An unexpected match! Ant Anstead continued to make headlines after his split from Christina Haack by sparking an A-list romance with Renée Zellweger.
The Wheeler Dealers star was previously married to Haack for nearly two years before the pair announced their separation via Instagram in September 2020. Nine months later, Us Weekly confirmed that the duo finalized their divorce, agreeing to share custody of their son, Hudson, who arrived in September 2019.
Anstead wasn’t single for long, however, sparking rumors of a romance with the Judy actress in late June 2021. Multiple outlets confirmed the relationship that month, shortly before the pair were photographed together lounging on the U.K. native’s balcony.
While celebrating the 4th of July together, the couple were caught kissing on their bikes at a traffic light. The PDA-filled outings continued throughout July 2021, with the twosome smooching while wandering through the parking lot of a Laguna Beach, California, hardware store.
Neither Anstead nor the Bridget Jones’ Diary star addressed the romance publicly right away. As the For the Love of Cars presenter’s relationship raised eyebrows, his ex-wife moved on too. Haack was photographed holding hands with beau Joshua Hall in July 2021 and made the relationship Instagram official soon after.
Both Anstead and the Flip or Flop star did their best to keep a positive outlook in the wake of their split. In September 2020, the Petrol Head Parenting author even told his social media followers that he and Haack aimed to stay close for the sake of their son.
“While we both appreciate words of support, Please stop trying to diagnose from afar. It’s not fair,” he wrote via Instagram alongside a sweet snap of him and Hudson. “Christina is fine. I am fine. And we remain good friends and will navigate this at our pace. Compassion and kindness is all that’s needed. X.”
Though fans were shocked when the pair pulled the plug on their marriage, there doesn’t seem to be any bad blood between the exes. Zellweger, for her part, boasts a roster of famous former flames, including Jim Carrey, Kenny Chesney and Bradley Cooper.
The Texas native was briefly engaged to Carrey in 2000, and five years later, she walked down the aisle with the country crooner. After only four months of marriage, the duo called it quits, but Zellweger remained fairly quiet about what caused their split.
“I’m an old-fashioned gal who doesn’t feel it’s appropriate to hang out your laundry on the lawn,” she told The Advocate in September 2016. “I feel you devalue yourself as a human being when you share very personal things with a bajillion strangers who are making fun of you. I just don’t see that there’s any dignity in that.”
Scroll down for a closer look at Anstead and Zellweger’s whirlwind romance:
The two were spotted on a walk in Laguna Beach, California, pushing Hudson, who was born in September 2019, in a stroller. The August 2021 outing came just after a source told Us Weekly that the Jerry Maguire star is “getting along well with Hudson.”
The insider continued, “RenĂ©e is very kind and caring. … She’s never had a child so is enjoying playing with him and watching Ant as a father.”
Zellweger worked alongside Anstead while filming an episode of his Discovery+ series, Celebrity IOU Joyride, in June 2021.
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The Chicago actress and the Cops and Robbers author were spotted cozying up to one another on the balcony of his Laguna Beach, California, home in July 2021. With her hair tied up in a bun, Zellweger chatted with her beau while holding a mug that read, "Home is where dad is."
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Anstead's eagle-eyed social media followers caught a glimpse of Zellweger in an Instagram video he posted on the 4th of July in 2021. "My lawyer is cooler than yours. Walking home we stumbled across a Laguna Beach street performer," the Brit wrote. "So of course @rogerbehle took the guitar from him and turned the 'one man band' into a DUET đŸ˜‚đŸ˜‚."
As he panned the camera around the block, the actress was spotted sporting a baseball cap and holding Anstead's son Hudson.
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A source told Us exclusively in July 2021 that the car enthusiast was "excited about life" as his romance with the Golden Globe winner heated up. "Part of it can be because he's dating RenĂ©e, but he definitely was excited about doing this project and he seems excited to do all the various projects he's working on," the insider noted. "You can tell he’s in a good spot in his life — he's super happy."
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Shortly after they packed on the PDA during a Laguna Beach bike ride in July 2021, the twosome ran errands at a hardware store — and couldn't keep their hands to themselves.
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Zellweger and Anstead passionately kissed on the beach while watching the sunset near the Brit's California home in July 2021. They played with Anstead's youngest son while they enjoyed the evening. APEX/MEGA
In July 2021, Discovery+ released the first trailer for Celebrity IOU: Joyride, which shows Anstead and Zellweger meeting for the first time.
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The duo attended their first event together in August 2021, looking stunning at a Radford Motors gala at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California.
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Anstead shared his first photo with his girlfriend in August 2021 before the premiere of their Celebrity IOU: Joyride collaboration. Earlier that month, he opened up about the "magical" coincidence of meeting Zellweger on the project, telling Entertainment Tonight, "Sometimes things come to you at the right time, and actually the right time is often the most unexpected."
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Zellweger's performance in Bridget Jones's Diary was apparently so convincing that her beau believed she also hailed from his native England. "Are you telling me that Bridget Jones — RenĂ©e Zellweger — isn't British? You're like a dream crusher for me," he told Discovery+ cohost Cristy Lee in an August 2021 episode.
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"One thing I think that really comes across in the show, is that this is an opportunity to see a little bit behind the curtain," Anstead told Entertainment Tonight in August 2021, referring to Celebrity IOU Joyride, where the couple met. "Renée in particular, she doesn't give herself freely outside of movies. She's a very private person and that's something I really love about her. ... I love that she can weld. You get to see a side of her that was really real, and she really shared that, and I think that applies to all the celebrities."
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