Ashley Park and Florence Pugh.Photo:Florence Pugh/Instagram

Florence Pugh/Instagram
Ashley Parkis the parmesan toFlorence Pugh’s bowl of pasta!
In celebration of Park’s 32nd birthday on Tuesday, Pugh dropped a lengthy, emotional note about their tight-knit friendship.
“I may be a day late, but I sure as s— will not be missing out on this celebration of one of the most beautiful and purest people on this planet,” theKill Your Darlingsactress wrote in a loving Instagram post shared Wednesday. “She has changed my life exponentially.”
The two met at aValentino Couture showlast year, where they hit it off right away. Now, Pugh counts herself “lucky” to know theEmily in Parisactress.
“You know when you come across people where your humor slots into place instantly, your memories form with every minute you have the pleasure of being in their company, and most importantly, their way of being wraps around you so tight and lifts you up so high that you’re confused they were never there before?” she continued. “I feel very lucky that my doors slid [open] and allowed me to love and learn from this special lady.”
“It is so easy to me because life is a lot sunnier since Ashley came into it," the star added. “And the coolest thing? She shines her awesome light on everyone she comes into contact with. She is as gorgeous and interested and sparkly and involved with everything and everyone.”
She ended the tribute with a tasty analogy: “I knew from our first pasta photoshoot (we’d only known each other for a matter of minutes) that you were the parmesan to my bowl of plain pasta.”
Florence Pugh and Ashley Park.Ashley Park/Instagram (2)

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While the two haven’t known each other long, they’re thick as thieves. Just last month,Pugh and Park took a sweet strollin New York City’s Central Park before getting ready for the Met Gala, where they posed for the camera with kissy faces and showed off the greenery.
And on Pugh’s birthday earlier this year, theBeefstar shared on her Instagram Story that it was an “international holiday.” “Definition of finding your other half,” Park wrote. “Cheers to you always.”
source: people.com