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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Elle Fanning is relieved Jack Black hasn't got a "restraining order" out against her

    The Sentimental Value actress has previously described the School of Rock star - who has two sons with wife Tanya Haden - as "sex on legs" and was relieved by his "very embarrassed" reaction to her crush on him.


    On the red carpet at the Golden Globe awards on Sunday (11.01.26), Elle was shown a clip by Access Hollywood in which the 56-year-old star said: "You make me very embarrassed with all this hall pass talk.

    "Look, I'm very flattered, but I have to keep my eye closed because I am so embarrassed."

    He blew a kiss then said: "Much love to you and yours."

    And Jack also gave a shout-out to Elle's boyfriend, Gus Wenner.

    He added: "Hi to your boyfriend also. Dude, I didn't do anything."

    The 27-year-old actress was delighted by the clip.

    She said: "Oh my gosh, I was worried that he was gonna have a restraining order against me.

    "I just love Jack Black. He's loveable."

    Elle's sister, Dakota Fanning, previously revealed they have a "group chat dedicated to how hot he is."

    Speaking on Vanity Fair's Lie Detection Test series, Dakota, 31, said: "You once called him 'the perfect man'. Would you leave your boyfriend if Jack Black dec lared his love for you?"

    The Great star insisted she wouldn't end her two-year romance for Jack, but the lie detector found "some deception" in her answer, prompting laughter from the sisters.

    Elle said: "Gus doesn't care."

    In a separate video shared to TikTok by Sony Pictures, the Tenacious D rocker joked Elle has "that goblin dysmorphia" when she looks at him.

    He said: "Have you ever heard of body dysmorphia? Where when you look at yourself, you're like, 'Oh, I'm so ugly,' but really you're like this gorgeous creature?

    "I think she's got like the opposite of that, where she looks at me, which objectively is a goblin gremlin, and she sees this gorgeous creature apparently.

    "[She has] that goblin dysmorphia.

    "Thank you. I appreciate the compliment, but I have to close my eyes, because I can't quite process what I'm hearing there. But thank you, Elle.

    "To the boyfriend. Dude, we've got no beef. We're cool. I didn't do nothing to deserve this attention."

    But his Anaconda co-star Paul Rudd agreed with the Maleficent actress.

    He said: "I will say on behalf of Elle Fanning, I get it. I really do. I adore you, Jack. As does America! As does the world! Elle's got it right. Elle's got it right."

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