Gerard Butler’s love life, and whether he’ll ever get married, has been a subject of fascination for the media since the Scottish hunk broke out in the 2006 movie 300, with unsubstantiated reports linking him to famous women like Cameron Diaz and Naomi Campbell.
"You know what's funny? In the last year, there have probably been rumors of ten different women I'm supposed to be involved with,” he told Esquire in 2009. “I think maybe one is true. You can walk around with a hundred of your buddies and it's cool, but the second there's a woman involved..."
In reality, Butler has long been stuck on one woman in particular, on-off girlfriend Morgan Brown, with whom he’s been doing some sort of will-they-won’t-they dance since 2014. Will he ever ask her to be his wife? That remains to be seen (and who knows if she’d say yes anyway.) But here’s what we know about their relationship in the meantime. Plus, the scoop on Butler’s rumored fling with Jennifer Aniston, his connection to model Penny Lane and more.
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No, but the 300 star appears to be enjoying an “on-again” phase with long-term on-off girlfriend Morgan Brown, with whom he’s been intermittently linked since 2014. The couple posed together at the L.A. premiere of How to Train Your Dragon (a live-action remake of the 2010 animated original, in which Butler had a voice role) on June 7.
Funnily enough, in a 2010 interview with Extra for the first How to Train Your Dragon, reporter Renee Bargh asked Butler how one might “train or trap a Scotsman,” to which he replied, “I would love to meet the woman who knows how to do that, because really I’m ready, but — I’m not easy, but when you get there it’s worth it.”
He went on to say that he’d just gotten back from Australia and would like to marry an Aussie woman. “They’re so fun and down-to-earth and they don’t use their beauty as a weapon,” he explained. Brown hails from Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Who is Gerard Butler’s wife?
Gerard Butler doesn’t have a wife — at least not that the public knows of! — but he’s in a relationship with Los Angeles-based real-estate investor/interior designer Morgan Brown, 54.
The pair have been together — albeit with lengthy breaks along the way — since 2014. Addressing a split that took place in 2020, Butler told news.com.au, “I went through a break-up during Corona, so I lost a loved one in a different way, and that’s been very hard, much harder than I thought. Ultimately I think it’s the right road, but it’s been very tough …”
Their 2020 breakup was reportedly due to Butler’s, shall we say, squirminess, with one insider telling Us Weekly that the couple called it quits because Butler “couldn’t fully settle down with Morgan and commit.” The source also noted that both parties were “handling the breakup with maturity.”
Are Gerard Butler and Morgan Brown still together?
A recent report in The Enquirer(so take it with a dragon-size grain of salt) claimed that their relationship was “on life support” due to Butler’s continued lack of commitment. “Gerry always used to say he wanted to settle down at 50 and start a family,” a friend of the actor told the outlet. “But today, at 55, he’s no closer to proposing to Morgan than he was five years ago.”
But just two days after that report came out, Butler and Brown appeared together at the How to Train Your Dragon premiere in Los Angeles, looking very happy — and very together.
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The daughter of prominent property developer Harry “Coco” Brown, Morgan Brown followed in her father’s footsteps to become a real-estate developer herself, taking over his business when he died of cancer in 2004. She left the company in 2019 and formed Morgan Brown Designs, which is also home to her interior design work.
“Morgan has an instinct for making all rooms of the house inviting while still maintaining a standard of luxury and sophistication,” the “about” page of her website reads. “When she’s not building them, she’s living in them with her 16 year old son and her three dogs.”
The site also notes that Brown “stems from old Hollywood royalty.” Her grandfather was producer Harry Joe Brown and her grandmother was Sally Eilers, a silent film star and a Zigfield girl. Her mother, fashion model Karen Somerville, was remarried to Lawrence of Arabia actor Peter O’Toole.
Who is Penny Lane to Gerard Butler?
It’s unclear. Butler was linked to the 29-year-old model in 2024 — the same year she was named Sports Illustrated’s Rookie of the Year — after they were spotted gallivanting around London together. But neither party ever commented publicly on the nature of their relationship, and it’s unclear what their rendezvous meant for Butler’s romance with Brown, which was said to be back on as of 2022. Confusing stuff!
In 2012, the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star (and Eddie Cibriani’s ex) told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live that she and Butler had a one-week fling and that he was an 11-out-of-10 lover. But when approached by TMZ about the reality star’s reveal, Butler said “Who’s Brandi Glanville?” He later explained on Howard Stern that he simply didn’t know Glanville’s last name, or even that she was a celebrity, when they hooked up.
“I called [Brandi] and said, ‘One, I’m not very happy that you did that, because there’s certain things you gotta keep a little private,’” he told Stern. “And two, I’m sorry I didn’t know who you were.’ And she was in tears! She said, ‘I’m doing the press for my new show, and now they don’t want to talk about the show — they just want to say, ‘So Gerard Butler claims he doesn’t know you, and you said you had sex with him!’“
He again recounted his side of the story on Watch What Happens Live and Glanville, picking up on Butler’s possible embarrassment over the fling, took to X (then Twitter) to “set the record straight.”
“Gerard Butler hit on me at a party, asked for my phone number, called me up the next day and asked me out so if he wants to cringe now he can f–k off," she wrote.
When did Gerard Butler date Madalina Ghenea?
Butler was linked to Romanian model Madalina Ghenea as of May 2013, after the two worked together on a campaign for a razor. He shared the story of their first meeting with Extra, saying, "Imet her here in New York, and we hung out all night, didn't even kiss, tried on my hat collection. I said, 'I'm coming to visit you in Milan,' and three days later, I was at her door in Milan. She was like, 'Whoa!' "
When asked whether Ghenea was “the one,” Butler responded, "She's amazing. I'm having fun. I'm very lucky, she's a great girl."
They split early the following year, and it wasn’t long before Butler was striking up his romance with Morgan Brown.
Butler and Aniston starred together in the 2010 romantic comedy The Bounty Hunter, but rumors of a romance surfaced before filming even began. “I think it's because she's single and I'm single,” Butler told Esquire. “The sum total of our conversation was about four minutes at the Toronto Film Festival. The next day, the story is: Gerry Butler and Jennifer Aniston get cozy at the Toronto Film Festival. Cozy? We were standing up and surrounded by forty people."
Still, the costars did eventually get close enough for Butler to join Aniston in Cabo for her 41st birthday a month before The Bounty Hunter hit theaters. He was one of many friends on the trip, but his attendance only added grist to the rumor mill, which was already working overdrive after his and Aniston’s handsy appearance at the Golden Globes in January 2010. They followed that up with a steamy cover shoot for W Magazine in April.
Nonetheless, if Aniston and Butler ever dated, they didn’t confirm as much to the outside world.
Does Gerard Butler have kids?
No, but he's expressed interest in starting a family. "I think I’ll be a great dad, although I can’t wait too long because I’m getting on," he told Parade in 2012. "I love kids. I really look forward to having toddlers running around." He shared a similar sentiment with Peoplein 2017, saying, “In five years I want to be in a relationship. I’d love to have one or two kids — it’s about time.”
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