Renee Zellweger: 'My marriage was a fraud'
Javier G.
Renee: My marriage was a fraud
By ALISON BOWYER and NICOLE LAMPERT
18sep05
RENEE Zellweger has claimed her four-month marriage to singer Kenny
Chesney was a fraud in court papers filed in Los Angeles.
The actor has taken the unusual step of seeking an annulment of her
marriage to the country music star and listed "fraud" as the reason in
the papers.
If granted, the annulment will effectively mean the pair were never
legally husband and wife.
Fraud is normally cited when a promise was made before the marriage
which the person who made it had no intention of keeping. But
Zellweger, 36, said yesterday the term was legal language and not a
reflection of Chesney's character.
"I would personally be very grateful for your support in refraining
from drawing derogatory, hurtful, sensationalised or untrue
conclusions," she said. "We hope to experience this transition as
privately as possible."
But the news seems to have come as a shock to Chesney, 37, who was
said to be struggling to "get his head around things". He said in a
statement: "This is an incredibly sad time. I just hope everyone can
respect the privacy that I know Renee has asked for."
Zellweger and Chesney were married for only 129 days -- outstanding
even by Hollywood standards -- and were estranged for most of that
time.
Last night a top US divorce lawyer said the split was the most bizarre
he had heard of.
Raoul Felder -- whose celebrity clients have included Elizabeth Taylor
and Liza Minnelli's former husband David Gest -- said he was baffled
by the case.
"You need to allege fraud in order to get an annulment. The question
is, what is the fraud?" he said. "The usual fraud in America is when
the wife claims the husband said they were going to have children and
now he won't.
"But there have even been cases where the man says he's the Duke of
Bedford and it turns out he lives in Brooklyn somewhere.
"It could be that the man turns out to be gay or has a serious disease
that he's hiding. I don't get it. There has to be something going on
behind the scenes."
Despite denials, the marriage was in trouble from day one and only a
few weeks ago a friend of Zellweger said: "Renee had no idea how
involved in her life Kenny would want to be. She'd never even seen him
lose his temper before the wedding, but now he seems to think he can
tell Renee what to do, what to wear, where to go and who to see. He
doesn't seem to like her hanging out with her old friends."
The couple apparently couldn't even agree on what to eat and argued
after Zellweger's chef prepared a meal for them.
"Kenny started shouting about how he did not want his future children
to be eating sushi and fancy French food -- he wanted proper American
food and he wanted a wife who could do her own cooking," a source
said.
According to another top divorce lawyer, Sorrell Trope, the failed
promise which leads to fraud being cited "has to pertain to the heart
of the marriage".
One theory is that Chesney promised to support Zellweger in her career
and then withdrew that support. He finished his recent world tour at
the end of August, but rather than join his wife as she promoted her
latest film, The Cinderella Man, in which she stars opposite Russell
Crowe, he went on holiday alone.
Their split has even prompted speculation about Chesney's sexuality.
One US-based country music website had to be shut down after it was
inundated with e-mails claiming the marriage broke down because he is
gay.
The end of the marriage will be extremely distressing for Zellweger.
She comes from a traditional background -- her parents have been
married for 42 years and she hoped the union with Chesney would be
equally strong.
After being heartbroken by the split with her former boyfriend, the
pop singer Jack White, she was swept off her feet by Chesney, one of
America's biggest country music stars, after meeting him at a tsunami
benefit concert in Los Angeles in January.
According to friends, Zellweger was charmed by his admission that he
wrote his best known hit, You Had Me At Hello, after seeing her in the
film Jerry Maguire.
The couple married on May 9 on a beach in the Virgin Islands, where
Chesney has a home. Zellweger looked genuinely happy but she spent
much of the reception confiding to friends that she hardly knew her
husband.
"She said they were still practically strangers," one said. "She said
they hadn't taken a single moment to consider whether they were a
long-term match before jumping into marriage."
Cleetus Johnson
Zellwger appears to try to come up with a cover story that he wanted a
country wife and she ain't one. Maybe he just really wanted a feller.
