Jeremy Renner denies ex-wife’s allegations he threatened to kill her

Jeremy Renner is reflecting on his relationship with his ex-wife, Sonni Pacheco.

The Hawkeye actor, who was married to Pacheco for 10 months before she filed for divorce, addressed his ex-wife’s allegations that he threatened to kill her and himself, which he previously denied, in a new interview with The Guardian.

“Whatever stress I’ve had in life I’ve tried to find a way of laughing through it,” Renner said. “And that’s where sometimes cynicism comes out — you think, ‘I’m just going to have a laugh at this stuff.'”

When asked to specify which “stuff,” the actor replied, “Being accused of things you’ve not done, right? That doesn’t feel good to anybody. It certainly doesn’t feel good when you’re a celebrity and it’s known to everybody.”

Entertainment Weekly has reached out to Pacheco for comment.

Renner confirmed that he was discussing the public allegations that surfaced during his 2019 divorce proceedings, and rejected the notion that they contained any truth. “No, and they happen all the time,” he said. “It’s all the salaciousness that happens out there. It’s clickbait, and it hurts my feelings and it dehumanizes people.”

The Hurt Locker star elaborated on his attitude toward public speculation about his personal life. “It doesn’t matter to me what people say,” Renner said. “They’re saying it for their own reasons and not for the right reasons or the truth. And I’m used to that, because I’m a public figure. I don’t read people’s reviews, I don’t read people’s comments. I don’t care. That’s not part of my life.”

Pacheco fought for sole custody of the couple’s daughter, Ava, but she and Renner now share custody of her, PEOPLE reported.

Renner told The Guardian that he wasn’t particularly concerned about the custody dispute despite the media hubbub. “That’s just lawyers talking,” he said. “That’s lawyers arguing. The custody was easy.”

Renner added that he has a good relationship with Pacheco now. “(We) get along very well, and we’re in each other’s lives,” he said. “It’s lovely.”

He also insists on keeping his personal life, including his relationship with his ex, private. “It’s no one’s business,” he told The Guardian. “It’s great. She’s got a new baby and she sends me beautiful pictures.”

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Elsewhere in the interview, Renner addressed his social life during Ava’s early childhood, which Pacheco previously claimed included drug and alcohol abuse. “That’s not really my style,” he said. “Look, I live a carnival-type life. I don’t live a normal life. The amount of travel I have done, always living in a suitcase…”

Renner added that he spent most of his free time then in his Los Angeles home. “The place in L.A. was where I was raising my child, where everyone learned to ride a bike and swim. I also had my music there,” he explained. “I had my meetings there. It was my dating life. It was my club. It was my home. It was all the things that encompass someone’s life.”

He continued, “If you meet a person and grab a pint, instead of meeting up at a pub, I’d just do it at my house. It was like an open-door policy for all my family and friends. It was great for them. So that’s not a normal home. Homes aren’t usually like that or run like that way. So that’s no longer.”