Paul McCartney is one of England’s most eligible bachelors, and just about anyone could have a crush on him. So perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that Renee Zellweger has a crush on the newly single Beatle.

Renee, 38, said: “I do have a big crush on Paul McCartney. I feel quite embarrassed saying it because I haven’t even told him yet.

“I’ve told my friends and I think they might have told him. Well I guess if he doesn’t know he will find out now.”

The Sun

Unfortunately for Renee, Paul denied the recent reports the two are dating, saying, “We’re not dating. We’re in the same group of friends and that’s it.”

We’ve all heard the ‘just good friends’ line a few times, maybe there will be no official announcement of romance until, say, Paul is actually divorced from his previous wife Heather Mills!

Of course, Paul is hot property, and even though he’s almost twice Renee’s age, she’s not without competition. Australian papers are trying to link Paul with supermodel Elle Macpherson, after they were photographed together at the GQ Man of the Year Awards.

At the Man of the Year event, where Paul was the Man of the Year, he was also photographed flirting with Natalie Imbruglia, an Australian pop star. She’s probably not linked to the Beatle as she’s married to equally attractive Australian rock star Daniel Johns. No one wants Aussie pop royalty to split up, we’re still grieving the loss of Tom Cruise as Australia’s favourite son-in-law.

Anyway, even at 65, I’m beginning to suspect that Macca may have plenty of women on hand to help him recover from his divorce.