The Ever-Charming Jeremy Allen White: A Modern Masculine Icon

There are a few eternally reassuring constants in life: the sun will always rise in the east and set in the west, taxes will always be due in mid-April (unless the DOGE crew succeeds in dismantling what’s left of the federal government), and Jeremy Allen White will always be caught by the paparazzi carrying giant arrays of flowers like a beautiful satyr creating al fresco bouquets to decorate his woodland home.

God willing, anyway: Is it a sad referendum on modern masculinity that I’m (still) so charmed by the sight of a rugged Hollywood hunk stopping to appreciate the small, beautiful things in life?

It’s been a long and cold season since we last saw our favorite The Bear star stockpiling flowers around Valentine’s Day in 2024, but luckily, he reverted to type this past weekend at an LA farmer’s market that I am very much hoping is not the Atwater one I go to every Sunday except this one. (Seriously, if Jeremy Allen White happened to hit up my local farmer’s market on the one day I wasn’t there, I will rend my garments.)

And while I do love the idea of White simply spoiling himself with a fresh bunch of sunflowers and other spring blooms as part of a “self-care Sunday” routine that also includes journaling and changing his sheets, I fear I can’t help but wonder: who are the flowers for???

I was elated to find out last year that White was allegedly dating his The Bear costar Molly Gordon, partly because the two share genuine chemistry on the show and partly because Gordon has won my loyalty for life with her interpretation of dippy, past-life-accessing music teacher Rebecca-Diane in the 2023 film Theater Camp; if there’s anyone who deserves to be on the receiving end of White’s penchant for floral splurges, it’s Molly Gordon! So, yes, obviously White could have been flower-shopping for his mom or his buddy this past weekend (yes, straight men can and should buy each other flowers), but I very much hope that stunning bouquet is currently adorning a kitchen table at Gordon’s house. Welcome back, true romance!