Now, things have gone even farther between the pair thanks to a visit to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Laura Dern says that she saw #BabyYoda at a basketball game: "That's all I'm going to say" https://t.co/i87ves5tn4— Variety (@Variety) 1575334618.0
"I think I saw him at a basketball game … It was NBA." In case you needed to know Laura Dern's thoughts on Baby Yo… https://t.co/fdkGLDhbSY— Twitter Moments (@Twitter Moments) 1575395667.0
After the video of Laura Dern claiming to have seen Baby Yoda went viral, she was asked about it by Colbert.
Her response had a strangely romantic tone to it...
.@LauraDern is thinking about seeing more of Baby Yoda. #LSSC https://t.co/QT50UwxU39— The Late Show (@The Late Show) 1578719388.0
Always... https://t.co/UPAeT7rjzr— Laura Dern (@Laura Dern) 1578719529.0
Uhh...I guess Laura Dern and Baby Yoda are a thing now?
Laura Dern leaning in & dating baby yoda I just- https://t.co/f1iw4iUX4G— Tess 👩🏼🎤 (@Tess 👩🏼🎤) 1578758818.0
I like a woman who doubles down on the absurdity. https://t.co/3R0sTbVWK2— alias julia🌶 (@alias julia🌶) 1578749794.0
Our world has moved in a beautiful and exciting new direction.
Working off the theory of the butterfly effect, if Enlightened had to be cancelled to bring us to this point, then… https://t.co/VFbp3oZE7I— Hudson Bae (@Hudson Bae) 1578753241.0
@colbertlateshow @LauraDern Lmao when that story orginally broke, I'm convinced she thought Baby Yoda was a rapper or something— Alderney City's Finest (@Alderney City's Finest) 1578758790.0
Many fans were supportive of this new stage in Dern's personal life.
The amount of joy my grad cohort and I found in discussing Laura Dern’s “I saw baby Yoda at a basketball game” was… https://t.co/EfCHhvLRwj— Meg (@Meg ) 1578462646.0
laura dern and her constant bit about baby yoda WILL get her the oscar— lucy (@lucy) 1578720713.0
These two are going to be together forever.
For real.
i hope whatever is going on with laura dern and baby yoda never ends https://t.co/HjnckYSZiV— erica (@erica) 1578756769.0
Some fans without a lot of pop culture knowledge thought Dern's comments were somehow about Rise of Skywalker.
@colbertlateshow @LauraDern Who cares?... Don't even bring up that awful movie.... Who cares?— matt zarella (@matt zarella) 1578733985.0
@cheesuscripes46 @colbertlateshow @LauraDern Baby Yoda is in a Star Wars show called The Mandalorian, not in The Ri… https://t.co/elJTvs1kEc— Steven Vo (@Steven Vo) 1578734117.0
But for the rest of us, Dern's comments about her newest love interest are pure gold.
We hope you have many happy years together.
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