Reese Witherspoon Reflects on Leaving Abusive Relationship

Reese Witherspoon Reflects on Leaving Abusive Relationship

I thought all those awful things that person said about me were true and I had to rewire my brain. Reese Witherspoon is reflecting on a past relationship. During an interview on the New York Times the Interview podcast, the actress details the aftermath of leaving an abusive relationship when she was quote really young and how it damaged her confidence later in life. I think I was very good at being um a professional and showing up and doing the right thing, but I I wasn’t emotionally mature when I was young and you get in relationships that don’t work for you. And um and sometimes you don’t even see the dynamics that are happening. And though she did eventually get out of the unhealthy relationship, Ree shares she was left with a disordered perception of herself. When I got out of that, it took me a while to reconstitute myself. My spirit had been diminished because I thought all those awful things that person said about me were true. And I had to rewire my brain. Since then, the actress who shares daughter Ava and son Deacon with ex-husband Ryan Philippe as well as son Tennessee with ex-husband Jim Tooff has had time to focus on herself and her healing while navigating life in the public eye. It’s very hard to be a public figure. So, I have a lot of compassion for people who live public lives and maintain privacy. It’s nearly impossible at this point. Um, with everybody dehumanizing you in a certain way, like um taking pictures of you like you’re an animal in the zoo instead of a person with their children or having a private moment. Um, yeah, it it was hard. It was really hard. [Music]

Reese Witherspoon detailed the aftermath of leaving an abusive relationship when she was “really young” and how it damaged her confidence later in life.