Jeremy Renner claimed he became “more vulnerable and more loving” than ever this summer—just before he reportedly threatened to “call ICE” on his Chinese girlfriend.

Renner, who nearly died in a snowplow accident in 2023, painted himself as a man reborn in an interview with The Guardian in July. He said it was an “honor to be alive” and that the real Renner was no longer the Hollywood tough guy that he portrays.

“I’ve never been more connected and more open and more vulnerable and more loving,” he told the British paper. “And I’ve never received more goodwill. 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.”

The Shanhai-born filmmaker Yi Zhou, 37, painted a horrifyingly different image of Renner this week.

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