Reneé Zellweger; Ant Anstead.Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty; Can Nguyen/Shutterstock
Renée Zellwegeris opening up about the beginnings ofher relationship with Ant Ansteadfor the first time.
In a cover story forHarper’s Bazaarlatest issue, out April 5, the 52-year-old Oscar winner discussed how she and the British-born television personality — all thanks to theProperty BrothersandBrad Pitt.
At the time she met Anstead, 42, she was still mourning the loss of her friend and publicistNanci Ryder, who died of ALSin 2020 at 67.
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The outlet reported that Zellweger felt compelled to give back to the two twin brothers and nurses who cared for Ryder during her illness, Jerome and Jerald Cowan.
Shemet the show’s host, Anstead, on setand the pair quickly hit it off.
Ant Anstead and Renee Zellweger.Ant Anstead/Instagram
Anstead and Zellweger started datingshortly after meeting in early June 2021. The pair made theirfirst public appearanceas a couple in August andwent Instagram officialwith their relationship a month later.
“There is so much respect between them,” an entertainment source toldPEOPLEin September. “They spend as much time as possible together when they aren’t working on other projects. They truly like each other as well as their romantic attraction. The relationship is serious.”
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While Zellweger has been quiet about their relationship before, Anstead has opened up about how his new love has impacted him.
“I’m really grateful to the show because these amazing things happen in your world and sometimes when things collide, they collide at the most obscure times when you least expect them. And that’s what happened in this case,“he told PEOPLE exclusivelyof the relationship in September. Adding “I"m grateful for that.”
Earlier that same month, he shared, “Renée and my relationship is something that’s really private. It’s something I’m not really willing to talk too much about. It’s really early in our relationship and I don’t want to put any pressure on that.”
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Things have only gotten more serious for the couple. Over Christmas,she met his older kids, Amelie, 18, and Archie, 15, in person for the first time. (They live primarily in the U.K. with their mother and had not been able to visit their dad in California due to Covid travel restrictions.)
“It was great,” the car expert told PEOPLE. “I mean, Renée’s so personable, and so great with people, and they’ve met a few times on FaceTime, so everybody was excited to finally get together. Of course, everybody got on famously. It’s really nice.”
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“Renée spends a lot of time with Ant in Laguna Beach,” a southern California-based sourcetold PEOPLEin September. “Ant is very focused on his son. Renée seems to very much understand this focus. She seems to enjoy all the fun outings with his son. She is always very playful and sweet with Hudson.”
Read the full feature and see more photos in the April “Reinvention” issue ofHarper’s Bazaar,on newsstands April 5, and onharpersbazaar.com.
source: people.com
