Last week, LaineyGossip talked about the activities of Michael Sheen, his ex Kate Beckinsale, and his current squeeze, Rachel McAdams. Oh, and Kate and Michael’s daughter, Lily. Michael and his girls were in Toronto, where I believe Michael and Rachel have made their home base, and where Kate brought Lily so that they could all go to the Canadian premiere of Harry Potter. To see those photos, go here. Kate and Michael have always struck me as the best kind of joint-parents. Both seem to actively spend a lot of time with Lily, and it’s always seemed to me that Kate and Michael still get along pretty well in general. Didn’t Kate dump him for her current husband, Len Wiseman? I believe there was some overlap.
Anyway, I’m kind of surprised it took the tabloids so long to create a controversy between Michael’s ex and his current, but better late than never. According to In Touch, Kate Beckinsale kind of hates Rachel McAdams:
He’s the king of schlub, but actor Michael Sheen, 42, has two Hollywood beauties fighting over him! Living with Kate Beckinsale, 38, from 1995 to 2003, the exes have been peacefully sharing custody of their daughter, Lily, 12, for the last eight years. But even though Kate has been married to director Len Wiseman, 38, since 2004, she’s got her claws out when it comes to Michael’s new love, Rachel McAdams, 32.
“Rachel and Kate make a point to avoid each other, and it seems like it’s Kate who’s the resistant one,” says an insider, though her rep denies it.
Just recently, Michael brought Lily to Kate’s hotel to spend the night, and Rachel was left steaming outside of the hotel!
“She couldn’t even go upstairs or inside with him,” reveals the source. And on July 17, he left Rachel home so he could bring Lily – and Kate – to the Canadian premiere of Harry Potter.
“There are opportunities where Michael could bring Rachel along, but he doesn’t,” says the insider.
[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]
Part of me thinks it’s true just because Kate seems like that kind of woman – the kind of woman who “trades up” from a character actor boyfriend to a Hollywood director, then still wants her ex to be hung up on her and acts pissy to whoever he dates. But I’m going to give Kate the benefit of the doubt here – I think she and Michael just focus on being good parents to Lily, and maybe that ongoing relationship – because of their child – is rubbing Rachel the wrong way? I don’t know. I don’t see Rachel as the kind of person who would get pissy about it either. She and Michael seem genuinely loved up. And maybe THAT is what’s pissing off Kate. That her ex found professional success and a cute, younger girlfriend after Kate dumped him.
Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.
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