Country singer Kenny Chesney has a new album out called "Lucky Old Sun," which he wrote after and about his breakup with Renee Zellweger. The pair married in May 2005 after having just met in January of that year. The marriage was annulled after four months with Zellweger citing fraud.
In a Q&A about the album with Newsweek, Chesney brings up Zellweger with the interviewer:
One of your songs is called "Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Be." Is that a theme of your album?
It's the root of the record, for sure. In 2006, I was probably as emotionally and mentally exhausted as I'd ever been. And that was due to a lot of things--having the foot on the gas pedal constantly, and my breakup with Renee Zellweger. I got in a plane and went down to the Virgin Islands. I was completely by myself. I didn't want to be around anybody. So the next thing you know, it's me and a pen and I sat down and wrote a lot of lines of this song, "Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Be."Didn't you worry about writing about your breakup with Renee?
It's the truth. It's my life. I've been in a lot of states of mind in the last three years. In that way, it's a pretty honest record. I've let myself be more emotionally vulnerable in some of the lyrics. I think that was good therapy.
Are you still heartbroken?
Not at all. I already wrote those songs. I'm on to something else.
How long did it take for you to heal?
It was horrible. It took a while. Years. It's been since 2005.How do you think Renee will react?
I have no idea. I don't know. It's unpredictable.Do you still talk to her?
No. Well, every now and then. I don't want to say this whole record is about her.
Are you dating someone else now?
Oh, yeah.