Hester Mofet
<javi...@msn.com> wrote:
> After being heartbroken by the split with her former boyfriend, the
> pop singer Jack White, she was swept off her feet by Chesney, one of
> America's biggest country music stars, after meeting him at a tsunami
> benefit concert in Los Angeles in January.
I remember when this happened and I screamed "rebound" and someone here
called me a cynic. Doesn't mean I wasn't right. ;)
Hester Mofet
RJC
news:1126974384.8...@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> My friend think Kenney Chesney is a sissy boy. This press release by
> Zellwger appears to try to come up with a cover story that he wanted a
> country wife and she ain't one. Maybe he just really wanted a feller.
>
This is all B.S. No One just marries someone just because they can, not in
Hollywood, and she couldn't check out mutual friends, or afford a P.I. to
investigate his "real" background? Wish I could drum up some sympathy for
her......sorry....
Maybe she is one of those women who have to be married to someone, even
once, not to feel left out? Seems silly, but she does act a little weird in
her relationships. So who knows, or even cares. Publicity stunt,
probably....
RJC
Vincent Vega
> "She said they were still practically strangers," one said. "She said
> they hadn't taken a single moment to consider whether they were a
> long-term match before jumping into marriage."
So, this may be a stupid question: why get married, then?
eggs
javi...@msn.com (Javier G.) wrote:
> Despite denials, the marriage was in trouble from day one and only a
> few weeks ago a friend of Zellweger said: "Renee had no idea how
> involved in her life Kenny would want to be. She'd never even seen him
> lose his temper before the wedding, but now he seems to think he can
> tell Renee what to do, what to wear, where to go and who to see. He
> doesn't seem to like her hanging out with her old friends."
>
> The couple apparently couldn't even agree on what to eat and argued
> after Zellweger's chef prepared a meal for them.
>
> "Kenny started shouting about how he did not want his future children
> to be eating sushi and fancy French food -- he wanted proper American
> food and he wanted a wife who could do her own cooking," a source
> said.
I always thought that Renee married Kenny on a 'fuck it, you'll do'
basis. In her mind she was settling so she could get out of the dating
scene and have her some babies. I think she thought that Kenny should
have been grateful that she was settling for him and marrying his gay
ass. Turns out Kenny's not so grateful or nancy boy gay after all, he
wanted a real marriage with a real wife who kept a real traditional
home. Renee thought it would be all Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and
she got Everybody Loves Raymond instead. Maybe the fraud was that she
thought he was gay, gay, gay and it turns out he likes to fuck men, but
is otherwise as straight as they come?
"Sob, sob, sob ... but he told me that aubergine was his favorite color!
His favorite! Everybody knows what that means! How could I have been
such a fool?!"
eggs.
daisy
>
> But the news seems to have come as a shock to Chesney, 37, who was
> said to be struggling to "get his head around things".
Shock my ass. His fans were already saying on his message boards that
Kenny has filed for divoce in early August. He didn't even wear his
ring one night at his concert.
> The couple apparently couldn't even agree on what to eat and argued
> after Zellweger's chef prepared a meal for them.
Renee does not have a personal chef, nor a personal assistant. However,
Kenny has his own personal chef, personal assistant, trainer, entourage
and a private jet.
> "Kenny started shouting about how he did not want his future children
> to be eating sushi and fancy French food -- he wanted proper American
> food and he wanted a wife who could do her own cooking," a source
> said.
He doesn't eat proper American food himself. He always says that he
only eats boiled chicken and steamed vegatables. This guy is a fitness
fanatic and has a stricter diet than most people. Renee cooks. She and
Nicole Kidman cooked the Thanksgiving dinner together for the whole
film crew at the Cold Mountain set. Liz Smith mentioned that Renee sent
her home made cookies.
chemqueries
> http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16634903%255E2902,00.html
>
> Renee: My marriage was a fraud
> By ALISON BOWYER and NICOLE LAMPERT
> 18sep05
>
> RENEE Zellweger has claimed her four-month marriage to singer Kenny
> Chesney was a fraud in court papers filed in Los Angeles.
