Russell Crowe set the record straight about his girlfriend, Britney Theriot, after constant speculation surrounding their age gap romance. The New Zealand-born star took to X to clarify details about their relationship, revealing that their age difference is just 18 years, rather than the 30 years many had believed.

“I have clarified this on many occasions, but some people prefer the fiction,” he said. “It is so ungentlemanly to do this. However, my lovely Britney is 42 years of age. I am 61.”

He added in a separate post, “An 18-year age difference isn’t that scandalous in my opinion, and it’s nobody’s business what other people’s lives are. If two people love each other, age doesn’t matter!”

The couple reportedly met on the set of *Broken City* in 2013, when Britney was still working as an actress. However, they were not publicly linked until 2020, following her departure from the acting world. She now works as a real estate agent and made her red carpet debut with Russell in 2022.

Fans speculated that Russell had popped the question when Britney was spotted at Wimbledon over the summer wearing a dazzling engagement ring. Despite this hint at their relationship status, Russell clarified in an interview with *60 Minutes* that he does not plan to walk down the aisle again.

“All these reports coming out that Britney and I are engaged and I’m going to get married again? No. My life is joyous and happy, why ruin that with a wedding?” he explained. “I’m not gonna get married again. Doing it once is cool, but I don’t want to get married again. I know how it can go and where it can go. So I don’t need to go to that place.”

The *Gladiator* star also shared kind words about his longtime girlfriend: “We respect each other and wake up with a smile, and we are very happy.”

Russell split from Danielle Spencer, his wife of nine years, in 2012, and they finalized their divorce in 2018. Together, they share two sons, Charles and Tennyson, and have remained friends since their split.

“We have a lot of respect for each other, and I consider him to be a member of my family,” Danielle told *Stellar*. “The marriage ended, but that didn’t mean our friendship ended.”

Russell’s rare comments on his private life come after opening up about his recent weight loss journey, which began after finishing filming *Nuremberg* in 2024. The father of two shared on *The Joe Rogan Experience* podcast that he started at 277 pounds and has dropped more than 55 pounds by reducing his alcohol intake and exercising more frequently.

“I’m a big proponent for having a drink,” he explained. “It’s my cultural heritage and as a working-class man, it’s my right. But as you get older, there are certain things you start to learn about your capacities. I try not to have casual drinks now, having a drink for the sake of it.”

He also revealed that treatments and injections for his ongoing knee and shoulder injuries have allowed him to exercise without pain.

“It’s calmed down my body’s inflammation,” he said. “It’s calmed down a bunch of stuff and it’s taken a bunch of pain away, so I can go and work out and not have to suffer for two or three hours afterwards.”
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