Inside Kate Winslet's "Sexy" Fling With Richard Branson's Nephew
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Rocknroll new romance for Kate Winslet!
The Oscar winning actress, 35, is dating Richard Branson's nephew Ned Abel Smith -- a.k.a. Ned Rocknroll -- a source confirms to Us Weekly.
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The duo arrived together at last Tuesday's memorial service for Ted Branson (Richard Branson's father) at the Royal Geographical Society in London. The Daily Mail reports that Ned, 33, legally changed his name to "Ned Rocknroll" several years back, and recently separated from his wife Eliza, the daughter of a British viscount.
"Ned is really happy with Kate," the source tells Us, adding that the couple are currently spending a romantic weekend in the English countryside. Mildred Pierce star Winslet is "mature and has it all together," the source explains. "[Ned] feels he can learn so much from her. It's sexy -- a boy toy situation!"
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An old friend of the Branson family, Winslet was famously a guest on Richard Branson's private Necker Island in late August when the house she was staying in caught fire; Winslet ended up carrying Eve, Branson's elderly mother, out of the burning building.
Winslet wasn't a solo visitor during her momentous Necker Island stay. In addition to her kids Mia, 10, and Joe, 7, the star's fellow guest was Louis Dowler, her on-and-off model beau.
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No word yet on exactly when Winslet and Dowler parted ways.
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16i want kate and leo to date and get married now
I don't like Kate with this guy, he doesn't look good at all. Kate better be with Leonardo.
Kate and Leonardo DiCaprio should date each other now since they're both single again. They make the most beautiful pair, get married and have beautiful children together!
i agree, Go Kate!!
So love Kate! She's single, talented and deserves to have fun! ~ Note for below: Not many men (or women for that matter) are fond of the angry, compulsive and jealous. For obvious reasons, those women are usually alone.
guess she wasn't dating him for his looks...
filomena...you boviously had someone do you wrong.... that is too bad. Dont go judging and hating.
UH GO KATE! have some damn fun and enjoy yourself.
agree with u Deb.. lots of love for Kate..
I don't know anything about you Filomena and you don't anything about Kate except what is written by tabloids to sell magazines. I think you should postpone your judgement until you walk a mile or 2 in her shoes. Don't throw stones at glass houses
I say Kate be happy life is too short.
She is twiced divorced with 2 kids from 2 different men and now she's hooking up with a married man. SHAME ON HER. I thought she had more class and common sense than that, I was obviously wrong!!!!
She has 2 kids from 2 different men, and NOW SHE'S Hooking up with a man who is still legally married? SHE IS LOW, LOW. LOW. KATE WINSLET IS A HOMEWRECKER!!! ONE WORD FOR YOU KATE. KARMA. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!!!!
Well, you can add Kate to my proverbial SHI* list, I don't like Homewreckers!!!!
And I don't dig the fact that she's hooking up with a married man, That's not cool. He is still legally married. I certainly hope Kate didn't try to scoop this guy up by default in order to become a HOMEWRECKER. we all know how I feel about homewreckers. What is wrong with these actresses today? They can't find SINGLE MEN - they gotta hook up with married men?
He's ugly, and I think they are both a bit TOO OLD for a "boy toy" situation.