Jennie Garth is dating again, despite having said that she would rather do some disgusting things than jump back in the dating pool again.

“I always said I would rather lick a dirty floor than go back to dating,” she said. “Dating is very new for me. I have training wheels on right now, because I was married for so long. That’s my whole adult life, basically. I think I’m actually going back into adult adolescence. I’m having a moment.”

Garth was referring to her longtime relationship with recent ex Peter Facinelli, but it seems she’s found someone she has fun with, and for right now that’s all she cares about. Friends say she’s not looking to get into anything serious too quickly and is instead enjoying some healing time after a rough divorce.

Her new friend is celebrity photographer Noah Abrams, who’s shot everyone from the Foo Fighters to Hayden Panettiere. He seems like a laid back guy and is fascinated with surf and skateboard culture, which he’s photographed extensively.

One interesting tidbit about Abrams is that he’s good friends with The Black Keys and is filming a documentary about them; he says he’d love to make them the stars of “a buddy comedy with perhaps the greatest soundtrack of all time,” he says, adding, “I’m fortunate enough to know both these guys pretty well and their relationship is pretty incredible and very funny.”

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