Celebrity Celebrity Relationships Celebrity Dating Vanderpump Rules' Kristen Doute Goes Instagram Official with New Boyfriend Alex Menache Kristen Doute previously dated photographer Brian Carter By Eric Todisco Eric Todisco Eric Todisco is a former digital news writer at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2021. People Editorial Guidelines Published on May 18, 2020 11:40AM EDT Kristen Doute is taken! On Saturday, the Vanderpump Rules star, 37, made her relationship with new boyfriend Alex Menache Instagram official, sharing a selfie of the pair cuddling up to one another. "He wanted a photo with his hair done but this is my Instagram. 🥰," Doute captioned the shot. Menache commented on the post, writing, "HEY🥰." Kristen Doute and Alex Menache. Kristen Doute Instagram That same day, Doute shared another photo of the couple taking a social distancing walk together. "Pretty fly for tie dye. ✌🏽💙," the Bravo star joked of their matching tie-dye outfits. Many of Doute's fellow Bravo costars, including Ariana Madix, Lala Kent, and Schaena Shay, filled the comments sections of the posts with supportive messages for the couple. "This makes my heart so happy!" Shay, 35, wrote on one photo. "You deserve all the happiness in the world my love. You have such a big heart and always give and put others first! It's YOUR turn to be happy!!!! @menache2society ♥️♥️♥️ all the feels 🥰🥰🥰." Vanderpump Rules' Kristen Doute Reveals She Broke Up with Brian Carter Doute most recently dated photographer Brian Carter, whom she met through the dating app Bumble in 2015. In 2016, when asked whether she thinks Carter was the one, Doute told E! News, "Totally, no question. It's hard to explain. I was talking to my friend Jade [Roper] who just got married, and she told me, 'To each their own. When you know, you know.'" Tasia Wells/Getty. She added, "The best thing about him is that he's just very honest and communicative. Our communication skills are spot-on. It works. It just does. When we met, we just sort of knew on first sight. My friends love him, his friends love me. It just works." VPR's Kristen Doute Doesn't Know If She's Invited to Stassi Schroeder's Wedding: 'It's Weird' Last May, Doute confirmed on the Vanderpump Rules reunion that she and Carter split after three years on-off together. Doute also previously dated costars Tom Sandoval and James Kennedy.