Gerard takes to playing ‘cat and mouse game’ with paparazzi

Scottish actor Gerard Butler is so harried by the paparazzi following him that he has taken to playing a cat and mouse game with them.

Butler, 39, has become a well-known star, and with rumours of a romance with actress Jennifer Aniston, he has become the hot target for celebrity photographers.

But the actor has revealed that he is not happy with the attention he is getting, especially because the photographers try to catch him in compromising positions.

He was recently caught dining outside a restaurant by a photographer determined to get a snap of him eating, and Butler was equally determined not to let the photog succeed.

“It was almost like holding out a (stick) for a dog. Every time I got my fork, he picked his camera up, so I put it down again and he put his camera down. Then I’d pick it up again,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

“The only time I could eat was when a bus went past or a truck. Then literally the truck would stop and I go boom, boom, boom and I’d shovel the food in,” he added.

Gerard Butler’s mum makes him scrub the floor

Gerard Butler might be one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, but not for her mother because she even makes him scrub the floor.

The ‘Ugly Truth’ actor has credited his mother for keeping him grounded, for she refuses to treat him like a movie star.

The actor makes regular trips to his parents` home in Glasgow, Scotland.

He has revealed that his mother insists that he helps out around the house, and carries out his share of the chores.

"I go home and they`ll cook Christmas dinner, and she`s like, ‘C`mon, give a hand, come on, wash the dishes or put the dishes away.` "And I`m like, ‘Mum, I am a major Hollywood movie star, I can`t be doing this. It`s embarrassing,’” Contactmusic quoted Butler as saying.

He added, "I end up on my hands and knees, wiping up the floor."

Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler spotted ‘holding hands’ in New York

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler have fuelled rumours they are dating.

The co-stars, who are currently filming comedy ‘The Bounty’ in New York, were seen ‘hand in hand’ at The Jane Hotel.

"They had cocktails and... they were hand in hand," Contactmusic quoted a source as telling People.com.

However, the former Friends star’s publicist, Stephen Huvane, insists gossips are taking the couple`s friendship too far, insisting Butler and Aniston were not dining alone; they were out with friends including Kirsten Dunst.

"They were not holding hands and Gerry was one of the many people there," Huvane said.