Rumour has it that Charlize Theron and her boyfriend Irish actor Stuart Townsend have parted ways. The two met on the sets of 2002 movie Trapped and have been together since, but now we hear that they have split and that he has moved out of their home in Hollywood Hills. Rumours of an impending breakup sparked when Charlize was spotted in public without the beloved antique ring she always wore as a symbol of her commitment to Stuart.

"They had become more like brother and sister than lovers. It was she who ended it. Charlize has remained in their main home in the Hollywood Hills while Stuart has moved all his stuff into the Malibu beach home that they own together. They are sorting out their financial affairs at the moment, as they have been together for so long that many of their financial affairs are intertwined. She truly loved Stuart but the relationship ran its course. He is heartbroken but she is insisting it is all over," an informed source reveals.

This was not quite the way one imagined things would be for the couple, after Stuart said in an interview last month, "We consider ourselves husband and wife. We love each other and want to spend the rest of our lives together."

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