Ant Anstead gushes that it was 'a real pleasure' to work with girlfriend Renee Zellweger on Celebrity IOU: Joyride
Ant Anstead met his famous girlfriend - two-time Oscar winner Renée Zellweger - on the set of his new series Celebrity IOU: Joyride in early June.
'Everybody knows that Renée and I have become quite close because we kept it secret for a while and now, unfortunately, some pictures were taken and put out there,' the 42-year-old Englishman told E! News' Daily Pop on Wednesday.
'But it was a real pleasure to work with her. She's a super pro and she can weld.'
Still going strong! Ant Anstead (L, pictured August 7) met his famous girlfriend - two-time Oscar winner Renée Zellweger (R) - on the set of his new series Celebrity IOU: Joyride in early June
The 42-year-old Englishman told E! News' Daily Pop on Wednesday: 'Everybody knows that Renée and I have become quite close because we kept it secret for a while and now, unfortunately, some pictures were taken and put out there'
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Ant's Joyride co-host Cristy Lee joked: 'Honestly I'm disappointed, because I thought [she] and I were going to start dating afterwards. I was like, "Wait, Ant, what?" But she was amazing.'
Anstead and the 52-year-old Texan made their official public debut as a couple during the black-tie Radford Motors gala at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana on August 7.
The former police constable is Renée's first public relationship since ending her seven-year romance with blues musician Doyle Bramhall II in 2019.
Ant marveled: 'But it was a real pleasure to work with her. She's a super pro and she can weld'
![His Joyride co-host Cristy Lee (L) joked: 'Honestly I'm disappointed, because I thought [she] and I were going to start dating afterwards. I was like, "Wait, Ant, what?" But she was amazing'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/08/18/22/46837213-9906489-image-a-156_1629323375992.jpg)
His Joyride co-host Cristy Lee (L) joked: 'Honestly I'm disappointed, because I thought [she] and I were going to start dating afterwards. I was like, "Wait, Ant, what?" But she was amazing'
Beaming: Anstead and the 52-year-old Texan made their official public debut as a couple during the black-tie Radford Motors gala at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana on August 7
Zellweger has even moved some of her things into Ant's seaside Laguna Beach property he dubbed: 'The Temple.'
June was the same month Anstead finalized his divorce from his second wife of 21 months, HGTV star Christina Haack - according to TMZ.
The Master Mechanic star and the Anaheim-born 38-year-old share legal and physical custody of their son Hudson London, who turns 2 on September 6.
New love: The former police constable is Renée's first public relationship since ending her seven-year romance with blues musician Doyle Bramhall II in 2019
That was quick! June was the same month Ant finalized his divorce from his second wife of 21 months - HGTV star Christina Haack (R, pictured in 2020) - and they share legal and physical custody of their son Hudson London, who turns 2 on September 6
'Hanging with my kiddos!' Anstead is also father to two children - daughter Amelie, 17; and son Archie, 14 - from his 12-year marriage to Louise Anstead, which ended in 2017 (pictured August 1)
Ant is also father to two children - daughter Amelie, 17; and son Archie, 14 - from his 12-year marriage to Louise Anstead, which ended in 2017.
The Bridget Jones alum will next fix up her car in the premiere of Anstead's new HGTV spin-off Celebrity IOU: Joyride airing next Monday on Discovery+.
Renée will next executive produce and star as former golf pro Casey Jones in Michael Patrick King's big-screen comedy The Back Nine - according to Deadline.
Airing next Monday on Discovery+! The Bridget Jones alum will next fix up her car in the premiere of the Master Mechanic star's new HGTV spin-off Celebrity IOU: Joyride
Coming soon! Renée will next executive produce and star as former golf pro Casey Jones in Michael Patrick King's big-screen comedy The Back Nine (King pictured August 9 with Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of And Just Like That)
