Reese Witherspoon reflects on a public moment from her past that apparently dropped her.
The actress was recently a guest on podcast The HFPA in conversation, where host and journalist Margaret Gardiner asked for a moment from the 2002 Oscars. During the ceremony, Reese presents an award with the then man Ryan Phillippe, who said that Reese had to speak in front of him because, as he put it, “You make more money than I do.”
Like the 44-year-old Legal blonde star remembers, the line was not planned ahead of time and caught her off guard.
“You remind me of that!” she replies to the podcast. “I forgot it ever happened. But you were right, he said it, and no, it was not written, and he did not tell me he was going to say it before it happened on the air. I was a bit flummoxed at the moment too. ‘
The Big Little Lies Star, who announced her divorce from Ryan in 2006, admitted she did not yet know what led him to do so. But she said she believes women are under greater pressure when it comes to financial success.
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‘There are so few women who make a lot of money that they are sometimes ashamed of it, and sometimes they are expected to give more and do more and be more for others in the same position as a male film star is expected to, “the Oscar winner for 2005s Walk the line prosecute. “But I do think that gender norms have changed since that moment in 2000 or something.”
While Reese stressed the importance of feeling proud of his financial independence, Reese recalls a moment when the 21-year-old daughter was Ava came home in tears from the second grade. Ava’s classmates told her that her mother was ‘one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood’, which made the young girl feel ‘so embarrassed’.
Reese recounts, ‘I said,’ Never be ashamed of a woman who makes money. There are women around the world who do not have an opportunity or training or the ability to make money. And the more women who earn more money will give away more money, take care of their societies, take care of their communities, do more with that money. So never feel bad when your mom makes money, and never ever feel bad when you make money, and do not be ashamed or ashamed when it is more than your partner. ”
The actress, who has become a prolific Hollywood producer, concluded by saying that she has an ‘interesting relationship with the word’ power ‘, and all I can think about is that I’m just hoping in my lifetime, I can more women help make more money Financial stability is freedom. ‘
This is not the first time Reese has spoken out about the importance of shifting how society talks about pay inequality. In a December 2019 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, she said she was confused about why it seemed “troublesome” to some people that she earned a $ 2 million per episode report to play in Apple TV +. The Morning Show.