Audrina Patridge is dating singer Michael Ray

The hills alum Audrina Patridge has officially made her new boyfriend, the country singer, public Michael Ray.

“There are many things in life worth letting go of,” she captioned a photo on Tuesday, July 9, using lyrics from “Hold,” one of Ray’s country songs. “But the things that mean the most to you are the things you have to hold on to.”

In the sweet photo, Patridge, 39, holds her arm tightly to Ray, 36, as they gaze lovingly into each other’s eyes. “Here we go baby!!! I’m thankful for you and Kirra,” Ray captioned the photo, sharing her post on his own Instagram story. (Patridge has 8-year-old daughter Kirra with her ex-husband Corey Bohan.)

While Ray was previously married to another country singer Carly Pearce For eight months, from 2019 to 2020, fans have watched Patridge search for love since she made her reality TV debut The hills in 2006. The show included her previous relationships with Daniela B. And Justin Bobby Bresciaand even though things didn’t work out between them, there is no animosity.

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“I will always love him. He feels the same way,” said Patridge We weekly of Brescia in July 2022 and noted that they still talk to each other “from time to time”.

Following their televised romances, Patridge began her on-off relationship with 42-year-old Bohan in 2008. He proposed to her in 2015 and they married the following year. In June 2016, Patridge welcomed her and Bohan’s daughter Kirra.

In September 2017, Patridge filed for divorce from Bohan, beginning their years-long separation. In October 2021, four years after announcing their divorce, they agreed on custody of Kirra. The two share custody of their daughter.

Patridge gave insight into her turbulent relationship with Bohan when she released her memoir in 2022 decisions. At first, the reality TV alum was “very hesitant” to write about her marriage, she said Us exclusively before the book’s publication.

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“I had to take a few breaks in between,” she admitted, “and talk about certain things again, but I managed it and now I could actually read my book without getting emotional.”

She described her “toxic” relationship in detail in the book.

“It was such a turning point that I couldn’t just leave that out of the memoir and pretend it never happened,” Patridge added. “Because it changed me for the better and made me stronger, so I had to include that.”

In the years following Patridge’s split from Bohan, she kept her dating life fairly low-key. The MTV alum was romantically linked to Jarod Einsohn in 2022 before going public with Ray on Tuesday.