Hugh Grant thinks his career choices were difficult for his wife Anne Eberstein.

When the 64-year-old actor appeared on the November 13 episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers promote Heretiche joked that his series of wacky, weird and nasty roles in recent years proved “difficult” for his wife of six years.

After Grant said he played “a weird, misshapen, weirdo” in Heretichost Seth Meyers posted photos of the actor in the role of cereal mascot Tony the Tiger In Unfrosted And like an orange Oompa Loompa in 2023 Wonka.

“See, again, I think it’s a challenge for my wife,” Grant joked. “Her last husband – she was married before – was a ski champion, and now she’s married to that“.

Grant and Eberstein ties the knot in May 2018, several years after they started dating. They share three childrenincluding his son John12 years old and girls Lulu8, and Blue6; he only revealed the names of her youngest daughters publicly for the first time during an October 30 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel live.

Grant also shares two children with Tinglan Hong; her daughter Tabitha, 13, and her son Felix, who will be 12 in December.

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THE Notting Hill The actor’s jokes about Eberstein’s thoughts on his roles deviating from his beloved romantic comedies came shortly after Grant told Meyers, 50, that he partly wanted to dismiss the adorable characters he played and who made him famous.

“There, I worked crazy jobs for, I don’t remember, 10 years or something like that, and then all of a sudden, out of the blue (Four weddings and a funeral) happens and I’m suddenly offered a lot of lucrative and exciting work,” Grant said.

“I made the terrible mistake of thinking, well, if that’s the person they like in the movies, where I say ‘God, hello, yes, I love you,’ I’ll be like that too in interviews. And rightly so, because of that, people started to hate me, at least in Britain.”

While Grant embraces a villainous side to his acting – Heretic is in theaters now – it doesn’t stray too far from romantic comedies; the actor reprises his role in Bridget Jones: Boy Crazyon Peacock on February 13.