--- title: Keanu Reeves, Alexandra Grant Hold Hands, Internet Rejoices description: Keanu Reeves held hands with artist and longtime collaborator Alexandra Grant on a red carpet, much to the joy and delight of his fans. canonical: https://time.com/5718548/keanu-reeves-alexandra-grant-hold-hands/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-05T16:15:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T20:49:38.000Z og:title: Keanu Reeves, Alexandra Grant Hold Hands. 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(Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 02: Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves attend the 2019 LACMA Art + Film Gala at LACMA on November 02, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)Taylor Hill—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:49 PM UTCPublished: Nov 5, 2019 4:15 PM UTC [Keanu Reeves](https://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/), the [Internet’s beloved boyfriend](https://time.com/5603032/keanu-reeves-best-moments/), just might be someone’s boyfriend in real life. The _John Wick_ star, who’s been having [a triumphant 2019](https://time.com/5611378/keanu-reeves-popularity-toy-story-4/), held hands with his friend, artist and longtime collaborator Alexandra Grant at the LACMA Art + Film Gala red carpet in Los Angeles on Monday night. Their hand holding, a rare display of public affection from Reeves, led many online to believe that the pair could potentially be in a relationship. Reeves, whose Internet mythos has been built around his [kind but seemingly stoic existence](https://time.com/5558494/keanu-reeves-bus/), has been known for generally doing public events and red carpets by himself in recent years. Reeves and Grant have been longtime collaborators; she illustrated two books that he wrote, _Ode to Happiness_ in 2011 and _Shadows_ in 2016\. In 2017, Reeves and Grant joined forces again to found a publishing company called X Artists’ Books.  Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves attend the 2019 LACMA Art + Film Gala at LACMA on November 02, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) Taylor Hill&Getty Images Although the pair have known each other since at least 2011 (when they began working on their first book together), this is the first time they have been spotted holding hands like this at a public event. As might be expected, the Internet was overjoyed at the prospect that their collective dreamboat might have found some happiness in his personal life and took to social media to share their excitement. See the reactions to Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant on the red carpet below. > [](https://twitter.com/partygirlu2/status/1191583092944838657) > [](https://twitter.com/jennyyangtv/status/1191560428700061696) Many people online were also pleased by the fact that Reeves and Grant are of a similar age. > [](https://twitter.com/BinaShah/status/1191562238152314882) While others were just happy about his love. > [](https://twitter.com/tnwhiskeywoman/status/1191739036852985856) Still the overwhelming sentiment appeared to be happiness about his potential happiness. > [](https://twitter.com/OnlineAlison/status/1191532131211608064) Keanu Reeves — he might be off the market, but somehow, he’s still everyone’s Internet boyfriend. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5718548/keanu-reeves-alexandra-grant-hold-hands/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5718548/keanu-reeves-alexandra-grant-hold-hands/"},"headline":"Keanu Reeves Joining Hands With Artist Alexandra Grant on the Red Carpet Has Fans Feeling Joyous","datePublished":"2019-11-05T16:15:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T20:49:38.000Z","description":"So many feelings","url":"https://time.com/5718548/keanu-reeves-alexandra-grant-hold-hands/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81edd2d335e0ff8e/698a055a16d8843124c373c2/keanu-reeves-alexandra-grant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81edd2d335e0ff8e/698a055a16d8843124c373c2/keanu-reeves-alexandra-grant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2019 LACMA Art + Film Gala Presented By Gucci - Arrivals","caption":"Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant","creditText":"Taylor Hill—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5718548/keanu-reeves-alexandra-grant-hold-hands/","name":"Keanu Reeves Joining Hands With Artist Alexandra Grant on the Red Carpet Has Fans Feeling Joyous"}}]}] ```