Heather Locklear showed up with Lorenzo Lamas and his family on June 5 to celebrate two milestones at once: Press Lamas-Richie’s eighth-grade graduation and Lyon Lamas-Richie’s fifth-grade graduation. Shayne Lamas posted a family photo on Instagram that day, writing, “The Lamas & Locklear Crew celebrating Press and Lyon's graduation of 8th & 5th!”
The photo put Locklear in the middle of a family moment that was easy to read and hard to miss. She wore a black flower dress and a cowboy hat, while Lorenzo stood on the far left holding a bouquet of flowers and Shayne appeared on the far right in a yellow overcoat. Press, 14, wore a lei and held up her middle school diploma. Lyon, 10, was also part of the celebration, marking a public appearance that tied Locklear directly to the Lamas family’s home life.
It also answered the question that has followed the pair since their relationship first surfaced. Locklear and Lamas had already been linked for months, after a friend confirmed to PEOPLE two months earlier that she was dating the Falcon Crest star, following TMZ’s report and photos of the two together in Las Vegas. On June 2, Locklear went further on the Hollywood & Divine podcast, calling Lamas her “new boyfriend” and saying she was in “the best time” of her life.
That context gives the graduation photo extra weight. Shayne, who shares Press and Lyon with ex Nik Richie, had already warmed to Locklear publicly with a Mother’s Day message the following month, and her June 5 post made the relationship look far more settled than a brief outing or a tabloid sighting. The family was not hiding the connection; it was celebrating under the same roof, in the same frame, at a moment centered on children and grandparents.
What remains unclear is how long Locklear and Lamas had been together before that public family appearance, beyond the broad confirmation that they had been dating for months. But by June 5, the relationship had moved from rumor and podcast talk into the center of a family milestone, and that is the part that now defines the story.
