Contact Admin. Jeremy Renner is one of Hollywood's most popular and prolific actors, having landed two Oscar nominations and a coveted role in the Avengers movies in just over five years. He's also one of Hollywood's most controversial. From messy divorces to rumors about his sexuality, Renner's personal life has played out like catnip for the press. Here are the many times the media has attempted to find the man behind the curtain — and the many times he's fought back.
In December , it was reported that Renner's marriage to Sonni Pacheco was ending after only 10 months. From the get-go, the divorce proceedings showed signs that things were about to get pretty ugly. According to court documents obtained by E!
News , Pacheco — who has a daughter, Ava, with Renner — demanded that Renner "immediately return [her] stolen passport, birth certificate, social security card and be restrained from making further efforts to conceal same. In the papers, Renner alleged that Pacheco "exercises bad judgment" and once left their daughter at home "without any supervision for fifteen minutes. As part of the settlement, the couple got joint legal and physical custody of Ava, according to People.
Incidentally, Renner and Pacheco's brief marriage played out a little like Three's Company. Winters wound up playing a key role in Renner's divorce from Pacheco by providing pretty damning evidence against Renner's now-ex-wife. Winters also alleged he saw Pacheco "regularly smoke cigarette and drink alcohol" while she was pregnant. Now, if only our college roommates had been that observational. According to Queerty , rumors about Renner's sexuality began in in part because of a quote his old teacher gave to The National Enquirer.
Renner finally spoke out about the rumors to The Hollywood Reporter in , expressing disgust with the media for linking him to everyone from Winters to his Hurt Locker co-star Anthony Mackie. How about I go peek in your window, take what underwear you wore last night, whose husband you were f—ing, and shove that in the megaphone throughout your neighborhood?
