While Ava Phillippe has regularly been deemed the “mini-me” of her well-known mother, Reese Witherspoon, the two females don’t see the resemblance.
Witherspoon touched on her relationship with Phillippe at some stage in a Tuesday look on NBC’s “Today With Hoda & Jenna” as she promoted her new children’s book, “Busy Betty.”
When co-host Jenna Bush Hager described the mother-daughter pair as “twins,” Witherspoon shrugged off the suggestion.
“She and I don’t see it that much,” stated the “Legally Blonde” actor.
Witherspoon shares two youngsters with ex-husband and fellow actor Ryan Phillippe: 23-year-old Ava and 18-year-old Deacon Phillippe. She and contemporary husband Jim Toth, a Genius agent, are additionally mother and father to a 10-year-old son, Tennessee.
When requested about parenting children of such varying ages, Witherspoon stated her relationship with every of her youth is continuously evolving.
“First of all, you’re managing them a lot … when they’re little, and it’s very physical,” the Oscar winner said. “And then it’s greater emotional help and pointers — no longer telling them what to do when they get a little bit older.”
She added, “But you have to virtually nurture your grownup relationship with your children, too, and supply them appreciate and house to grow to be who they are and no longer whom you desire them to be.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Witherspoon recounted the twentieth anniversary of her movie “Sweet Home Alabama.”
In July 2021, she sparked online chatter about a potential sequel to the 2002 romantic comedy when she posted a trio of throwback snapshots displaying her on the film’s set with co-star Patrick Dempsey. That equal month, actor Josh Lucas stated he’d “love” to do a sequel to the film however hinted that Witherspoon’s busy Hollywood agenda ought to be an obstacle.
While followers in all likelihood shouldn’t get their hopes up simply yet, Witherspoon stated Tuesday she’d, fortunately, reprise the function of Melanie Carmichael if a 2nd “Sweet Home Alabama” movie is ever made.
“I suppose that would be a wonderful idea,” she said. “I’ll make some calls.”
