Zach Gilford again Liana Liberato are ringing in Valentine’s Day 2026 with lots of PDA.
Liberato, 30, uploaded a photo of himself kissing Gilford, 44, on his Instagram Stories on Saturday, February 14. He stuck to Love the actress casually wore a navy hoodie as she hugged her boyfriend. Both their heads were off the frame as they shared a smooch.
Liberato, who added a heart-sealed envelope emoji to her post, later teased that she has another valentine alongside Gilford.
“My valentine,” she captioned the next slide of her black and white cat’s Instagram Story.
Us Weekly broke the news in November 2025 that Liberato and Gilford were dating after meeting on the set of Criminal Minds: Evolution.
“They started dating after working together,” said the source Us at that time, noting that the couple’s love was relatively new.
Before finding love with Liberato, Gilford was married to him Kiele Sanchez 12 years. Gilford filed for divorce in April 2025, citing irreconcilable differences. Gilford and Sanchez, 48, share two children and work together Criminal Minds.
“It’s actually very difficult,” Gilford said to himself Us in 2024 starring opposite his then wife. “It’s very difficult because I don’t want to hold a gun to my wife’s head. … It happens that these scenes are very bad. In fact, all those scenes are embarrassing. I will only speak for myself. Kiele speaks for himself, but he felt bad. [bringing those darker moments to life together].”
According to Gilford, he and Sanchez were not thrown Criminal Minds at the same time.
“I was going to work and said goodbye to Kiele, he looked at his phone and said, ‘That’s strange, I just got the chance to play your wife. Criminal Minds,’” Gilford said Us. “Then, Erica [Messer, the showrunner] he told me, ‘We didn’t want to pressure you or Kiele. We wanted to make it high quality.’”
He continued at the time, “I think they were like, ‘Well, if Zach does this then the only way we’re going to get an actress of Kiele’s caliber to play this part is because she’s married to him. And it’s going to be like a homie hookup.’ Once they found Kiele, they just leaned into it and were like, ‘Well, we’ve got this actor so let’s write for him.’
Gilford and Sanchez, who met in 2010 The Matadorsand share the screen The kingdom again Cleanup: Chaos. Sanchez later wrote an episode of The fall of the house of UsherGilford had a leading role.
“We worked together several times and in very different situations,” Gilford recalled Us in 2024. “But there’s a theme set where you work with them but you’re also married. It’s like trying to walk that tightrope. There are times when I want to walk. [support her]. Like, when he has a conversation [with a director or a writer]I want to be like, ‘Yes, Kiele is right!’ But that is not my place. Kiele can speak for herself — she’s a very strong woman.”
As for Liberato, he has often kept his dating life a secret over the years.
