Ant Anstead is on the road to recovery following a “freak” sports accident.
The Celebrity IOU: Joyride star, 46, revealed to his Instagram followers on Saturday, November 1, that he is now focused on his health after a series of setbacks, including suffering multiple serious injuries in a soccer mishap.
“October can officially go away! Three close and beloved friends received terrible diagnosis [sic]! It kick started me to look closer at my health, and I went down many rabbit holes…. Diet, peptides, body scans, vitamins etc etc,” Anstead wrote. “Then WHAMMO!! A freak footy accident and I detached my pectoral muscle and tore my rotator cuff and labrum!”
The TV host admitted that his sports injuries were forcing him to take some much-needed time to rest.
“Surgery now complete and I am forced to rest (which I don’t do well)….! So I’m taking it as a sign,” he added. “And I am going back down the health rabbit hole as I’m in the age group where I need to take this stuff more seriously! And be Healthier and kinder to my body. Any and all advice greatly appreciated.”
Many of Anstead’s famous friends sent well-wishes, including racing driver Chris Buncombe replying: “Ah mate so sorry to hear this. Get well.”
Many were excited that Anstead still managed to post a shirtless photo in his underwear despite multiple injuries.
“Rest up,” singer Imelda May responded. “But I mean you have to work on those tights mate! Fishnets would up your game. 🔥 Get well soon X.”
Anstead’s unfortunate health setback came a few weeks after his reunion with his ex-wife Christina Haack at their son Hudson’s parent-teacher conference at school. He shared photos from the family’s big day, in addition to assuring Instagram followers that “Hudzo is thriving” in school.
“We doing a great job with this little chap! Nice work mum,” he wrote to Haack.
During a February episode of HGTV’s The Flip Off, Haack shared the way Anstead supported her following her most recent divorce from Josh Hall. (Haack was first married to Flip or Flop costar Tarek El Moussa from 2009 to 2018. They share a daughter Taylor, 15, and a son Brayden, 10. Tarek has since married Selling Sunset alum Heather Rae El Moussa and they share 2-year-old son Tristan.)
“Ant and I split up when Hudson was 1 and now he is 5. Between the time of his first birthday and fifth, we did not communicate a lot,” she explained.
The Christina on the Coast star, 42, went on, “After Josh and I split up, I went over to his house to pick up Hudson and he gave me a huge hug. We hadn’t hugged in years and he said, ‘I am so sorry for everything you are going through and I am here for you no matter what you need.’ It was a very nice moment and we had a very long talk after. We decided to put all the BS aside and be good coparents.”
Anstead shares two children — daughter Amelie, 21, and son Archie, 18 — with his first wife Louise Storey, to whom he was married from 2005 to 2017. The automotive specialist and Haack, 42, share their son Hudson, 6, from their three-year marriage, which ended in divorce in 2021.
He started dating two-time Oscar winner Renée Zellweger in 2021, after the actress appeared on his Discovery+ show Celebrity IOU: Joyride.
Earlier this year, Anstead’s representative blasted rumors that he was living separately from Zellweger as “disrespectful and misleading.” The speculation started when Anstead reportedly stayed with a woman named Julia French in California.
His rep told People that Anstead “stayed just a handful of days in Julia French’s separate, and detached, guest house” because they were longtime friends, before confirming that the TV host was still “in a cherished relationship” with Zellweger. (Zellweger was out of the state at the time filming Only Murders in the Building in New York City.)
