Renée Zellweger’s romance with Ant Anstead ‘turns into car crash’
November 14, 2024, published at 8:00 PM ET
Renée Zellweger’s relationship with boyfriend Ant Anstead may seem perfect from the outside, but there’s plenty of drama in it.
RadarOnline.com can reveal the couple’s romance has hit a roadblock as his supercar company drowns in lawsuits amid a recent bankruptcy.
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An insider said: “Renee is putting a brave face on it but this has raised some major red flags and all her friends and her business team are concerned.”
They added: “Renee’s track record with men isn’t exactly perfect, but the worst part of it all is that she was completely blindsided by it.”
At least four customers have filed lawsuits against Anstead and his co-founders of Radford Motors in the past year, accusing them of fraud and misrepresentation, and of taking money from customers but not producing a car.
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The company is also accused of refusing to issue refunds to irate customers. Anstead, who launched the company in 2020, is accused of taking as much as $1.1 million from some customers before the company filed for bankruptcy in October.
The same source told Woman’s Day: “Renee doesn’t need this in her life – she has another ‘Bridget’ movie to promote soon and the last thing she needs is for her work to be overshadowed by her disastrous love life again. “
The insider added: “It’s devastating for her that her friends are warning her about Ant. She’s really into him.”
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The pair started dating in 2021 after a long string of failed relationships for Zellweger, including an annulled marriage to country singer Kenny Chesney.
The actress seemed thrilled about her new relationship with Anstead, but the tide could be turning.
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The source shared: “She loves everything about him – she adores his kids, his jokes, his mannerisms… she’s definitely headed to the altar with this man,” but the actress’ friends are hoping that, above all, they acts lightly. with her net worth approaching $140 million.
The insider explained: “This is no small deal – there is a huge amount of money being claimed in this lawsuit and it makes Ant a dirty car salesman.”
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Zellweger has a number of A-listers on her dating resume, including Jim Carrey, Jack White of The White Stripes and even Bradley Cooper.
She and Cooper worked together in the 2006 horror film Case 39. They reportedly started dating in 2009 and lived together for a year before their delayed film was released in 2010.
The A star is born The director said in a September 2010 interview that he simply loved Zellweger and loved acting with her. Despite the kind words, the two separated in 2011.
“I can’t say enough about her,” Cooper added at the time.
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Nine years after their split, the former couple reunited at the Academy Awards and were photographed talking with their heads close to each other during the ceremony.