Lea Michele has a new boyfriend, and his name is Zandy Reich. While you may think I’ve known about this for some time—as being aware of such things is sort of my job—I only found out about their romance Monday afternoon, when this story was published by People.
“Lea Michele Declares Love for Boyfriend Zandy Reich Ahead of Her 31st Birthday,” the headline squealed, foolishly assuming its readers would have any idea of who Zandy Reich is. They don’t even include a photo of the man’s face! Just this Instagram posted by Michele on her birthday, which was Sunday or Monday or something, who cares:
“Back in July,” they gloat, “People exclusively confirmed that Michele and Reich, the president of clothing company AYR, had started seeing each other.” Again, this is not helpful. I wanted a photo of Zandy to share with Jezebel readers! One that would give them some idea of what his and Michele’s hypothetical children will look like. Or, if they don’t have kids, what their eventual People cover will look like.
Unfortunately, no photo service Gizmodo Media Group subscribes to has any images of Zandy Reich, so I cannot share his stunning visage with you. Getty was no help, nor was the Associated Press’s image wire. I even checked Shutterstock—a service meant for generic stock photography and illustrations—to see if he’d ever modeled as “White Man Standing,” “White Man Holding Phone,” or “White Man Pointing Angrily,” but nope! Nothing.