He also explained that it's nice to call her by her full name when the rest of the world knows her as Kate.
But the hosts still wanted to know how his Thanksgiving was, noting that Kate, er, Catherine shared a sweet tribute to him on Instagram. She shared a series of snapshots from their day, captioning it, "HAPPY THANKSGIVING. So grateful for your warmth and safety and that bright beautiful ever glow @justinlong…you make life so much fun. xx."
"Well, she makes me glow. This is making me blush because it's so … It's the best best. It's so nice to talk about," he said, noting that they've been dating for a little over a year.
As for their Thanksgiving, they spent it with Justin's parents and it came with a certain...smell.
It was Thanksgiving in Connecticut," he said. "So I made some Brussels sprouts and we traveled, I've been living in Massachusetts so we traveled for about an hour-and-a-half with Brussels sprouts in the car. I don't know if you've ever done that ... it's a very distinct odor."
The couple first sparked romance rumors in May 2021 when Kate posted a photo of the two of them in Fayetteville, Ark. and called him a fun, funny, kind, rare, thoughtful and rad human being.
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