Bridget Jones star snaps at Nova radio host Wippa when asked about their love life during awkward interview: 'That is none of your business'

Michael 'Wippa' Wipfli was left red-faced on Tuesday when British actor Leo Woodhall snapped at him during an interview after the Nova radio star asked him about his love life.

The breakfast host, 45, was chatting to Leo, 28, and his Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy star co-star Renee Zellweger about their new movie - and the subject quickly turned to their personal lives.

Leo is currently in a relationship with his White Lotus co-star Meghann Fahy, 34, and is notoriously private about their romance.  

'Leo, are you in love at the moment?' Wippa asked.

'That's none of your business!' Leo snapped back.

However, Wippa was able to get more out of the film's star Renée, who is in a relationship with English TV star Ant Anstead.

'Renée, I put you down as someone who would have done a lot of "we're just good friends". Kind of playing hard to get, isn't it?' Wippa joked. 

'I do have a lot of good friends! They sort of just start in friend zone,' she responded.

The upcoming fourth Bridget Jones movie explores a romance between the title character and a much younger man, played by Leo.

Leo recently said he was pleased to see age gap relationships depicted on screen - especially where the woman is the elder of the pair. 

'When two people find the connection, why shouldn't they see where it goes without judgment?' he recently told Stellar Magazine. 

'Both dynamics should be equally normalised. It's a good thing that we're getting the reverse. 

'Because it's not uncommon – it's just not portrayed much in movies.'

Elsewhere in the chat, Leo said he was impressed by the British accent American actress Renée adopted for the character of Bridget Jones.

'I've worked with people that have done that before, and you kind of know that they're doing it,' he explained. 

'Whereas with Renée – partly because she's so good, but also because this character has been a part of her for such a long time – nothing about it seemed unnatural in any way.'  

It comes after Leo admitted being objectified in his movie roles has left him feeling 'vulnerable and exposed'.

Speaking to Radio Times about his rise in fame since starring in Season Two of White Lotus and Netflix's One Day, he said: 'I don't like using the word 'catapulted' but in terms of my career, it did have that effect. 

Renee has reprised her role as the unlucky-in-love singleton in the romantic comedy Mad About The Boy. 

The character first appeared in a column in The Independent and when author Helen Fielding released Bridget Jones' Diary in 1996, it quickly became a bestseller.

It was adapted for the screen in 2001, and the sequel The Edge of Reason followed in 2004, and then Bridget Jones's Baby hit cinemas in 2016.

In all iterations of the franchise, Bridget is known for her obsessive calorie counting, chain-smoking and love of wearing big knickers.

In the fourth installment, the character has found herself single again following the death of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), and she has given up smoking.

With her signature blend of charm and relatable messiness, Bridget shows that finding 'happily ever after' might be less about perfection and more about finding joy in the journey.