Florence Pugh Jokes She's 'Bidding' on a Zoom Call with Ex Zach Braff

Mar. 15, 2025

Zach Braff and Florence Pugh.Photo: getty (2)Florence PughandZach Braffare keeping things friendly.On Thursday, Braff shared a photo onInstagram promoting an eBay auctionsupporting wounded veterans.“Bid on eBay for a 30 minute Zoom with@donald_aisonand me,” theScrubsalum, 47, wrotealongside a screenshot of an auction featuring him and Donald Faison. “ALL proceeds go to build specially-designed homes for severely wounded veterans via Homes For Our Troops. LINK IN BIO!!!!!!“After he posted, Pugh, 26, commented on his post: “Im deffo bidding on this.“Minutes later, Braff responded, “@florencepughI’m certain you could get this for free, but it is a very good cause for veterans….“Another Instagram user also left a comment, writing, “@zachbraff10 points gryffindor on how you’re flirting with@florencepughhere. 👍” In a since-deleted comment, Braff simply responded: “😐.“instagramRepresentatives for Pugh and Braff did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.TheDon’t Worry Darlingactress revealed in her cover story forHarper’s BAZAAR’s September 2022 issuethat she and Braff quietly went their separate ways, hoping to keep the split under wraps to avoid commentary from others.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“We’ve been trying to do this separation without the world knowing, because it’s been a relationship that everybody has an opinion on,” said Pugh. “We just felt something like this would really do us the benefit of not having millions of people telling us how happy they are that we’re not together. So we’ve done that.““I automatically get a lumpy throat when I talk about it,” she added.The pair was first spotted showing PDA in April 2019. This past April, Pughcelebrated Braff’s birthday, captioning a series of photos on Instagram, “Happy Birthday Zachary.“RELATED VIDEO: Florence Pugh Reveals She and Zach Braff Quietly Broke Up: ‘Everybody Has an Opinion’Prior to that, in January, Braff celebrated Pugh’s birthday with asocial media tribute.“Happy birthday to this beautiful human being. I am so lucky to know you. And the world is so lucky they get to witness your incredible talent,” Braff wrote on his Instagram Story alongside a photo of Pugh resting at the edge of a swimming pool.

Zach Braff and Florence Pugh.Photo: getty (2)

Florence PughandZach Braffare keeping things friendly.On Thursday, Braff shared a photo onInstagram promoting an eBay auctionsupporting wounded veterans.“Bid on eBay for a 30 minute Zoom with@donald_aisonand me,” theScrubsalum, 47, wrotealongside a screenshot of an auction featuring him and Donald Faison. “ALL proceeds go to build specially-designed homes for severely wounded veterans via Homes For Our Troops. LINK IN BIO!!!!!!“After he posted, Pugh, 26, commented on his post: “Im deffo bidding on this.“Minutes later, Braff responded, “@florencepughI’m certain you could get this for free, but it is a very good cause for veterans….“Another Instagram user also left a comment, writing, “@zachbraff10 points gryffindor on how you’re flirting with@florencepughhere. 👍” In a since-deleted comment, Braff simply responded: “😐.“instagramRepresentatives for Pugh and Braff did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.TheDon’t Worry Darlingactress revealed in her cover story forHarper’s BAZAAR’s September 2022 issuethat she and Braff quietly went their separate ways, hoping to keep the split under wraps to avoid commentary from others.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“We’ve been trying to do this separation without the world knowing, because it’s been a relationship that everybody has an opinion on,” said Pugh. “We just felt something like this would really do us the benefit of not having millions of people telling us how happy they are that we’re not together. So we’ve done that.““I automatically get a lumpy throat when I talk about it,” she added.The pair was first spotted showing PDA in April 2019. This past April, Pughcelebrated Braff’s birthday, captioning a series of photos on Instagram, “Happy Birthday Zachary.“RELATED VIDEO: Florence Pugh Reveals She and Zach Braff Quietly Broke Up: ‘Everybody Has an Opinion’Prior to that, in January, Braff celebrated Pugh’s birthday with asocial media tribute.“Happy birthday to this beautiful human being. I am so lucky to know you. And the world is so lucky they get to witness your incredible talent,” Braff wrote on his Instagram Story alongside a photo of Pugh resting at the edge of a swimming pool.

Florence PughandZach Braffare keeping things friendly.

On Thursday, Braff shared a photo onInstagram promoting an eBay auctionsupporting wounded veterans.

“Bid on eBay for a 30 minute Zoom with@donald_aisonand me,” theScrubsalum, 47, wrotealongside a screenshot of an auction featuring him and Donald Faison. “ALL proceeds go to build specially-designed homes for severely wounded veterans via Homes For Our Troops. LINK IN BIO!!!!!!”

After he posted, Pugh, 26, commented on his post: “Im deffo bidding on this.”

Minutes later, Braff responded, “@florencepughI’m certain you could get this for free, but it is a very good cause for veterans….”

Another Instagram user also left a comment, writing, “@zachbraff10 points gryffindor on how you’re flirting with@florencepughhere. 👍” In a since-deleted comment, Braff simply responded: “😐.”

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Representatives for Pugh and Braff did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.

TheDon’t Worry Darlingactress revealed in her cover story forHarper’s BAZAAR’s September 2022 issuethat she and Braff quietly went their separate ways, hoping to keep the split under wraps to avoid commentary from others.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“We’ve been trying to do this separation without the world knowing, because it’s been a relationship that everybody has an opinion on,” said Pugh. “We just felt something like this would really do us the benefit of not having millions of people telling us how happy they are that we’re not together. So we’ve done that.”

“I automatically get a lumpy throat when I talk about it,” she added.

The pair was first spotted showing PDA in April 2019. This past April, Pughcelebrated Braff’s birthday, captioning a series of photos on Instagram, “Happy Birthday Zachary.”

RELATED VIDEO: Florence Pugh Reveals She and Zach Braff Quietly Broke Up: ‘Everybody Has an Opinion’

Prior to that, in January, Braff celebrated Pugh’s birthday with asocial media tribute.

“Happy birthday to this beautiful human being. I am so lucky to know you. And the world is so lucky they get to witness your incredible talent,” Braff wrote on his Instagram Story alongside a photo of Pugh resting at the edge of a swimming pool.

source: people.com