Jude Law has some sad news about the picture-perfect cottage from The Holiday: 'Just burst the bubble'

"And that's how Jude Law stole Christmas."

That was one commenter's funny take on the actor explaining that the beautiful, quaint cottage in the English countryside shown in his 2006 movie The Holiday doesn't exist in real life. It's the cozy home that Cameron Diaz's Amanda, who usually lives in Los Angeles, goes to spend some time in, after she swaps abodes with its usual occupant, Kate Winslet's Iris. Her intention is to get over a breakup.

While the cottage's origins have never been a secret, Law put a big spotlight on the fact when he visited BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show recently, right around the time people are rewatching what's become a Christmas favorite — at least for rom-com fans.

After one of the hosts asked if people can Airbnb the cottage, he explained "that cottage doesn't exist." It was not what they wanted to hear about their "dream home."

Law, who plays the brother of Iris and the love interest of Amanda, acknowledged that he, "Just burst the bubble. Sorry!"

Then he gave the backstory.

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"So the director, she's a bit of a perfectionist," Law said of Nancy Meyers, who's known for the gorgeous homes, especially kitchens, that she also shows off in films such as It's Complicated, with Meryl Streep, and Diane Keaton's Something's Gotta Give. "Toured that whole area and didn't quite find the chocolate box cottage she was looking for. So she just hired a field and drew it. And had someone build it."

And then it got to be too much for the hosts to hear, and they began shushing him and covering their ears.

"But here’s the funny thing: if you watch it… so, we were shooting it in the winter here, and every time I'd go in that door [of the cottage], we cut, and we shot the interiors in L.A. about three months later."

One of them said Law's words were "really upsetting."

Commenters on the show's social media were just as unhappy — "You’re killing me!" — and unwilling to believe it. "I don’t care what he says it's all a lie," someone said.

But there was at least one optimist, or maybe someone who's just come to terms with the truth that's as cold as England can be this time of year. "I don’t mind this at all!! You see, for me I actually prefer that the cottage isn't real and can't be rented…I feel like it keeps it magical."

Although you can't exactly stay at Rosehill Cottage from the film, you can find something similar. Or, you know, you could just watch The Holiday again.