Reese Witherspoon made the world premiere of Elle a household affair!
The Oscar winner, 50, was joined by her son, Deacon Phillippe, on the pink carpet Tuesday, June 23, on the New York Metropolis premiere of her new Legally Blonde prequel sequence.
Witherspoon, who shares son Deacon, 22, and daughter Ava, 26, with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, surprised in a pink robe with lace floral detailing. Deacon appeared suave in a black swimsuit and matched his mother with a pink tie.
Deacon has adopted his mother and pop’s appearing footsteps, even starring alongside Ryan, 51, within the coming-of-age drama Motorheads, which aired on Amazon Prime Video in 2025.
“It’s so distinctive to be in a state of affairs like this the place you’re each engaged on a present with actually good individuals,” Ryan completely advised Us Weekly in Might 2025. “It positively wasn’t misplaced on both of us.”
“There have been instances once we would have a look at one another and simply be like, ‘Are you able to consider that we’re really doing this?’” he added.
Costar Nathalie Kelly advised Us, “[Deacon is] probably the most charismatic, well mannered, considerate younger man I’ve ever met.”
“I’m like, wow! If that is what the brand new era of males are popping out, trying like, sounding like, appearing like, then I really feel extra comfortable about the way forward for our species,” she continued. “Truthfully, what an unimaginable younger man.”
“I feel it was [Deacon’s] first main appearing position, and tremendous candy to see the father-son dynamic and the way proud Ryan was,” Kelley added. “Ryan was making an attempt to navigate how a lot to intervene and the way a lot to let him be in his personal course of. I realized lots from having my very own youngsters on the present, from observing Ryan as a father and simply realizing, like, how stunning that the cycle of life is.”
Witherspoon and Phillippe first started courting in 1997, earlier than costarring in Merciless Intentions. They bought married in 1999, however introduced their separation in 2006. Their divorce was finalized a yr later.
Regardless of ending issues, a supply completely advised Us in April that the previous couple stays shut. Actually, they each attended Deacon’s commencement from New York College final month.
“She may be very near Ryan,” the insider mentioned. “They’ve been coparenting by means of the years, and they’re mates.”
The juggle was actual for Reese Witherspoon when it got here to balancing her Hollywood profession and household life. Taking to Instagram on Thursday, August 14, Witherspoon candidly shared what it was like to lift her three youngsters, Ava, 25, Deacon, 21, and Tennessee, 12, whereas sustaining her profitable appearing profession. (Witherspoon shares Deacon and Ava […]
“Since her divorce from Ryan, she has been supportive of her youngsters going into the leisure trade,” the supply added. “Something they wish to do, they’re each supportive.”
Witherspoon serves as an govt producer on Elle, which follows her Legally Blonde character, Elle Woods, throughout her highschool years. The sequence is ready to premiere on Prime Video on July 1.
