Jennifer Love Hewitt and Fiance Ross McCall Split

Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has had a whirlwind media tour over the past several years, starting with the "infamous" bikini pictures that showed off her slightly "overweight" body (by Hollywood standards anyway) on a Hawaii vacation, moving on to her engagement in November, 2007 to Ross McCall, then proceeding to her new thin look – the result of marathon training and, apparently, pending nuptials. Now, the latest news swirling around the soon-to-be-30 star is that she and McCall, who dated for two years prior to their engagement, are calling it quits.

According to a source close to the couple, "They broke up over the holidays and have ended their engagement. They’re both really sad about this. Even their friends are surprised; they seemed really happy. Everyone just wants the best for both of them." Oddly, the engagement and pending marriage ceremony were stated by Hewitt as the reason she moved from her slightly fuller figure to the more svelte look that she sported last Fall – that, and a desire for a "year of Jen" as she neared her 30th year.

Said Hewitt last year, "I’m getting ready to turn 30 and get married and all those things. This year was my year to try to glow from within and feel better. I work out about four or five days a week. I love to run – that’s good. I’m perfecting my pushup right now. And the plank pose is very inspiring – where you’re up on your elbows and your legs are out, and it’s just your stomach holding your body up. Very cool." Cool indeed, and we wish both the newly-un-engaged the best.