Reese Witherspoon

About Reese Witherspoon

Well folks, we're living in a world so technologically advanced that even sending emails can sometimes end with heartbreak - Here's looking at you, Ryan Phillippe. There might have been no mysterious envelope with a huge settlement mentioned in the divorce from our beloved sweetheart Reese Witherspoon, but let's be real, no such piece of paper could've classified the pain and suffering that came along with it! Herein signals the rollercoaster ride of the Hollywood life and Reese not being "Reese with her Spoone".

Who knew that America's sweetheart, Reese Witherspoon, who’s known for her resolute performances bouncing back from the depths of hardship on-screen, would suddenly live through fairly similar circumstances off-screen? Alas, this episode of Oprah Winfrey’s Master Class taught us some harsh truths about life, love, and divorce. That time she stood her ground, then pivoted 180 degrees when her (now-ex) husband Ryan Phillippe served her the unwanted dish of a divorce without a known settlement amount. Well, probably because who can really put a price tag on gaining independence, and ultimately finding a restored happiness post the painful split?

Maybe it's not appropriate to term the fiasco as funny; still, life played its twisted sense of humor when Reese inadvertently reenacted her iconic monologue from "Legally Blonde". The Hollywood drama might make us cringe, frown, or occasionally giggle at its bizarre reality; it goes to prove even the most glamorous lives offered by that glitzy Tinseltown bear strong semblance to ours, that behind it all, they too have their moments of ordinary existence. Stay strong Reese, you may not have won in terms of the settlement but you sure did in terms of grace, resilience and of course the love of your life, Hollywood.