Naomi Watts and her new husband Billy Crudup have attended a pre-show cocktail event for Brooke Shields‘ one-woman show, Previously Owned.

The Mulholland Drive actress, 54, and Watchmen star, 55, looked dapper for the outing, sponsored by Australian wine brand Bird In Hand and held at the Café Carlyle in New York on Tuesday. 

At one point, Watts shared a kiss with her female friend, former InStyle editor-in-chief Laura Brown.

The Academy Award-nominated actress was radiant for the outing, wearing a white blazer over a floral-print blouse.  

The British-Australian actress pulled her trademark blonde tresses back in a low ponytail for the catch-up. 

Her Almost Famous actor husband meanwhile looked sharp in a royal blue suit and sported a salt and pepper beard.

The outing comes after Naomi opened up about her sex life with her new husband and the complications of keeping her libido ‘alive’ while going through the menopause.

Watts married Eat Pray Love star Billy earlier this year on June 9 in a very low-key ceremony and Naomi admitted they’re still very much in the ‘honeymoon stage’ of their relationship.

Speaking at an exclusive event at Canoe Place Inn & Cottages in Hampton Bays on Thursday evening, Naomi explained how communication had been the ‘biggest key’ in her romance with 55-year-old Billy and it had led to them having ‘pretty great sex.’

The King Kong star previously revealed that she went through early menopause at the age of 36 and felt like she was ‘spiraling out of control’ thanks to hot flashes and mood swings, which led to the launch of her wellness brand, Stripes.

During the conversation, which was entitled ‘Unlocking Intimacy: Navigating Passion in Midlife,’ she admitted that ‘sex becomes more pleasurable’ with age.

During a panel chat about menopause with doctors Suzanne Fenske and Somi Javaid, Naomi said: ‘We’ve heard tonight that there are complications, keeping the sex and the libido alive and everything, but sometimes people have the complete reverse effect.

‘In fact, I think there was a time, generations ago, and talking about what menopause actually was… it was hysteria and some women were nymphomaniacs. Like we were just crazy old crows that wanted sex too much,’ she added with a laugh.

‘I personally think sex becomes more pleasurable when you take out the fear of like making babies… when you know it’s not the right time… like what is that expression… “closed for business, open for pleasure!”

Naomi and Billy met on the set of her 2017 Netflix series Gypsy. 

In the series, Naomi starred as a therapist who uses an alias to develop close (and unethical) relationships with people intimately connected to her patients, while Crudup played her husband.

The costars began a relationship later in 2017, a year after Naomi had split from her partner of 11 years, the actor Liev Schreiber.

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Published: 06:16 EDT, 21 August 2023 | Updated: 06:21 EDT, 21 August 2023