Reese Witherspoon wanted to break divorce news: 'It's a vulnerable time for me'
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Reese Witherspoon explained why she wanted to be the one to break the news of her divorce from Jim Toth in a new interview. The couple announced their split in March.
"It’s interesting what happened to me," Witherspoon said in Harper’s BAZAAR’s August ’23 Performance Issue. "When I was divorced before, the tabloid media got to tell people how I was feeling or how I was processing, and it felt very out of control."
"To be able to talk to people directly about what’s going on in my life and just share it in the way that I share great professional experiences or personal experiences, it feels much more authentic to be able to say things in my own voice and not let somebody else control what’s happening," she said, referring to her divorce with Toth. "Then, of course, there’s speculation, but I can’t control that. All I can do is be my most honest, forthright self and be vulnerable," she says. "It’s a vulnerable time for me."