Overview
- Perkins said Thursday on Elizabeth Day’s How To Fail podcast that she has a new partner but did not name them.
- She described caring for the partner during a recent illness and said they passed the time by baking bread together as a deliberate distraction.
- The comment is Perkins’s first public reference to a new romance since her widely reported split from Anna Richardson in June 2021.
- Perkins has remained visible professionally while private personally, touring a stand-up show and releasing an audiobook about living with ADHD after a 2023 diagnosis.
- Coverage presents the moment as a personal snapshot rather than a public announcement, with outlets respecting Perkins’s choice to keep her partner anonymous.