Kenny Chesney Writes Song About Break Up With Renee Zellweger

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Country singer Kenny Chesney has plenty to sing about when it comes to heartbreak. Kenny told Newsweek his new album, "Lucky Old Sun," was written after his marriage to Renee Zellweger was annulled in 2005.

"In 2006, I was probably as emotionally and mentally exhausted as I'd ever been. And that was due to a lot of things--having the foot on the gas pedal constantly, and my breakup with Renée Zellweger," Kenny says.

"I got in a plane and went down to the Virgin Islands. I was completely by myself. I didn't want to be around anybody. So, the next thing you know, it's me and a pen and I sat down and wrote a lot of lines of this song, 'Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Be.'"

He says he doesn't worry about writing about the breakup because, "it's the truth." "In that way, it's a pretty honest record. I've let myself be more emotionally vulnerable in some of the lyrics. I think that was good therapy."

Kenny says he rarely talks to Renee now and is uncertain as to how she'll respond to the record saying her reaction is "unpredictable."

Years later, Kenny says he has moved on and is now dating someone new!

Published 10/13/08 by