James Stewart confirms romance with co-star Sarah Roberts

He recently opened up about co-parenting his daughter Scout with his former fiancée, Jessica Marais.

Now it seems there's another lady in James Stewart's life after he was spotted strolling hand-in-hand with his co-star, Sarah Roberts, in Byron Bay.

The Home and Away stars have been rumoured to have been dating since October, but until now nothing had been confirmed.

However their public outing shows the pair must be ready to take the next step with their budding romance.

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Dressed casually for their outing — with James, 42, in shorts and white t-shirt and Sarah, in a blue summer dress — they both sported the same matching grins, clearly delighted with their new love.

It's not the first time James has dated a co-star.

In 2016, the dad-of-one revealed he was dating Isabella Giovinazzo, who plays Phoebe Nicholson on the Channel Seven soap.

He also met Jess, 32, on the set of Packed to the Rafters and enjoyed a five-year relationship before calling time on their engagement in 2015.

The hunk told TV Week that their five-year-old Scout was the “love of [his] life.”

“She is my world," he told the publication. "She’s the cutest thing I have ever seen."

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