Connie Britton Has Date Night with Boyfriend David E. Windsor at Emmys 2024

Mar. 15, 2025

Connie Britton with David Windsor at the 2024 Emmys.Photo:Disney/Laura Grier

Disney/Laura Grier

Connie Brittontook full advantage of the Sunday night lights.

TheNashvillealum, 57, stepped out for the2024 Emmy Awardson Sunday, Sept. 15 with her longtime boyfriend, David E. Windsor.

Britton wore a strapless black gown, while Windsor donned a tuxedo for the occasion.

Connie Britton and David Windsor at the 2024 Emmys.Disney/Laura Grier

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The pair have been together since 2019, “right before COVID,” she explained.

“I have an amazing man in my life now,” she said, referencing Windsor, whom she first met after being “set up” at her friend’s 50th birthday party.

Meredith Baxter, Connie Britton, and Susan Kelechi Watson speak onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Kevin Winter/Getty

Kevin Winter/Getty

“I walked into his party and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I don’t know a single soul at this party.’ But I was like, ‘It’s OK, I just wanna celebrate him. It’s his 50th birthday,'” Britton said, before adding, “And so I’m talking to my friend and he looks past me and he sees David across the room and he is like, ‘There’s someone here you have to meet.’ And it was like, I’ll never forget that moment because I turned around and I looked at who he was pointing at and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, I wanna meet him.’ "

Ironically, Britton saidshe neglected to follow through on the meet-cute, and instead told her friend to have David email her (and he did, the very next day!)

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