UPDATE: Jill Zarin sets the record straight and confirms that she's in fact dating Brody but denies that she's been dating him since January, when her late husband Bobby passed away after a long battle with cancer.
“I don’t typically comment on tabloid stories but I felt it was important to set the record straight and let you all know I haven’t been dating anyone for six months,” she told PEOPLE in a statement.
“I just started accepting a few dinner dates after much thought and support from my close friends and family,” she adds. “I felt Bobby would want me to start to live again.”
Zarin reveals she and Brody were “friends first and still are. It’s still evolving.”
The two, she says, “have a lot in common and enjoy each other’s company.”
In the the meantime, she thanks fans for sticking by her. “I am taking things very slow as I continue to heal. Thank you all for your love and support,” she says. “It means the world to me. Love, Jill.”
Jill is currently in London visiting her daughter, who is earning her Master’s in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s, with plans to graduate in September.
“Ally has been living in London and I wanted to take the opportunity to spend much-needed quality time with her and our friends abroad,” she told PEOPLE.
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The new couple, alongside Ally Shapiro, were photographed attending Wimbledon tennis matches this week in London. "We made it!" Jill shared on Instagram Friday morning. "I've waited my whole life to go to #Wimbledon and we are here! @allyshapiro."
In addition, Jill and Gary were spotted together in Miami last month where they enjoyed dinner at NOVIKOV Miami with former Real Housewives of Miami star Marysol Patton. They enjoyed a whole lobster and spare ribs.
"Jill was glowing and looked extremely happy in a red dress," a separate eyewitness shared. "The duo left together around 11 p.m. in a chauffeured Mercedes."
The new romance comes after Jill lost her husband Bobby Zarin in January after a long battle with cancer.
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