Gayheart, 54, and Morton, 78, were in full PDA mode outside a Beverly Hills hotspot, acting like a pair of teenagers who couldn’t keep their hands to themselves.

The Urban Legend beauty turned heads in a chic minidress and matching jacket as she leaned in to lock lips with the Hard Rock Café billionaire mogul — who also happens to be heir to the Morton Steakhouse empire.

This sizzling reunion has been brewing for a while, as the two have been seen looking loved-up on several occasions, including a March sighting in Los Angeles.

They also appeared to double-date with Claudia Schiffer and Matthew Vaughn during the couple’s L.A. visit in April 2023.

Morton, of course, has his own star-studded past, having romanced Vogue supermodel Linda Evangelista from 2006 to 2010 before enduring the tragic loss of his ex-wife Tarlton Morton in 2017 at just 55.

Meanwhile, Gayheart’s relationship with Dane has taken several twists.

The former couple filed for divorce in February 2018 after 14 years of marriage, with Gayheart citing ‘irreconcilable differences.’

But one month before Dane revealed his devastating ALS diagnosis in April, the two quietly called off the split.

In his announcement, Dane thanked his ‘loving family by [his] side’ as he faces the debilitating disease.

Gayheart has repeatedly emphasized that despite everything, their bond never broke.

‘We are best of friends. We are really close. We are great coparents,’ she told ET at the time of his announcement.

The pair share daughters Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, and Gayheart insists the family unit remains solid.

‘We really figured out the formula to staying a family and I think our kids are benefiting greatly from it and we are as well,’ she said.

While Gayheart didn’t spill details about the seven-year split, she refused to frame it as a setback.

‘I think it’s important to not look at a relationship that ends as a failure. It’s just a season. It wasn’t a failure. It was a huge success,’ she said.

‘We were married for, I mean, we are still married, but together for 15 years and we had two beautiful kids so I think that’s a successful relationship, and that’s how we look at it,’ she added.

Just two weeks ago, Gayheart opened up about their relationship and revealed where their two daughters are living.

The actress appeared on the Broad Ideas podcast and said she’s been reminding her daughters that ‘we show up for people no matter what’ as their dad’s disease progresses.

‘He is our family. He is your father,’ she told them after Dane revealed his diagnosis in April. ‘We show up, and we try to do it with some dignity and some grace and just get through it.’

Still, she acknowledged her relationship with Dane is ‘super complicated.’

‘We’ve been separated for eight years. The kids live with me 100 percent of the time,’ she continued. ‘There’s been lots of just stuff, other stuff, but I try to stay optimistic about it all.’

‘I’m trying to learn from it and [be a] role model for them [for] how to go through something like this, which is really hard.’

She added, ‘I don’t know if I’m doing it well or if I’m doing it in the wrong way or the right way. I’m just showing up. I’m showing up, and I’m trying to be there for them. I guess time will tell.’

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a rare and incurable motor neuron disorder that affects around 5,000 Americans each year.

Symptoms often progress rapidly and can be difficult to detect early on.

Dane first noticed weakness in his right hand in early 2024, thinking he’d ‘been texting too much or my hand was fatigued.’

Months of testing and visits to multiple specialists confirmed the devastating truth: an official ALS diagnosis in April.

By June, he had lost use of his right arm.

Gayheart said during the podcast that she tells her daughters they will ‘get through it the best we can’ as a family.

She added, ‘This is life. Life, sadly, is just moments good and bad, strung together. … You never know what you’re gonna get, and we should treat today as a really special day. This isn’t a dress rehearsal.’

Gayheart’s focus is on giving her daughters ‘the opportunity to spend time with’ Dane, ‘so that they don’t ever look back and go, “I wish I would have spent some time with my dad.”‘

Their story began in 2003, when Gayheart, fresh from a long-term relationship with producer Brett Ratner and starring in Nip/Tuck, met Dane, who was still climbing the Hollywood ladder after small roles in Saved by the Bell, The Wonder Years, and Roseanne.

They tied the knot in Las Vegas just ten months later, in 2004.

Their marriage weathered storms, including a scandal in 2009 when a private tape featuring the couple and model Kari Ann Peniche was leaked online.

Though it didn’t depict sex, the trio was seen partying and lounging together in a hot tub.

Dane and Gayheart sued Gawker, later settling out of court in 2010.

Despite controversy, they moved forward together, welcoming daughter Billie in 2010 and Georgia in 2011.

Behind the scenes, Dane quietly battled addiction.

He started smoking marijuana as a teen, got sober at 26, but relapsed under the pressures of fame during Grey’s Anatomy and the 2007 Writer’s Guild strike.

He entered rehab in 2011 for painkiller addiction, admitting, ‘If you take the whole eight years I was on Grey’s Anatomy, I was f***ed up longer than I was sober and that was when things started going sideways for me.’

By 2018, his marriage to Gayheart had run its course, and she filed for divorce after 14 years together.

In a joint statement, they said ending their marriage was ‘the best decision’ for their family and pledged to remain close as co-parents.

‘There’s a new normal for me and my family,’ Gayheart said a year after the split. ‘It hasn’t been easy. But I think what’s exciting is what’s ahead… my kids are happy and healthy.’