Florence Pughis defending her relationship withZach Braff.

On Saturday, the 23-year-oldLittle Womenactress postedan Instagram photoof herself getting food after a long flight. “First pit-stop, Matzo Ball soup,” she wrote, adding the hashtag “#curingjetlag101.”

Pugh’s boyfriend Braff, 44, commented on the post with a princess emoji. In response to theScrubsalum’s comment, one of Pugh’s followers pointed out the couple’s 21-year age difference, writing, “you’re 44 years old.”

Pugh herself clapped back at the commenter, writing, “and yet he got it ??.”

The pair were first spotted together in April, and were seenholding hands in New York Cityearlier this month.

The couple was also spotted separately at the New York premiere ofLittle Women, in which Pugh stars alongsideSaoirse RonanandTimothée Chalamet. In early November, the actors attended theMarriage Storypremiere in New York, where they posed separately on the red carpet.

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Florence Pugh and Zach Braff

Florence Pugh and Zach Braff

Prior to those two appearances, the couple was seengrocery shoppingat a Hollywood-area Whole Foods in October, and holding hands in New York City in April.

Florence Pugh and Zach Braff.Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

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Zach Braff and his English actress girlfriend Florence Pugh shop in Soho in New York City

Braff is next set to direct the British actress in the upcomingThe Secret Ingredients of Rocket Cola,according toCollider. The movie follows two twin brothers over decades as they are separated and live different lives, only to come together to save the company of the woman they both love.

Pugh and Braff’s romance comes amid a breakout year for Pugh, with critically praised performances inFighting with My Family,MidsommarandLittle Women.The actress will also appear opposite Scarlett Johansson innext summer’sBlack Widow.

Braff was last publicly linked to model Taylor Bagley. The two split in 2014 after dating for five years.

source: people.com