Renee Zellweger Has ‘Bonded’ With Ant Anstead’s Son Hudson Amid Christina Haack Custody Drama

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Best buds! Renée Zellweger is getting close to Ant Anstead‘s son Hudson, an insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.“Renée gets on so great with Hudson,” the source says of the Oscar winner, 53, and the toddler, 2. “She’s really bonded with him, and Ant loves how doting and caring she is with his kids when they’re all together.”The former Wheeler Dealers host, 43, shares Hudson with ex-wife Christina Hall, from whom he split in September 2020.

He is also the father of Amelie, 18, and Archie 15, whom she shares with ex-wife Louise Anstead.In December 2021, the Celebrity IOU: Joyride host got to see his eldest children for the first time in nearly two years after coronavirus-related restrictions kept them apart. (Ant is based in California, while the kids live in the U.K.)“My heart is FULL,” he wrote via Instagram at the time. “Happy Christmas x x.”Earlier this year, the expert mechanic told Us that his girlfriend got to meet his kids “many, many times” via FaceTime before they saw each other in person. “It was all very organic,” he said in January. “It was really nice.”According to the insider, that low-key attitude is how Zellweger and her beau like to keep things.“They’re deliberately uncomplicated in that way — no airs or graces and totally down to earth,” the source tells Us. “Renée loves taking trips to the park and long walks on the beach, and they’ll watch plenty of TV together and play house.

It’s all very positive and calm whenever they’re together with Hudson.”The Cops and Robbers author, for his part, is in the midst of a messy custody battle with Hall, 38, who also shares daughter Taylor, 11, and son Brayden, 6, with ex-husband Tarek El Moussa.