Reese Witherspoon did some reflecting after watching Britney Spears documentary
Reese Witherspoon and Britney Spears ended marriages the same year and were raising two kids as single mums and Witherspoon says their treatment couldn't have been more different.
The Big Little Lies star and producer talked to Time magazine about the new documentary Framing Britney (streaming on 9Now). and how it highlighted for her the similarities between her and the pop star's lives years ago.
Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe split in 2006 and around the same time Spears and her then husband, Kevin Federline, also ended their marriage.
Reese Witherspoon and Britney Spears ended marriages the same year and were raising two kids as single mums and Witherspoon says their treatment couldn't have been more different A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images
Witherspoon said that like Spears, she and her family were hounded by the paparazzi.
"My children will tell you stories about being in preschool and people climbing on the roofs of our cars," she told Time.
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The actress and lifestyle mogul said she was very aware that some women celebs like Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton were labelled "bad" while those like her and Jennifer Garner were "good" — even though Witherspoon said there's plenty of footage of her out there yelling at the cameras.
Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe split in 2006 and around the same time Spears and her then husband, Kevin Federline, also ended their marriage (Photo: July 2019) Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
"What if the media had decided I was something else? I would be in a totally different position," she said.
"I want to say it's my decisions or the career choices I made, but it felt very arbitrary."
Witherspoon has since remarried and has another child.
Supporters of Britney Spears attend the #FreeBritney protest outside Los Angeles courthouse on September 16, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Getty
