Florence Pugh heaped praise on her ex-boyfriend Zach Braff during her Monday appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.
Proving they are still on good terms, the 27-year-old actress revealed that he sent her a lucky text just hours before the talk show, with a hilarious typo.
Back in August, Florence announced she had split with the actor and filmmaker, 47, after three years together in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar.
The Little Women star appeared on the show to promote her new movie, A Good Person, written by Zach.
When he brought up the upcoming photo, Jimmy said, “I want to talk about your new movie, A Good Person. This is written and directed by Zach Braff, who I love. He’s a great guy. So talented, but also super funny.’
Good terms: Florence Pugh heaped praise on her ex-boyfriend Zach Braff while appearing on Monday’s The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
Florence chimed in, “Yeah, let’s give him a round of applause,” before adding, “He told me to have fun tonight, but he texted, ‘Tell mom I love him.’
“It was a typo and it was actually Jimmy!” she exclaimed, to which the comedian joked, “I wanted to say, ‘Did he ever call me mommy?’ That is cool.’
Florence quipped, “Yeah, tell Mom you love him too.” Mama loves you, Zach!” while the audience roared with laughter.’
In a serious tone, Jimmy continued, “But he wrote this movie for you…”
Florence said, ‘I was his muse. I also think it’s so easy to read a script when someone knows how you talk and how far they can push you and what you can do. So it was just a delight.’
Florence pulled double duty as producer and lead actress opposite Morgan Freeman in the grief drama A Good Person, which hits UK and US theaters this Friday.
The Scrubs alum – who turns 48 next month – has remained more than amicable with the 5ft3in blonde, having had dinner with her and her family on Saturday night.
“I’m just in awe of her talent,” Zach gushed — rocking a three-piece green suit — to ET on Monday.
When they were one: In August, Florence announced she had split with the actor and filmmaker, 47, after three years together in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar
And I said, “I want to write this [movie] for Florence. What I’m writing is going to be really challenging and it’s incredible.”
Zach first met Florence in August 2018 when he directed her in his 12-minute Adobe Creative Cloud short film, In the Time It Takes To Get There.
Other ladies from the cast of A Good Person included Nichelle Hines, SJ Son and Emilia Suárez – who play Molly, pharmacist Christine and Gabriella.
Zach had dinner with Florence’s parents and grandmother on Saturday nightshow her family a good time in New York City.
Florence skipped dinner, but there is no bad blood between her and Braff, who she dated from 2019 to 2022.
The Little Women star has since moved on with Charlie Gooch, who is reportedly a former classmate from England.
The actress confirms this in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar last year that she and the Scrubs star went their separate ways in August.
Friends: Proving they are still on good terms, the actress, 27, revealed that he sent her a lucky text just hours before the talk show, with a hilarious typo
Spellbinding: The Little Women star appeared on the show to promote her new movie, A Good Person, written by Zach
Plug: When Jimmy brought up the upcoming picture, he said, “I want to talk about your new movie, A Good Person. This is written and directed by Zach Braff, who I love. He’s a great guy’
The pair worked to keep their relationship out of the public eye, with Florence saying they wanted to part ways privately.
Florence told the publication, “We’ve tried to do this divorce without the world knowing because it’s a relationship that everyone has an opinion on.
“We just felt like something like that would really help us if millions of people didn’t tell us how happy they are that we’re not together.” So we did. I automatically get a lump in my throat when I talk about it.’
Speak against Collider last March, Zach sang her praises while talking about her performance in his movie A Good Person, saying, “Florence Pugh’s performance in the movie, I know I’m biased, but it’s the most wonderful thing you’ll ever see.”
A Good Person, which opens in theaters March 24, will star Florence as Allison – a young woman who begins an unlikely relationship with her soon-to-be father-in-law years after surviving the tragic accident that killed her fiancé. came.
Watched closely: Florence has pulled double duty as producer and lead actress opposite Morgan Freeman in the grief drama A Good Person, hitting UK and US theaters this Friday
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