Hilary Swank, 33, has been dating her Creative Artists agent probably since April of 2006, when they were first spotted exercising together and looking flirty. Their relationship went public in August, 2006 when they were photographed on a romantic holiday in Rome.

Swank’s boyfriend, John Campisi, 40, was only separated from his wife of 11 years at the time his romance with Swank was made public last summer. Not only had he not yet filed for divorce at that time, at least four months after he started cheating or “exercising” with Swank, he even had a toddler at home.

It was Campisi’s wife who filed for divorce after receiving the public humiliation of seeing pictures of her husband kissing and holding hands with Swank on a romantic vacation in Italy.

Now their divorce is about to be made final, and Swank and Campisi plan to get married as soon as he’s legally available. After that, Swank is planning for a baby:

Hilary Swank is planning to marry her boyfriend and former agent John Campisi as soon as his divorce becomes final in a few weeks - and she wants to start a family right away, say sources.

“Don’t be shocked if Hilary gets pregnant soon after she walks down the aisle with John,” a source told The Enquirer.

She’s now free to wed, having finalized her divorce from Chad Lowe.

“It’s just a matter of waiting for his divorce to clear the courts - it’s expected to be final by November,” said the source.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, October 1, 2007]

I’m thinking a guy who leaves his wife and child for you without settling his affairs at home first is not that great of a catch, but maybe it will work out for Hilary this time.

Hilary Swank is shown yesterday at the launch of the Guerlain fragrance Insolence, which she represents. Thanks to PRPhotos.

Back in late April we reported that Hilary Swank was seen out jogging with a new guy, and that he may have been a friend or trainer. She had filed for divorce from Chad at that point, but they made a couple of public appearances and people speculated that they were trying to rekindle their relationship. It didn’t mean much that she was exercising with someone else, although she did help the guy change into a new shirt and they looked pretty happy together.

Hilary told Vanity Fair in July that Chad was an addict and that’s what caused the rift in their relationship. (A commentor speculated that Chad Lowe is gay and helped Hilary get her start in showbiz after she became his beard. Another guy from a different IP address or maybe the same guy using a different computer or whatever claimed that Chad tried to pick him up at the gym. I don’t know if it’s true, I just report it.)

It turns out that guy she was exercising with was her Creative Artists Agent, and that he’s married with a little kid. (cough *scumbag* cough) They’re now together and were spotted in Rome getting all kissy-face:

Good for Hilary for finding love again after maybe being the beard to a skinny gay guy for so long, but a married guy with a little kid? That’s just wrong.

Here are pictures of Hilary and hew “new” boyfriend, John Campisi, exercising in late April. Maybe that’s all it was at the time. Probably not.

It looks like Vanity Fair’s strategy of denying stars the cover unless they dish lots of dirt has worked, because Hilary Swank blabs in an upcoming interview with the magazine that her ex, Chad Lowe, is an addict! She says he’s been sober for three years, but that his battle with substance abuse caused a serious rift in the relationship that they couldn’t repair.

It sounds like once Chad beat whatever drugs he was on things were never the same between them and it was impossible to overcome.

This happened to a friend of mine who was with her husband for over ten years. He got addicted to Oxycontin for back pain and completely changed. He became uncommunicative and withdrawn. They had a big blowout and ended up getting divorced. He has a new girlfriend and is still addicted to painkillers.

For an actress with two Oscars Hilary Swank doesn’t get a lot of attention in the press. This revelation will make people interested in her for a week or two. She’s sporty, down to earth, and normal and people don’t think that’s particularly exciting. She should follow this up by going shopping on Rodeo Drive and having dinner at The Ivy with a hot new guy.

In the upcoming interview, Hilary addresses the problems between her high=profile Hollywood career and her soon-to-be ex-husband’s lack of prospects, saying, “I think that any frustration for him stemmed from the lack of opportunities in his own career.”

Swank, 32, says she’s wary of the dating scene, “I thought of it - of that whole world - I can’t imagine it! I can’t imagine going out right now and trying to find someone else to be with.”

Relationship guru John Gray recommends that men and women do the opposite of their natural instincts when trying to recover from a breakup. Women should start dating right away while men should take time to nurse their wounds instead of jumping into another relationship. Maybe Hilary should take a page from Charlie Sheen and start looking online.

Here is Hilary in new ads from Clavin Klein and at a party for the perfume giant Guerlain, which she also represents, on 6/14. [via]

We weren’t holding our breath, but we were kind of hoping Nick and Jessica would get back together. Jessica wore her wedding ring around her neck for a while, and Nick told Rolling Stone that he still loved his wife of two years, but ultimately Jessica’s immaturity and Nick’s wild oats won out and now the two are officially divorced. The divorce was made final on June 30. No word yet as to the settlement amount. Jessica’s dad tried to low-ball Nick into accepting a $1.5 million settlement, while Nick is said to have asked for a more realistic $8 million that he lowered to $5 million.

Nick is dating MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo while Jessica may be with her co-star in the upcoming film “Employee of the Month,” comedian Dane Cook. Cook was involved with someone else at the time of filming, but is now single and said to be getting cosy with Jessica.

This is sad news for Nick and Jessica fans, and should serve as a warning to all women who try to hold out before marriage and then get married young because they can’t wait.

Here is Jessica in NY on 6/28. She’s wearing the deadly long jeans/platform sandals combo that caused Britney’s near baby-drop. Nick Lachey is shown performing a private concert for Q-100 listeners on 6/29.

Hillary Swank was spotted jogging with some guy. That may or may not mean that she’s dating him.

Here’s the recap on Hillary Swank and Chad Lowe:

On March 30th we reported that Hillary Swank and Chad Lowe were supposedly over for good because someone said so and that there was “competition between them” according to some tabloid. This was a week after a report came out that the two were going to renew their vows.

Swank and Lowe were spotted massaging each other and geting all cosy on a flight recently, which means they’re probably back together:

That’s kind of sweet, and it may work out for them this time. Swank seemed committed to trying to make it work, and it must be hard to maintain a relationship in Hollywood.

Just a week ago we reported that In Touch claimed that Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe were going to renew their vows. It turns out In Touch was wrong, and they’re really over, uh maybe:

It can be hard to make a relationship work when a woman is much more successful and high-profile than her husband. If this is true, it’s too bad that they couldn’t work it out. It certainly seemed like Hilary wanted to try.

We were wrong yesterday when we said that Hillary Swank and Chad Lowe were probably over. Guess they just don’t have photographers following them around everywhere like other celebrities. In Touch reports that the cute couple are renewing their vows:

That is good news and we wish them all the best. Guess those pets were enough to cement their relationship after all. In related news, Mike Myers and his estranged wife also share custody of their dogs.

Uma Thurman, Adam Brody, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston, and Joaquin Phoenix are just a few of the celebrities pictured here. These pics are higher resolution than the after-party photos posted earlier.

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Hillary Swank has signed a three-year contract with fragrance house Guerlain, famous for the old-lady scent Shalimar. The company issued a standard statement praising the actress’ potential to shill perfume:

Things are looking up for Hillary now that she’s back with Chad and has a new gig.