The Daily Mail reports that Theron, 33—who starred in 36-year-old Townshend's recent directorial debut, Battle in Seattle—had a falling out with her beau during their New Year's getaway in Tulum, Mexico.  Then she left her man holding the bag after she unleashed her wrath on the hotel's staff.

The couple apparently spent most of the trip apart. Theron took power yoga classes and played golf. Townshend kicked back on the beach. But that distance didn't stop Charlize from inflicting a bit of misery on her beau with her diva-esque behavior toward the employees of the exclusive Casa de Miel hotel.

"She kicked off a few times and Stuart took the brunt of it all and didn’t look very happy," reports a spy for the paper. "She began shouting about the lights not coming on in her room and was heard complaining about the water not being hot enough."

The water complaint seems particularly petty, since by her own account Theron isn't even all that fond of bathing.

And this is the same woman that the United Nations enlisted to promote a message of peace internationally? Perhaps it's time for the UN to review their decision-making process.

Either that, or it's time for Charlize to pay a visit to the offices of the Daily Mail.