Renee Zellweger has been dating musician Doyle Bramhall II (yes that’s his actual name) for about two years. The two first met in college and reportedly didn’t date back then but kept running into each other over the years until they finally gave in and got togerher. That’s sweet.

Renee plays her personal life pretty close to the vest so we haven’t heard that she’s engaged or anything, but The National Enquirer claims that she’s planning to marry Doyle on New Year’s Eve. The tabloids report that she’s sent out a “save the date” email to 15 close friends she wants to attend the wedding. They also claim that Doyle owes thousands in back child support to his ex wife. Sketchy.

The National Enquirer has learned exclusively that the 45 year-old Oscar winner has gushed to close pals that she plans to wed her beau of two years – rock guitarist Doyle Bramhall II – on New Year’s Eve in Austin, Texas.

The couple chose Austin because it’s where they met as students more than two decades ago, sources said.

“Renee is madly in love with Doyle and wants to close out 2014 by marrying him where they share special memories.

“She sent out ‘save the date’ emails to about 15 friends for New Year’s Eve,” an insider revealed…

Doyle was once addicted to heroin and is involved in a messy legal battle with ex-wife Susannah Melvoin.

The two divorced in 2010, but as the Enquirer has reported, he owes her thousands of dollars in back child support for their two children…

“But Renee swears he’s a stand up guy and that despite his financial problems with his ex wife, he’s never asked her for a dime.

“He told Renee that he’d be happy to sign a prenup.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, December 1, 2014]

When the Enquirer runs stories on anyone but A list celebrities they tend to be solid. That’s why I believe that Renee probably did send out an email to friends asking them to save the date. It’s very specific too. Is this why she got all that work done on her face, because she’s ready to move into another chapter in her life? (Reese Witherspoon is now clucking her tongue and calling me sexist.) Good for Renee for falling for a non-famous guy. Remember her four month marriage to Kenny Chesney in 2005? I do question Doyle Bramhall II’s inability to pay child support. That would be a big red flag to me. Maybe he just fell on hard times though. I hope for Renee’s sake that Doyle is decent guy beneath that epic hair. I also hope she gets a prenup.

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