Earlier this year, Patrick Dempsey made headlines as he was unceremoniously written off "Grey's Anatomy" after being part of the show's cast from its very start, besides being in the middle of a divorce with wife of 15 years Jillian Fink - now, as he's filming his latest project, "Bridget Jones' Baby" to go back on the acting horse, is Patrick Dempsey's dating life also boosting?
Renée Zellweger, set to make her big acting comeback with the threequel of the film that turned her into a household name and Academy Award nominee in 2003, is now rumored to be the new love on Patrick Dempsey's dating life, but how much truth is there to this?
According to Gossip Cop, not a whole lot: following reports that Patrick Dempsey's dating Zellweger, the gossip-denying website dug deeper into the rumors to confirm the two weren't an item but were merely working together.
Dempsey has seemingly taken a similar role to Daniel Cleaver, the character Hugh Grant made famous in the first "Bridget Jones Diary" movie, after the "Notting Hill" actor announced he wouldn't be part of the third film of the franchise.
Rumors rumors that Patrick Dempsey's dating life now included Zellweger were first sparked through Star Magazine, when a supposed "source on set" told the tabloid that the Oscar-winning actress had developed a "schoolgirl crush" on the actor, best known for playing Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd in Shonda Rhimes' first hit show.
ClassicaLite then fueled the Patrick Dempsey dating rumors further by saying that Zellweger had blown off blues musician Doyle Bramhall II, her boyfriend since 2012, to be with Amy Adams and Susan Sarandon's "Enchanted" co-star.
However, these reports have been confirmed as being "nonsense" and not based on reality on the slightest, as the two, along with Colin Firth, continue to film the upcoming film, set for a September 16, 2016 release.
There's no official word on who Patrick Dempsey's dating right now.
