Renée Zellweger skipped the Oscars in favour of step mum duties as she enjoyed a sporty family outing with her boyfriend Ant Anstead and his son Hudson.

The actress, 55, has been smitten with her boyfriend Ant Anstead, 45, ever since they met and fell in love on his TV show Celebrity IOU: Joyride four years ago.

And rather than attend Hollywood’s most star-studded event of the year, Renee decided to head to a park for a sporty afternoon. 

Adorable snaps showed the star rapidly running around playing football with Hudson, five, before doting Zellweger fixed his glove as they relaxed on the grᴀss. 

Television presenter Anstead was seen throwing his son in the air as Zellweger watched on during the family day out. 

The twice-married British presenter is said to be keen to tie the knot for a third time – but those close to Zellweger believe she is in no rush to walk up the aisle again, 20 years after terminating her short-lived marriage to Kenny Chesney on the grounds of ‘fraud’.

Renée Zellweger skipped the Oscars in favour of step mum duties as she enjoyed a sporty family outing with her boyfriend Ant Anstead and his son Hudson

Rather than attend Hollywood’s most star-studded event of the year, Renee decided to head to a park for a sporty afternoon

Sources have told DailyMail.com that friends believe a fear of falling into the trap of unsettling a perfectly happy relationship by succumbing to the pressure to take it to the next level is stopping her from rushing into marriage.

‘Renée and Ant have been dating for over three years,’ an insider said. ‘She loves the relationship the way it is. She’s seen so many couples, especially celebrities like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie who have happily dated, only to split not long after getting married.

‘Why would she risk rocking the boat and rushing to take her relationship with Ant to the next level?’ 

Her ill-fated marriage to country singer Chesney in January 2005 has reportedly proved to be a deterrent.

Five months after she met him, they tied the knot in the Virgin Islands.

But come the November, Zellweger had filed for an annulment, citing ‘fraud’.

‘Her one marriage, to Kenny Chesney, was very brief and turned out not to be a good experience for her,’ the insider said. ‘Some friends feel it put her off marriage.’

Anstead, best known for co-presenting British show For the Love of Cars, certainly looked content as he proudly joined Zellweger at the after party for her latest film, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy last month.

Adorable snaps showed the star rapidly running around playing football with Hudson, five, in the park

The actress, 55, has been smitten with her boyfriend Ant Anstead , 45, ever since they met and fell in love on his TV show Celebrity IOU: Joyride four years ago

Anstead is said to be keen to tie the knot for the third time – but Zellweger reportedly has reservations

In a sweet moment, doting Zellweger fixed little Hudson’s glove as they relaxed on the grᴀss during the day out

Television presenter Anstead was seen throwing his son in the air as Zellweger watched on during the family day out

The loved up couple left hand-in-hand after celebrating with her co-star Hugh Grant and his wife Anna Elisabet Eberstein, with Zellweger sparking engagement rumours due to a bandage on her ring finger.

Zellweger is relatively private about her love life but recently revealed she had moved to Southern California, near San Diego, because ‘that’s where my fellow lives, and his little boy’.

The TV presenter shares son Hudson, five, with ex-wife Christina Haack, who is in the process of divorcing her third husband Josh Hall.

He also has daughter Amelie, 21, and son Archie, 18, with his ex-wife Louise Anstead.

The insider said Zellweger has a good relationship with Haack, with the trio happily co-parenting.

‘Renée and Ant are happier than ever,’ they said. ‘Ant and his son Hudson have given her the family she never had. She gets on well with Christina now that Ant does. 

‘Renée isn’t high maintenance like most Hollywood stars. She’s really easy going and not into drama.’

Zellweger looked delightful as she wrapped up warm for a day of sports in the park

Zellweger sported a pair of navy waterproof trousers with a khaki jacket and a bright orange cap

Sources have told DailyMail.com that friends believe a fear of falling into the trap of unsettling a perfectly happy relationship by succumbing to the pressure to take it to the next level is stopping her from rushing into marriage

Anstead looked every inch the doting dad to his son Hudson when he shared a snap of them in 2023

After decades of failed relationships, it is perhaps no surprise that Zellweger is hesitant to risk a good thing.

She was left heartbroken by her split from her then-fiancé Jim Carey in 2000, with the devastation nearly causing her to miss being presented with the Best Actress Golden Globe for her turn in Nurse Betty.

‘I’d just finished Bridget Jones and gone through a break-up,’ she told OK! in 2020. ‘Then it’s time to put on a dress and go and do your thing and you don’t even really feel like putting on jeans to go to the coffee shop.

‘During the ceremony I thought, ‘I can just go for a little walk and I’ll just go to the bathroom for a second. I’m going to put on some lipstick.’ So, I went to the bathroom and I’m putting my lipstick on and I hear this man screaming, ‘Hey come on!’ I think the moment would have come and gone if sweet Hugh Grant hadn’t stretched out his screen time.’