Sunday, May. 15, 2005
My Honky-Tonk Hubby
By Rebecca Winters
Renee Zellweger wasn't the first A-list star sent into a swoon by a guy in cowboy boots when she wed country singer Kenny Chesney last week. Maybe this time the marriage will outlast the boots.
PARTICIPANTS IN AND DURATION OF MARRIAGE
Zellweger and Chesney, seven days so far
Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett, 21 months
HER COUNTRY ROOTS
(Zellweger) Katy, Texas
(Roberts) Smyrna, Ga.
THEIR HOLLYWOOD HOOKUP
(Zellweger and Chesney) Met at NBC's tsunami-relief telethon in January
(Roberts and Lovett) Met filming The Player in 1991
COURTSHIP DURATION
(Zellweger and Chesney) Four months
(Roberts and Lovett) One month
SIGN IT WAS SERIOUS
Zellweger delivered her country boy's traditional onstage margarita
Lovett made onstage dedications to "Fiona," his pretty woman's middle name
HIS PROPHETIC SONG
(Chesney) You Had Me from Hello
(Lovett) She's Leaving Me Because She Really Wants To