Celebrity | Meg Ryan Meg Ryan Dating John Mellencamp And it's been going on, quietly, for seven weeks By John Johnson Posted Jan 4, 2011 1:44 PM CST Copied Actress Meg Ryan attends the opening night of The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center, in New York, on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) Two big names have the gossip world aflutter: Meg Ryan and the newly single John Mellencamp have been quietly dating for weeks, reports People. The two—she's 49, 10 years his junior—have been spotted hanging out on Martha's Vineyard and in New York's SoHo neighborhood. "I thought that was her husband because they seemed comfortable and familiar with each other, just like an old married couple," one observer tells the magazine, which notes that the two got together after Mellencamp and his wife separated. Read These Next Joe Rogan's ICE criticism may be trouble for Trump. After bill defeat, House GOP warns members against skipping votes. A Cape Cod car theft didn't go as planned. Ford worker who heckled Trump halts donations. Report an error