Maren Morris andPerfect MatchStar Justin Assada Are Newly Dating (Exclusive Source)

Mar. 15, 2025

Maren Morris; Justin Assada.Photo:Jason Koerner/Getty; Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Jason Koerner/Getty; Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Maren Morrisis moving on!

The Grammy-winning singer is newly dating Netflix reality star Justin Assada, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

Assada first sent the rumor mill churning on Wednesday, Aug. 28, when he shared a photo of himself seemingly on a date with Morris, who split fromex-husband Ryan Hurdin October 2023,

ThePerfect Matchstar, 27, posted a photo to his Instagram Story of the “Push Me Over” singer, 34, sitting casually across from him at an upscale restaurant and sipping a drink.

“Scary movies + Sushi 😫,” he captioned the Story.

Reps for the pair did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Assada is best known for his appearances on the competition seriesSurviving Paradisein 2023 and the second season of the dating seriesPerfect Match, which aired earlier this summer.

Justin Assada’s Instagram Story post.Justin Assada/Instagram

Justin Assada/Instagram

In July, he appeared on Harry Jowsey’sBoyfriend Materialpodcast, and revealed that he’d recently moved to Los Angeles from his native Massachusetts — and was enjoying the boost the big move gave his love life.

While Assada didn’t name his mystery paramour, Morris previously revealed onCosmopolitan’sCheap Shotsthat she was on the celebrity dating app Raya.

The “Circles Around This Town” singerfinalized her divorcefromHurdin January after nearly six years of marriage, andcame out as bisexualin June.

Maren Morris in New York City in May 2023.Taylor Hill/WireImage

Taylor Hill/WireImage

She told PEOPLE last month that she’s “really, really happy” at the moment, and would only consider dating “a spectacularly impressive individual [who could] add something to my life.”

Morris added that she’s been “enjoying dating for the first time” in her life, and that while putting herself back out there has been “tougher than you think,” she’s “excited.”

“This part of myself is the most confident and just not taking herself too seriously, so it is the perfect moment to be dating," she said. “My rules are just you have to be really spectacular to push me over.”

source: people.com