Jamie Linden was linked to Zooey Deschanel in mid-2012 when the two attended a “Magic Mike” after-party hand-in-hand. To those around them, the couple made sense. “Jamie’s a really nice guy. He’s funny, and a little geeky … He’s into her!” a source told Us Weekly that June. Unlike Rachel McAdams, Deschanel did walk a few red carpets locked arms with the “We Are Marshall” and “Dear John” screenwriter, as seen above at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
When their relationship took off, Deschanel had just filed for divorce from Ben Gibbard months earlier. In fact, the divorce wasn’t finalized until December 2012, at least half a year into her relationship with Linden. In April of that year, Deschanel contended that getting into a new romance was the last thing on her mind. “Honestly, I’m just going through a divorce, so I don’t really think that’s something I want to get into now,” she told Marie Claire (via People). “I don’t have time to date. I literally don’t have time.”
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But two months later, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” actor was taking Linden to events as her date, so they must have gotten together shortly after her interview. The pair didn’t last, though. He and Deschanel called it quits after two years together in July 2014, according to Us Weekly — two years before Linden started going out with McAdams. Once again, Deschanel didn’t need a lot of time to find love again.
