On Monday, the 55-year-old actor appeared to have changed drastically since his days on Friends.
Matt, who became famous for his role as ladies’ man Joey Tribbiani in the enduring US sitcom, had a gray T-shirt with the Ford logo and blue trousers.
As he dragged a Ralphs shopping bag to his car, the Episodes star wore a dejected expression.
Since his breakup with his TV producer girlfriend Aurora Mulligan, Matt has kept a quiet profile.
After nearly six years of dating, The Sun reported in February that he had broken up with his British partner, 36.
The former Top Gear host and Aurora, who works on the motoring program, allegedly “made a clean break,” but the relationship is still quite new.
After Matt became the BBC show’s first non-UK host in 2016, the couple initially got linked.
In May, The Sun made their relationship public, and in June, they were spotted together at the Hickstead Derby in West Sussex, England.
Viewers remarked that they appeared “besotted.”
They made their red carpet debut at a New York film festival in 2017, and they went together to the UK premiere of the 25th season of Top Gear in 2018.
Matt, a father of one, quipped that he was a “old geezer” while Aurora, a Northern Irish woman, called him “honey” on social media.
They maintained a low profile in LA, where Matt moved in 2019. Matt previously dated Andrea Anders, an actress.
The relationship between Matt and Aurora has reached its end, a source claimed. It’s all over.
“It’s a terrible shame, and as anyone would, Matt has taken the news extremely hard.
He and Aurora fell in love on Top Gear, and despite their considerable age differences, they made a really good match.
“But it was difficult for them when he revealed he was leaving Top Gear and taking on other things. He spent a lot of time traveling while Aurora was working in the UK and is primarily located in Los Angeles.
Matt had already experienced a run of failed relationships.
In 2003, the actor wed the model Melissa McKnight in Hawaii, and the couple had Marina, who is now 18 years old.
When Marina was identified as having cortical dysplasia, a rare brain condition, at the age of eight months old, the couple faced the nightmare that every parent has. Fortunately, with proper care, she fully recovered.
But the marriage between the two didn’t work out as well, presumably because of Matt’s womanizing tendencies.
Matt later acknowledged that his three-year marriage had ended in part as a result of his experience with Canadian lapdancer Stephanie Stephens in 2005.
A strip club is “not where a family man should be,” Matt told the National Enquirer, adding that the dancer was also partly to fault.
She was in his face, forcing her breasts into him and gripping his hands and grabbing her body in general.
“She was telling me to caress her, and I was wondering what was going on in my thoughts.”