>
> few weeks ago a friend of Zellweger said: "Renee had no idea how
> involved in her life Kenny would want to be. She'd never even seen him
> lose his temper before the wedding, but now he seems to think he can
> tell Renee what to do, what to wear, where to go and who to see. He
> doesn't seem to like her hanging out with her old friends."
>
> The couple apparently couldn't even agree on what to eat and argued
> after Zellweger's chef prepared a meal for them.
>
> "Kenny started shouting about how he did not want his future children
> to be eating sushi and fancy French food -- he wanted proper American
> food and he wanted a wife who could do her own cooking," a source
> said.
>
> According to another top divorce lawyer, Sorrell Trope, the failed
> promise which leads to fraud being cited "has to pertain to the heart
> of the marriage".
>
> One theory is that Chesney promised to support Zellweger in her career
> and then withdrew that support. He finished his recent world tour at
> the end of August, but rather than join his wife as she promoted her
> latest film, The Cinderella Man, in which she stars opposite Russell
> Crowe, he went on holiday alone.
I don't believe this nonsense about wanting different types of food or
having different ideas about her career. According to everything else
I've read, Renee and Kenny have spent exactly fifteen days together in
the past year. I doubt these issues would have come up in fifteen days.
There's something else going on, and they're trying to cover it up with
this B.S.
2nz
Speaking of B.S. excuses, does anybody think the breakup will affect
the price of gas?
Lonnie S,
wrote:
>My friend think Kenney Chesney is a sissy boy. This press release by
>Zellwger appears to try to come up with a cover story that he wanted a
>country wife and she ain't one. Maybe he just really wanted a feller.
>
Admit it, you don't really have a friend and you are the sissy boy.
Cleetus Johnson
Chesney would be better off being married to Liza Minelli as it would
be her third gay husband.
Wyle Coyote
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That's terrible! But you good doobies know what the bible says about
divorce. So...;-)
Rob on Long Island
Flesha
Javier G. wrote:
> http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16634903%255E2902,00.html
<snip>
> Despite denials, the marriage was in trouble from day one and only a
> few weeks ago a friend of Zellweger said: "Renee had no idea how
> involved in her life Kenny would want to be. She'd never even seen him
> lose his temper before the wedding, but now he seems to think he can
> tell Renee what to do, what to wear, where to go and who to see. He
> doesn't seem to like her hanging out with her old friends."
>
> The couple apparently couldn't even agree on what to eat and argued
> after Zellweger's chef prepared a meal for them.
>
> "Kenny started shouting about how he did not want his future children
> to be eating sushi and fancy French food -- he wanted proper American
> food and he wanted a wife who could do her own cooking," a source
> said.
I don't know whether or not this story is true or not, but if someone
made it up, it was based on real life experience.
It is extremely typical of an abusive guy to 1) be a control freak 2)
try to cut a woman off from her friends and 3) marry a woman, knowing
what she is, and then berate her for not being something or someone
else.
Why would a guy marry a successful actress who works all the time and
then criticize her for not doing her own cooking?
He sounds exactly like my ex-husband.
red_stetson
"Flesha" <msca...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1127136435.9...@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>
> It is extremely typical of an abusive guy to 1) be a control freak 2) try
to cut a woman off from her friends and 3) marry a woman, knowing what she
is, and then berate her for not being something or someone else.
>
>
This is so very true. Last night I was speaking to someone who was the
"she" in an abusive relationship. They've been apart 10 years but she still
gets caught up in his control games. He still tries to beat her down after
all these years. He's a tough guy. He hits women and children. I honestly
think I'm one of the few who ever stood up to him.
I know about control because I've been a control freak myself. By the grace
of God, I've changed but those old feelings come up. I'm rebuilding myself
now. I was never physically abusive but I was sure controlling and like
someone told me, there are ways to be violent without physical interaction.
If you really want to upset a controller's apple cart, walk off or hang up.
Don't argue, don't challenge, just walk off. You will be amazed at how good
you will feel and how it messes them up. If they touch you or if they
threaten to do harm to you, CALL THE POLICE.