It stings': Jennie Garth, 40, on her ex-husband Peter Facinelli's new romance with actress Jaimie Alexander, 28

Her ex-husband Peter Facinelli recently went public with his new romance.
But while Jennie Garth, who filed for divorce from the Twilight star earlier this year after 11 years of marriage, is moving on, she says it isn't easy.
The former Beverly Hills 90210 actress spoke out at an event in New York City on Thursday.

 

Not there yet: Jennie Garth admitted that seeing her ex-husband in a new relationship was painful

Wearing a festive red scarf underneath a belted tweed coat, Jennie was in Manhattan to open the  Ebay Toy Box Pop-Up Shop on Thursday.
The 40-year-old actress told People: 'I think there will come a time when it won't sting so bad...But I'm not quite there yet.'
But Garth added: 'You know, I am happy that he is happy, though.'

 

Adjusting: The recently divorced actress will spend her first Christmas as a single mum

 

 

Putting on a brave face: Jennie opened the EBay Toy Box Pop-Up Shop benefiting Toys For Tots in New York City

Facinelli, 38, went public with his new love 28-year-old Thor actress Jaimie Alexander, last month when the couple attended the New York City premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 together.
The pair met last year while filming Loosies, a movie about a pickpocket played by Facinelli who comes face to face with a former one night stand played by Alexander.
'We've been friends forever and had a lot of mutual friends and we reconnected in the middle of the year,' Jaimie toldPerez Hilton. 'It was one of those things where I'd been single for a very long time and he was going through a lot. We sort of bonded.'.

 

Just good friends: While Jennie is currently dating someone, she denied that she was in a relationship with former co-star Luke Perry

As for her own love life, Garth, who now has her own reality show called Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country, said: 'I'm dating one guy right now. One is enough, right?'
Addressing the recent rumors linking her and her former Beverly Hills 90210 costar Luke Perry, Jennie explained: 'I love Luke and we are so close.'
'When you have someone you are that close to, you can be brutally honest,' she told TooFab.com.

 

 

Reunited: Garth and Perry are currently working on a new project together

Jennie also recently announced that she and Perry are to reunite again on-screen, although the details remain sketchy.
'I don't think it's going to be a sitcom format,' she said.
'I don't know what it's going to be yet but it's going to be good. The two of us are going to be starring in it!'

 

New love: Peter Facinelli and girlfriend Jaimie Alexander at the Loosies premiere in January