Witherspoon and Phillippe to separate
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, who started the year on an Oscar-winning high, are ending it on a low note: They announced today that they have separated.
“We are saddened to announce that Reese and Ryan have decided to formally separate,” publicist Nanci Ryder said in a statement issued in Los Angeles on behalf of the couple.
“They remain committed to their family and we ask that you please respect their privacy and the safety of their children at this time,” the brief statement concluded. Ryder said she could not elaborate on the split.
Witherspoon, 30, and Phillippe, 32, have two children, daughter Ava, born in 1999, and a son, Deacon, born in 2003. The couple, who co-starred in the 1999 release Cruel Intentions, married that year.
In March, Witherspoon won a best-actress Academy Award for her role as June Carter Cash in 2005’s Walk the Line.
Phillippe co-starred in the best-picture winner, Crash, and is starring in Clint Eastwood’s latest film, the World War II drama Flags of Our Fathers.
