Overview

• TMZ first released images from Friday, Sept. 5, showing the pair seated together at the Waverly Inn in New York’s West Village.
• Reports describe close moments, including Ratajkowski leaning in and Butler placing an arm around her shoulder during a roughly two-hour conversation.
• The two were seen with cocktails — a martini for Ratajkowski and an old-fashioned for Butler — with no meal reported.
• The outing followed their appearance at an afterparty for the New York premiere of Butler’s film Caught Stealing days earlier.
• Representatives for both did not immediately respond to requests for comment as other outlets, including People, Page Six and the New York Daily News, corroborated the sighting.