Reese Witherspoon Talks Divorce, Jake Gyllenhaal

Access Hollywood - March 4, 2009 3:05 PM PST
Story photo: Reese Witherspoon Talks Divorce, Jake GyllenhaalReese Witherspoon on the April 2009 cover of ELLEELLE MagazineAccess Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Reese Witherspoon has called her divorce from Ryan Phillippe "humiliating and very isolating," in a new interview.

The actress, whose new movie, the animated "Monsters vs. Aliens" is due out March 27, sat down with ELLE magazine, and opened up about her split from the "Stop-Loss" actor.

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"[It was] very humiliating and very isolating," she told ELLE magazine's April issue. "But, by the way, if it's not painful, maybe it wasn't the right decision to marry to begin with. Those are the appropriate emotions. When people get in your face and say, 'This will pass,' you think, 'Are they crazy? I'm never gonna feel any better than I feel right this minute and nothing's ever gonna make sense again.' And I still have moments where I'm like, 'Nothing's ever gonna make sense again.'"

But if her comments about current beau Jake Gyllenhaal are anything to go by, things can't be all bad for Reese. After all, she said Jake was "fabulous."

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"He really is a fantastic guy," Reese continued before shutting further questions about her current relationship down. "Unfortunately, he's not in the movie, so we can't really talk about him."

While she kept mum from discussing any more about her romance with the star of the upcoming " Prince of Persia" film, Reese wasn't shy about revealing her thoughts on the paparazzi, who are regularly on her trail.

"Fascination is gonna die off. I honestly know it," she told the mag. "But it's just like I keep waiting and waiting, and then it's just more tabloid magazines, and it keeps going. I don't take a shower everyday. I don't put on makeup everyday. I wear a lot of sunglasses, in case you noticed."

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And Reese also hit back at notions she is a Type-A personality.

"I don't think I'm a control freak. I think I'm just fearful," she said. "I operate from a lot of fear, like, of things being lost or forgotten or neglected. Losing the spiritual rather than the physical. It's so funny to me that somehow I've been portrayed as a very, like, closed-off or uptight person. I'm very open."

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  • Kentar S
    Reese Witherspoon was able to land Ryan and then dumps him. WOW, come on she is princess head butt, have you had a side view of that forehead?
    report abuseposted April 26, 2009 5:58 AM PDT
  • Kentar S
    Reese Witherspoon was able to land Ryan and then dumps him. WOW, come on she is princess head butt, have you had a side view of that forehead?
    report abuseposted April 26, 2009 5:58 AM PDT
  • Kentar S
    Reese Witherspoon was able to land Ryan and then dumps him. WOW, come on she is princess head butt, have you had a side view of that forehead?
    report abuseposted April 26, 2009 5:58 AM PDT
  • Kentar S
    Reese Witherspoon was able to land Ryan and then dumps him. WOW, come on she is princess head butt, have you had a side view of that forehead?
    report abuseposted April 26, 2009 5:58 AM PDT
  • Kentar S
    Reese Witherspoon was able to land Ryan and then dumps him. WOW, come on she is princess head butt, have you had a side view of that forehead?
    report abuseposted April 26, 2009 5:58 AM PDT
  • Kentar S
    Reese Witherspoon was able to land Ryan and then dumps him. WOW, come on she is princess head butt, have you had a side view of that forehead?
    report abuseposted April 26, 2009 5:58 AM PDT
  • michael p
    I love reese witherspoon, Jake is not right for her. She should stay single and enjoy life with her two children. Jake is gay he does not know how to take care of beautiful, sophisticated, genuine, hot, sex lady; she is to elegant, and classy for the gay guy.
    report abuseposted March 29, 2009 6:00 AM PDT
  • ria_a
    i love reese..! i think she and jake are perfect for each other..!
    report abuseposted March 22, 2009 8:47 AM PDT
  • karen
    Love Reese and think she and Jake make a great couple. I think she is a very grounded person and knows what she wants in her and her childrens lives and they always come first. Jake is a down to earth guy that obviously is in love with her and wouldn't have moved in if he wasn't serious about her and respects her and her children. There are some normal people in Hollywood, thank
    report abuseposted March 5, 2009 9:40 AM PST
  • FL Angel 26
    Although I used to love Ryan and Reese together, Ryan turned out to be the self-absorbed jerk he looked like. Jake looks like a nice down to earth guy with a sense of humor. I believe Reese get the better half of this divorce. Come on Ryan? Couldn't handle that your wife was making more than you? So you cheat (with a D actress)? Give me a break! At least Brad stayed in the same
    report abuseposted March 5, 2009 6:57 AM PST
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