Raise your hand for those who’re in love! Ariel Winter spread out about her dating with Luke Benward, noting that it’s been wonderful having their longtime friendship transition into one thing more.

“Honestly, it’s been the best thing ever now, but it was once lovely abnormal to start with as a result of that was once by no means one thing that I anticipated in any respect,” the Modern Family alum, 23, advised Entertainment Tonight on Friday, July 23. “It’s been the largest blessing for me.”

The California native and the Dumplin’ actor, 26, have been courting for over a 12 months and a part. Us Weekly broke the news that the duo were officially an item in January 2020 after they sparked dating rumors a month prior.

“Ariel is in reality happy with Luke and thinks he is a brilliant match for her,” a supply informed Us at the time. “She loves his energy and charisma and feels very at ease round him. Ariel is attempting to keep her relationship with Luke quite personal and isn’t telling a ton of people who they’re courting, however they're.”

These days, the Screen Actors Guild award winner is worked up to talk about her beau.

“He is astounding. He is surely my safe space,” Winter gushed to ET. “We’ve been ready to develop in combination and now not simply be in a courting, however we’re partners in trade. We’re partners. He’s my perfect good friend. He’s my boyfriend, so it’s really stunning so that you can get to that place with any person and to have the friendship basis first and then so that you can grow into the whole lot, is really, truly beautiful.”

Soon after Us confirmed their relationship, Winter and Benward were spotted getting cozy at a January 2020 Spotify party. According to an eyewitness, the couple “may no longer keep their fingers off each different” as Billie Eilish carried out at the event.

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The insider famous that the Minutemen actor stored his fingers on Winter’s hips whilst they swayed to the tune, including that “Luke buried his face in Ariel’s hair” because the “Bad Guy” singer, 19, carried out her gradual songs.

Rumors of a connection between the pair first swirled in December 2019 after they were noticed at a West Hollywood restaurant. Winter previously dated Levi Meaden from November 2016 to October 2019.

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