Charlize Theron dating a farmer

By Alexandra Heilbron on October 8, 2010 | 7 Comments


Charlize Theron – who has been single since splitting from longtime boyfriend love Stuart Townsend last January – has reportedly started dating actor Eric Thal who owns a farm in New York. A friend of Eric told Life and Style magazine: “The two have a lot in common. He’s a farmer who grows all his own vegetables and Charlize grew up on a farm in South Africa. The two like to escape Hollywood and go to his farm in upstate New York.” Eric, 45, played a role opposite Will Smith in Six Degrees of Separation and played Donald Sutherland’s son in the 1994 science-fiction film The Puppet Masters. Charlize, 35, dated actor Craig Bierko and Third Eye Blind lead singer Stephan Jenkins before embarking on a nine-year relationship with Stuart. Though the pair never married, Stuart often spoke about how he considered Charlize his wife. He said: “I didn’t do a church wedding or anything but we consider ourselves husband and wife. I don’t need a certificate or the state or the church to say otherwise.”



Comments & Discussion

  1. Jodie • October 8, 2010 @ 1:23 PM

    It would be way cooler if he was just a farmer and not an actor as well.

  2. Helen • October 8, 2010 @ 1:30 PM

    All the best to them! I did think the same thing – oh awesome, he’s a farmer! and then saw that he’s not a REAL farmer – acting’s his job.

  3. "Anthems"=Out Now!=Wow! • October 9, 2010 @ 8:07 AM

    Interesting news/developments… 8)

  4. Hollywood Man says ANTHEMS=WOW! • October 9, 2010 @ 8:27 AM

    All the Best to them,of course. 🙂

  5. Hollywood Man says ANTHEMS=WOW! • October 9, 2010 @ 8:28 AM

    I Like Charlize! 🙂 Very much. 8)

  6. Samantha • October 9, 2010 @ 9:05 PM

    I guess Stuart Townsend wasn’t really that committed to her. “We consider ourselves husband and wife,…” Riiiiiight. And I say to that, then put your money where your mouth is. He didn’t marry her. Because he didn’t want to marry her. Over and done. I hope she finds a real man.

  7. Sam • October 11, 2010 @ 12:48 AM

    1. Lucky bastard
    2. Nobody has a Farm in New york! He just has a lot of land with a big garden!!!


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