Reese & Paul Rudd GO PUBLIC!
The actress declared her love for her co-star – and her husband isn’t happy
As they attempt to play down rumours that their marriage is all but over, the last thing Jim Toth expected Reese Witherspoon to do is post a romantic photo of herself with another man.
So it’s no wonder the 50-year-old talent agent is scratching his head over her decision to put up a pic for her 23.7 million Instagram followers of her and Hollywood nice guy Paul Rudd walking hand-in-hand.
Last week, Reese, 44, revealed the pair’s 2010 romcom How Do You Know
– which was a colossal flop at the time – is now a huge hit on US Netflix.
In her celebratory post, she said the 51-year-old actor, who she also starred with in 1998’s Overnight Delivery, is “as wonderful in person as he is on screen”.
Other famous names were quick to comment, with Reese’s long-time friend Octavia Spencer writing, “Cuties.”
According to our insider, “Jim had his nose put out of joint by that post. He doesn’t know what gott into her. She rarely posts lovelyovely things about him online, but will shout out affections for her handsome co-stars from the rooftops.
“Jim jokingly accused her of having a crush on Paul, and was left more upset when she flippantly said, ‘Who doesn’t!?’
“Reese was referring to the fact that Paul has had a resurgence as something of the thinking woman’s heartthrob in recent years, but Jim didn’t see it that way.”
A source close to the pair says, “Sure, there was great chemistry between them in How Do You Know, but that was years ago, and they are fantastic actors who’d known each other a long time. Jim has nothing to worry about – regardless of his marriage with Reese, Paul’s relationship with his wife
[Julie Yaeger] is rock solid.”
It's only early days on The Block but Shaynna Blaze has already set her fiery sights on two Blockheads – Luke and Jasmin.
And while the Perth couple knew very well what they were getting themselves in for with the notoriously picky judge, Shaynna's feedback has kickstarted some heated tension between the famed designer and the couple, in particular with Jasmin.
On Sunday night's first room reveal, Shaynna, 57, struggles to find the nod to the couple's chosen 1910s era in Luke and Jasmin's guest bedroom – and Jasmin takes offence to the veteran judge's harsh comments.
“I think this is a crying shame,” says Shaynna. “This is the most irrelevant room we've seen today.”
FAILED TO IMPRESS
While fellow judges Darren Palmer, 42, and Neale Whitaker, 58, manage to find some positives in the couple's room design, Shaynna isn't having a bar of it and convinces the boys to score it lower.
“The shutters, the wardrobe and the doors, tick, amazing, gorgeous, the rest – goodbye,” the judge says flatly.
Talking to Woman’s Day, Luke and Jasmin believe they were targeted unfairly.
“It was so harsh being the first week,” says Jasmin, 36. “Especially when we've been given no real indication of what to do.”
“I couldn't believe it, she just went to town,” Luke, 35, adds.
“I think we were made an example off.”
The couple said they were also confused by Shaynna's comments about why they didn't choose to capitalise on some of the more Edwardian features in the room. “We went back into the room and the features she was referring to just weren't there!” says Luke.
Adds Jasmin, “We were so confused with that comment.”
While they're both rocked by Shaynna's feedback, it's teacher Jasmin who takes it most to heart. She cheekily
‘I couldn’t believe it, Shaynna just went to town’
claps back at the designer, saying she just isn’t on the same page as her “style wise”. “She just isn’t our biggest fan and I don’t want to bash her or anything but her style and our style are just not compatible.”
While Jasmin has taken the feedback onboard, she still plans to go ahead with her own vision, teasing that she has “a couple of run-ins with Shaynna” in the coming weeks.