B.J. Novak Is Officially Off The Market, Linked To A Younger Star

Novak, finest recognized for taking part in Ryan Howard on “The Workplace,” has usually saved his private life out of the highlight.

Through the years, B.J. Novak has been romantically linked to a number of high-profile figures, together with Mindy Kaling.

The 45-year-old “The Workplace” alum is reportedly courting 29-year-old TikTok star Delaney Rowe, in line with PEOPLE. Sources confirmed the buzzy new romance on Monday, months after the duo first sparked whispers of a relationship.

Followers first began speculating in November 2024 when Novak and Rowe had been noticed cozying up on the “How Lengthy Gone” afterparty in New York Metropolis. Novak seemed dapper in a glossy black swimsuit, whereas Rowe turned heads in a classy halter prime and leather-based pants.

And it wasn’t only a one-time sighting. The next month, the Emmy nominee and the viral social media star had been seen having fun with an evening out at Manhattan’s stylish Bowery Lodge.

B.J. Novak’s new romance with Delaney Rowe has everybody speaking, however who precisely is the TikTok star who stole the “Workplace” alum’s coronary heart?

Rowe grew up in Boise, Idaho, with large Hollywood desires. As a baby, she spent her summers performing within the Idaho Shakespeare Competition, already setting her sights on prestigious drama faculties like Juilliard or NYU.

Nonetheless, when the elite performing faculties did not pan out, Rowe determined to carve her personal path. She packed her luggage for Los Angeles and pursued her BFA in performing, however shortly discovered that the business wasn’t seeing her the best way she noticed herself.

“There was this big hole in between how myself and my workforce noticed me, and the way folks within the precise business noticed me, like, one thing’s not connecting, and we could not determine it out,” she informed Vanity Fair in August 2023, revealing that casting brokers had been pushing her towards “Nina Dobrev sort” roles, not the comedic ones she craved.

After going through early struggles breaking into Hollywood, Rowe made a stunning pivot to the kitchen. Leaning into her love for cooking, she determined to develop into a private chef… with somewhat artistic assist.

Rowe admitted she created flyers promoting her companies, fibbing that she attended culinary faculty. She stuffed them into mailboxes round Beverly Hills, hustling for work, and it paid off.

A type of flyers landed with a physician who simply so occurred to be treating the late Marvel legend Stan Lee, making him Rowe’s first large shopper. But it surely did not final lengthy as a result of she was too good at her job!

“I used to be employed to make heart-healthy meals,” she recalled to Vainness Honest. “I might make him pink lentil dal, and he’d be like, ‘I need veal scallopini from Dan Tana’s, what are you doing?'”

Although her profession as a private chef did not stick, Rowe did not hand over. She finally discovered her candy spot on TikTok, parodying every part from “manic pixie dream ladies” to “terminally sick characters … with a depraved humorousness and ironic zest for all times,” racking up tens of millions of followers within the course of.

Whereas Novak tends to maintain his love life comparatively non-public, this is not the primary time he is made headlines for his romantic connections. He was beforehand linked to literary supervisor Molly Hurwitz, who later acquired engaged to “Buddies” star Matthew Perry, and Instagram mannequin Ceilidh Garten.