Rebecca Gayheart and her mega-mogul boyfriend Peter Morton quietly split last year, sources tell Page Six, parting ways before the death of her husband Eric Dane.<\/p>\n
Gayheart and Hard Rock Cafe founder Morton were first linked in 2023 when they were photographed in L.A. on a double date with model Claudia Schiffer and her husband Matthew Vaughn.<\/p>\n
A source tells us the pair broke up nearly a year ago, in April 2025.<\/p>\n
Rebecca Gayheart and Peter Morton split in April 2025. WireImage<\/p>\n
They were last spotted holding hands and giving each other a kiss on the lips<\/a> in December while leaving E-Baldi in Beverly Hills, Calif.<\/p>\n A source tells us that despite appearances, it was not a date. We\u2019re told the pair had run into each other and wound up catching up.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are still friendly,\u201d says a source.<\/p>\n Gayheart, seen here with her daughters at the premiere of \u201cThe Drama\u201d this week in L.A., was first linked to Morton in 2023. Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n She was married to Eric Dane, shown here in October 2025, from 2004 to his death in February. ShotbyNYP \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n Morton\u2019s father is Arnie Morton, founder of the Morton\u2019s Steakhouse chain.<\/p>\n He and his partners sold their stake in the Hard Rock Cafe restaurants to the Rank Organization for $410 million in 1996. In May 2006, he \u00a0and his partners sold the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to the Morgans Hotel Group Company for $770 million.<\/p>\n He was previously married to Paulene Stone\u00a0and\u00a0Tarlton Pauley. He also had a relationship with Linda Evangalista.<\/p>\n Morton, shown here in 2009 with Eric Eisner, sold the Hard Rock Cafe and the Hard Rock Hotel group for millions. WireImage<\/p>\n Gayheart, shown here cleaning out Eric Dane\u2019s belongings from his house after he passed, wrote a moving essay about their relationship in The Cut. Lauren Menowitz \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n Success runs in Morton\u2019s family. His late son Harry was an owner in the Viper Room and founded Pink Taco. Son Matthew founded the popular Cha Cha Matcha and daughter Grace works as vice president of production and development for Taylor Sheridan\u2019s Bosque Ranch Productions.<\/p>\n Gayheart was married to Eric Dane from 2004 until his death from ALS in Febraury.<\/p>\n The pair were separated and Gayheart had filed for divorce in 2018. She dismissed the filing<\/a> last March following Dane\u2019s diagnosis.<\/p>\n