Renée Zellweger and Ant Anstead are more in love than ever and a source exclusively tells Life & Style their romance is helped in a large part by their love of fitness and healthy living – as they continue to live a far happier life under the radar and largely out of the spotlight.
“They’re both hugely devoted to their workout routines,” the insider says. “Renée has to exercise at least three times a week just for her own health and Ant is the same way.”
The Bridget Jones franchise star, 55, met the Brit presenter, 45, on the set of Celebrity IOU Joyride in 2021. Beyond a great platform for Ant and a boost to his career, he credited his Discovery+ show with bringing him together with his girlfriend.
“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,” Ant said. “And that’s what happened in this case.”
It was one of the few times either Ant or Renée has opened up about their relationship, which they prefer to keep largely private and out of the public eye. “Renée and my relationship is something that’s really private,” the English television host told People in September 2021, about three months after they confirmed they were dating following the leak of some pictures of the two of them getting cozy. “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.”
While they’ve spent years together now, they’re still keeping most details of their relationship tightly under wraps, though, the source notes they have a lot of ways to keep their bond healthy and strong, and exercise is a huge one.
“Truth be told, they usually do some sort of exercise every day, even if it’s just a nice long walk together,” the insider spills. “They have a home gym, so when they don’t want to get outside they lift weights or go on the treadmill and a lot of the time they do it together.” Exercising as a couple is “one of their favorite ways to connect and spend quality time together, because it gives them both such a boost.”
“It sounds very California but they do treat their workouts like dates,” the insider continues.
Whatever the couple is doing seems to be working, as they’re already eyeing up a wedding. “There is so much respect between them,” a different source told People. “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.”
The first source adds that despite their hectic schedules, they insist on making time for each other, in whatever form that may take. “They are both so busy so they have to carve out time to spend together and one of their rules is that, if they can’t set a date night, they find a way to join each other for a sweat session.”
