Hugh Grant has confessed his wife Anna Aberstein is routinely torn “to pieces” by internet trolls. The industry veteran took no prisoners earlier this month when he opened up about the cyberbullying his wife has been subjected to in a scathing social media post. After earning early acting credits in 1987’s The Dawning and later Carlo U.
Quinterio’s Night Train to Venice, Hugh, now 64, propelled himself to stardom in the 1994 flick Four Weddings and a Funeral . Since then, the star has appeared in everything from the Bridget Jones’ Diary franchise to 2023’s Wonka with Hollywood icon Timotheé Chalamet . Away from the limelight, the actor said ‘I do’ to Swedish producer Anna, 41, in 2018.
The pair, who share a 23-year age gap, reportedly met at a party in London and initially began appearing publicly together as a couple in 2015, as per Grazia . On October 20, Hugh took to X, formerly known as Twitter , to fiercely defend his spouse of six years after pictures taken of her seemingly garnered negative traction online. Writing to his 837,500 followers, the Notting Hill favourite commented: “Sometimes when I go to events my wife comes with me.
” The father-of-five went on to say that when images of Anna appear online, there are usually “hundreds of comments” tearing her “to pieces". He continued: “She’s never thrust herself forward or courted attention in any way. “I don’t know if the comments are real.
..Or by bots.
But I do know it’s cyber bull.