Actor Jeremy Renner has revealed he’s now on good terms with ex-wife Sonni Pacheco, 11 years after their bitter divorce and 6 years following their heated custody battle over daughter Ava.
“Her mom and I get along very well, and we’re in each other’s lives,” he told The Guardian on Saturday, July 12, 2025. “It’s lovely.” While noting their improved relationship is “no one’s business,” he expressed relief about ending their conflicts, saying it feels “great.”
“She’s got a new baby and she sends me beautiful pictures,” he shared. Pacheco welcomed daughter Wylder Rayne with ice hockey player Nate Thompson on March 21, 2023, exactly ten years after Ava Renner’s birth in March 2013.
Renner mentioned he’s not currently dating, explaining he’s “pretty focused on my daughter and the foundation for the kids.”
The news shocked fans, given their intense custody drama in 2019. After their brief 10-month marriage ended in 2014, they initially shared joint custody. Things got messy when Pacheco sought full custody in 2019, alleging Renner used drugs, fired a gun at the ceiling, threatened her life, and bit their daughter.
Speaking about these past claims, Renner kept it cool: “It doesn’t matter to me what people say,” he stated. “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.”
After surviving a near-fatal snowplow accident in 2023, Renner says he’s evolved significantly. “I’ve never been more connected and more open and more vulnerable and more loving. And I’ve never received more goodwill,” he reflected. “That connection was buried deep, deep, deep in my soul, beforehand, but now it’s at the forefront. It’s all that matters to me. It’s an honour to be alive.”