“We’re really good,” Cook gushed.

“We’re friends now.

We talk about things that we never talked about before because we have this new relationship.”

Rachael Leigh Cook short hair

They also share two kids, Charlotte and Theodore, whom they happily and peacefully co-parent.

For her at least, the experience hasn’t been all terrible.

“That’s the thing.

Daniel Gillies and Rachael Leigh Cook at a film premiere

We did a little bit of therapy to navigate our separation,” Cook recalled.

“The past is the past,” Cook stressed.

“The past literally has zero relevance to every single day forward.”

Rachael Leigh Cook smiling with teeth

And move on they did.

His name was Kevin, and she was smitten.

“He’s fantastic,” she gushed.

“I did good, if I do say so.

Definitely hitting out of my league there.”

He’s also a swimming coach.

The two were set up by Cook’s fellow actor and close friend, Judy Greer.

“I love his perfect heart,” Cook relayed toETin 2021.

“He’s magic.”

She added, “He’s the greatest guy.

[sic] He’s the most genuine.

He’s praying for me and he loves me.”

The couple first met online during the COVID-19 pandemic and have been together ever since.

“I get better all the time with her,” Gillies gushed toStuff.

“I still love her deeply,” Gillies expressed.

“It’s interesting building this new version of us.”

What can she say?

She’s a total sucker for love.

So yeah, totally open to that happening again," Cook quipped.

What about having kids?

Well, that would be more complicated, according to the Minnesota native.

“I gotta make that decision with eyes wide open,” Cook explained.

“We’re still in what I would call an information-gathering phase,” Cook explained.

“It’s not romantic, but sometimes good decisions aren’t.”

As they say, better safe than sorry!