Renee Zellweger and Ant Anstead’s Whirlwind Romance: Timeline of Their Relationship

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As far as Renée Zellweger is concerned, her marriage to HGTV star Ant Anstead was destined to happen.

In a cover story for Harper’s Bazaar, the actress revealed that she believes her partner “has somehow been a gift” from the actress’s late friend, publicist Nanci Ryder, who passed away in June 2020 from ALS with Zellweger by her side. We definitely laugh about that,” she said when asked if she believes that Ryder’s intervention led to their meeting. She strives to do her best at all times. What you said made me laugh out loud. The sheer luck of it all has me grinning.

When filming an episode of his new Discovery+ show, Celebrity IOU Joyride, in June of last year, Zellweger and Anstead hit it off and have been a couple ever since. The show is a spinoff of Property Brothers in which renowned guests give a loved one a customised car as a gift. In the wake of her friend’s passing, the actor felt compelled to join the cast in order to honour the memory of Jerome and Jerald Cowan, the twin brothers who worked as nurses for Ryder during her final years.

And while Judy star acknowledges that the two are a perfect fit in many ways, she also notes that there are many areas in which they are quite different people. While Anstead updates his Instagram nearly every day, giving his fans extensive access to his life, she avoids social media altogether and says, “I don’t glance at my phone sometimes till six o’clock at night.”

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Anstead’s divorce from his ex-wife and co-host on Flip or Flop, Christina Haack, was finalised just days before the announcement of the couple’s romance. Hudson, he and Haack’s kid, is a year old. Former wife of Anstead, Louise Anstead, and mother of his two adolescent children, Amelie and Archie. Both Zellweger and country music artist Kenny Chesney has been married and divorced before. Their first marriage ended in 2005. She dated musician Doyle Bramhall II from 2012 till this year.

What a happy coincidence! After the breakup with Christina Haack, Ant Anstead made news again by becoming romantically involved with another Hollywood A-lister, Renée Zellweger. Formerly married for over two years, the Wheeler Dealers actor and Haack announced their split through Instagram in September 2020. Us Weekly reported in April 2019 that the couple had divorced, with joint custody of their newborn boy Hudson.

However, Anstead didn’t remain alone for long, as by late June 2021, he was being linked to the Judy actress in rumours of a romantic relationship. Soon after the U.K. native’s balcony photos surfaced, the relationship was confirmed by other outlets that month.

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They were captured sharing a passionate kiss at a traffic light while out celebrating the Fourth of July. In July of 2021, the PDA-filled dates continued as the couple smooched while strolling through the parking lot of a hardware store in Laguna Beach, California.

Neither Anstead nor the Bridget Jones’ Diary actress immediately commented on their rumoured romance to the press. The ex-wife of the For the Love of Cars host also moved on after the couple’s romance drew attention. In July of 2021, Haack and her boyfriend, Joshua Hall, were caught holding hands, and she quickly confirmed their relationship on Instagram.

Anstead and the Flip or Flop celebrity tried to maintain a cheerful attitude after breaking up. The author of Petrol Head Parenting even assured his online fans in September 2020 that he and Haack planned to remain close for their son’s sake. While we value your good wishes, it is unnecessary for you to offer distant diagnoses. It’s not right, he said on Instagram next to a cute photo of himself and Hudson. Christin is doing nicely. I’m good, thank you. To top it all off, we’re still on excellent terms and will take things as slowly or quickly as each of us needs. All that’s required is some compassion and kindness. X.”

Fans were startled when the couple decided to end their marriage, but it appears that no animosity remains between them. And Zellweger has a long list of famous ex-boyfriends, including Jim Carrey, Kenny Chesney, and Bradley Cooper. The couple became engaged in 2000, and five years later, the Texas native wed the country singer. Jim Carrey was her fiance for a brief while in 1999. The couple divorced after barely four months of marriage, although Zellweger never discussed the reasons for the breakup.

Telling The Advocate in September of 2016, “I’m an old-fashioned gal who doesn’t feel it’s acceptable to hang out your laundry on the grass,” she expressed her opinion. When you share private information with a multitude of strangers who then proceed to make fun of you, I believe you diminish your worth as a human being. There’s no honour in it, in my opinion.

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In June of 2021, Zellweger and Anstead worked together on an episode of Anstead’s Discovery+ series, Celebrity IOU Joyride.

Confirmed!

There were rumours that the two-time Oscar winner and the reality TV star were dating at the end of June 2021, and then it was confirmed by various outlets. Later that month, he remarked on his “bonkers” life and new digs through Instagram, adding, “I am so fortunate to decompress in this environment! What a miracle! And if you think that’s crazy, you should see what I’m planning to do to Temple’s house!