“The Morning Show” star Reese Witherspoon is getting candid about how she bounced back after surviving an abusive relationship. The actor told The New York Times, “When I got out of that, it took me a while to reconstitute myself.”
She went on to share that the relationship did a lot of damage to her self-esteem, explaining, “My spirit had been diminished because I thought all those awful things that person said about me were true.” Witherspoon, 49, was involved in the relationship when she was young, and felt ill-equipped to handle the situation.
“I wasnât emotionally mature when I was young. You get into relationships that donât work for you, and sometimes you donât even see the dynamics that are happening,” she said. She eventually found her footing again, but it was not an easy road.
“I had to rewire my brain. But I was really insecure,” Witherspoon revealed. “It took me a long time to be this woman that I am now.”
Reese Witherspoon Was Empowered After Leaving Her Ex
GettyThis was not the first time Witherspoon was open about the past relationship. While she did not name her ex, she told Oprah in 2018 that she had suffered various forms of abusive. “Psychological, verbal, yeah. I drew a line in the sand, and it got crossed,” she shared.
But once she made the decision to leave, it had a “profound” effect. “It changed who I was on a cellular level, the fact that I stood up for myself,” Witherspoon revealed. “It’s part of the reason I can stand up and say, ‘Yes, I’m ambitious.’ Because someone tried to take that from me.”
Witherspoon’s Personal Life Has Been in the Spotlight
Witherspoon was married to actor Ryan Phillippe from 1999 until 2006, and the former couple share two children, Ava, 26, and Deacon, 21.
The “Big Little Lies” actor went on to tie the knot with publicist Jim Toth in 2011, welcoming son Tennessee in 2012. That relationship didn’t stand the test of time either and the pair split in 2023. Witherspoon is now dating German financier Oliver Haarmann.
Life in the spotlight hasn’t been easy for the actor, nor has navigating her relationships in the public eye. “Itâs nearly impossible at this point, with everybody dehumanizing you, taking pictures of you like youâre an animal in the zoo instead of a person with their children,” Witherspoon told The New York Times.
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