Renee Zellweger hasn’t been in the headlines in quite a while. This is mostly my doing – I’m still really upset with her for Leatherheads (and I’m surprisingly powerful). But apparently Renee still has some fans – in fact she claims to have enough of them that they’re constantly making her late for things. That’s because she just can’t say no to them, and always makes a little time for chitchat.

The ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’ star admits she regularly keeps friends and colleagues waiting, but blames her poor time keeping on spending time with the public.

She said: “I have missed flights, missed ferries, missed taxi cabs and made my friends wait because of it. I’m learning to be better at it but I’ll still feel bad if I can’t stop to talk to someone.”

Despite her tardiness, the 39-year-old actress feels obliged to speak to people on the streets because she doesn’t want to let anybody down.

She explained: “I hate to disappoint them, and I’m not very good at saying no.”

Though she always manages to find the time to speak with her fans, Renee recently admitted she is too busy to settle down with a boyfriend.

She explained: “I’m not single, I’m busy. That’s my line. The thing is, I’m away all the time. I suppose if I sat still long enough to get to know somebody beyond a dinner date, maybe. But I don’t feel like my life is empty or that I have to make something happen. I have projects to develop.

“I wonder is there really time for all of it? I never say never about anything because I look back on my own personal history and it shocks me.”

[From MSN Entertainment via Gossip Rocks]

Hmmm, I would have thought Renee was late because she was busy eating so many lemons. At least we know she’ll never get scurvy. Oh, snap! I would possibly have bought this excuse back in her Bridget Jones/Jerry Maguire/Chicago heyday. But things have sort of petered off for Renee in the last few years. And not to harp on this but the acting in Leatherheads was atrocious. It was the first movie in a long time where I actually wanted to ask for my money back. And it had my future husband John Krasinski in it. But it was just abominable.

There are several websites out there for fans to report their encounters with celebrities. And many of Renee’s aren’t that flattering . Obviously people are more likely to write something up when they’re displeased. But it makes me seriously doubt that she’s always missing planes to pose for photos and kiss babies.

Here’s Renee leaving the Broadway play ’33 Variations’ starring Jane Fonda at the O’Neill Theatre in New York City on March 9th. Images thanks to WENN.com.