{"id":2164626,"date":"2025-11-18T17:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2164626"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:26:08","slug":"ant-anstead-praises-girlfriend-renee-zellweger-in-rare-relationship-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ant-anstead-praises-girlfriend-renee-zellweger-in-rare-relationship-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Ant Anstead praises girlfriend Ren\u00e9e Zellweger in rare relationship update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ant Anstead is his girlfriend Ren\u00e9e Zellweger\u2019s biggest cheerleader. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWheeler Dealers\u201d alum\u00a0took to Instagram over the weekend to praise the actress for receiving a statue in London in honor of her legendary film character, Bridget Jones. <\/p>\n<p>Reposting a video of the statue unveiling to his Instagram Stories, Anstead, 46, simply captioned it, \u201cIconic.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ant Anstead took to Instagram over the weekend to praise his girlfriend, Ren\u00e9e Zellweger. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He reposted a video of the actress receiving the statue in honor of her character Bridget Jones and simply captioned it, \u201cIconic.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Millie Turner\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>This comes as a rare relationship update for the pair \u2014 who have been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/06\/24\/renee-zellweger-is-reportedly-dating-ant-anstead\/\">dating since 2021<\/a> \u2014 since they like to keep their relationship out of the spotlight and have not been photographed together publicly since early March.<\/p>\n<p>The sweet gesture also comes after Zellweger, 56, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/03\/celebrity-news\/renee-zellweger-hits-the-red-carpet-solo-as-ant-anstead-stays-in-rich-divorcees-home\/\">made several solo appearances <\/a>over the summer as she was working in NYC while her boyfriend was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/ant-anstead-staying-with-california-divorcee-while-renee-zellweger-works-in-nyc\/\">living at the home of a rich divorcee<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14720033\/Renee-Zellweger-boyfriend-Ant-Anstead-split-legal-money-bankrupt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to the Daily Mail<\/a>, Anstead had been seen staying overnight at the Laguna Beach mansion of Julia \u201cJules\u201d French, a 36-year-old cycling instructor who is reportedly divorcing her hedge fund founder husband, James Hanna III.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>This comes as a rare relationship update for the pair \u2014 who have been dating since 2021 \u2014 since they like to keep their relationship out of the spotlight. <span class=\"credit\">SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The sweet gesture also comes after Zellweger made several solo appearances over the summer in NYC while her boyfriend was living at the home of a rich divorcee.  <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite how it looked, the TV host\u2019s rep exclusively told Page Six, \u201cMr. Anstead is working mostly in the UK, and he has spent some of his limited time back in [Orange County] at his friend\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis friend Jules has a separate, detached guest house, and the suggestion that their relationship is anything other than platonic is unacceptable and untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Anstead and Ms. Zellweger are still together,\u201d the rep insisted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Despite how it looked, the TV host\u2019s rep exclusively told Page Six that he was just staying \u201cat his friend\u2019s home.\u201d\u00a0 <span class=\"credit\">Diggzy\/Jesal \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cMr. Anstead and Ms. Zellweger are still together,\u201d the rep insisted. <span class=\"credit\">ant_anstead\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to the Daily Mail\u2019s source, Anstead took residence there as he was dealing with financial woes\u00a0and in the midst of \u201ctrying to find another rental place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he was dealing with his money troubles, Zellweger was booked and busy filming Season 5 of \u201cOnly Murders in the Building.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But a source close to the Oscar winner told the outlet that she is weary of having Anstead move in with her, even though they\u2019ve been dating for four years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The couple met on the set of \u201cCelebrity IOU: Joyride\u201d during the summer of 2021. <span class=\"credit\">MEGA \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Since then, Zellweger has bonded with Anstead\u2019s three children \u2014 his older two with ex-wife Louise seen here.  <span class=\"credit\">ant_anstead\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The couple met on the set of \u201cCelebrity IOU: Joyride\u201d during the summer of 2021 and struck up a romance just days after Anstead\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/06\/21\/christina-haack-and-ant-anstead-finalize-divorce\/\">finalized his divorce<\/a>\u00a0from Christina Haack. <\/p>\n<p>Zellweger and Anstead were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/07\/18\/renee-zellweger-and-ant-anstead-kissing-at-the-beach\/\">spotted packing on the PDA <\/a>on several occasions until they finally <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/08\/24\/ant-anstead-and-renee-zellweger-are-instagram-official\/\">went Instagram-official<\/a>\u00a0in August of that year.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Zellweger has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/18\/ant-anstead-posts-first-photo-of-girlfriend-renee-zellweger-with-his-kids\/\">bonded with Anstead\u2019s three children<\/a>: Amelia and Archie whom he shares with ex-wife Louise and son Hudson whom he shares with Haack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ant Anstead is his girlfriend Ren\u00e9e Zellweger\u2019s biggest cheerleader. The \u201cWheeler Dealers\u201d alum\u00a0took to Instagram over the weekend to praise the actress for receiving a statue in London in honor of her legendary film character, Bridget Jones. Reposting a video of the statue unveiling to his Instagram Stories, Anstead, 46, simply captioned it, \u201cIconic.\u201d Ant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2164627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[353718,24188,49106,24003,21787,355098],"class_list":["post-2164626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-ant-anstead","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-divorces","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-renee-zellweger"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ant-Anstead-praises-girlfriend-Renee-Zellweger-in-rare-relationship-update.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2164626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2164628,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164626\/revisions\/2164628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2164627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2164626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2164626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2164626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}