Dexter Star Michael C. Hall's Secret New Girlfriend Revealed
Aug. 20 2011, Published 9:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Dexter star Michael C. Hall has a secret new girlfriend and Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned she is 15 years his junior.
The 40-year-old actor has been having secret trysts with Vanessa Abrue, a Showtime staffer, and the two have been going to great lengths to keep the relationship low-key since they started dating in March - just three months after his ex, Jennifer Carpenter, filed for divorce from him.
"No one would ever suspect these two were together because she isn't what anyone would expect Michael to be with," the insider said. "They hardly go out together but when they do it's always with a group of people so no one would suspect he's with someone."
According to the source, Vanessa brags about dating Michael to her friends but uses the code names "Ginger" or "my friend" when she speaks about him in front of other people.
The young brunette bears a striking resemblance to Hall's 31-year-old ex-wife and Dexter co-star, Carpenter, who he was married to for nearly two years.
"Vanessa would constantly talk about Michael texting her at all hours of the night but said she thought it was all worth it," the source told Breaking Celebrity News.
"They mostly hang out at Michael's house, but when she does go out in public with him it's only with others and she walks at a distance."
Vanessa, 25, has also worked on the television show Weeds but has been a staffer on Dexter since last season, and spends so much time with Michael that people think she is his assistant.
"It's more like Michael, Vanessa and a few others that work on Dexter that are not actors. They are all close to Vanessa's age," the insider said.
"When they all hang out at Michael's, Vanessa would always stay the night with him but I don't think Michael realizes how much Vanessa talks about him to friends."