Mary-Kate Olsen & Businessman John Cooper 'Seem Like A Great Match,' She Hasn't Been This Happy In 'Many Months' Says Source
March 14 2021, Updated 9:42 p.m. ET
Mary-Kate Olsen is moving on! One month after finalizing her divorce from Olivier Sarkozy, 51, the Full House alum has started a new romance with businessman John Cooper, a source tells OK!.
"They met through mutual friends and have been enjoying each other's company. They seem like a great match," the source says of Olsen and Cooper, who were spied out to dinner in NYC on February 26 at one of the 34-year-old designer's favorite Greek eateries, Estiatorio Milos.
The two first came face-to-face in January at a virtual hearing, where it was revealed that Olsen and Sarkozy had reached an agreement in their divorce.
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"No one in her circle has seen Mary-Kate this happy in many, many months, and they owe it to John," says the insider.
According to the source, Cooper, 45, is very much Olsen's type. "He's a self-starter, an Ivy League grad, a CEO of his own tech company and he isn't impressed with fame or the limelight, which is very important to an ultra-private person like Mary-Kate," spills the source. "He's also a licensed pilot and he knows his way around the kitchen, having gone to the French Culinary Institute."
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And while Cooper's never been married, "that isn't a red flag for Mary-Kate," adds the source. "She finds him absolutely charming." And even though their budding relationship is still fairly casual, the fashion icon is "definitely open to something serious," notes the source.
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For the first time in a while, "Mary- Kate's feeling positive about the future and good about herself — and John is helping her unwind and have fun."
As previously reported, Olsen decided to end things with Sarkozy when he invited his ex-wife, Charlotte Bernard, to move into their $5 million Bridgehampton, N.Y., mansion. "Olivier was concerned for the safety of his family in New York during the pandemic. He insisted to Mary-Kate that he wanted to bring his ex-wife, their kids, and his mother from the city to their Bridgehampton home," a source had told Page Six at the time.