Reese Witherspoon is talking out after her father, John Draper Witherspoon, was rushed to the hospital Friday.
The “Wild” actress took to her Instagram Tales later the identical day to share an replace on her dad, writing, “Earlier right now, a number of retailers reported that my dad was taken to the hospital after a fall. I wish to let everybody know that he’s high quality now. He’s being taken care of by great medical doctors and nurses.”
“Thanks to everybody who reached out,” she added. “It means the world to our household.”
John, 84, was discovered face down on the concrete by the pool of his Nashville, Tennessee, rental, sources instructed Web page Six Friday.
A fellow resident noticed the retired otolaryngologist from their balcony and known as downstairs to alert the doorman, who finally situated the “Large Little Lies” star’s father on the bottom, we’re instructed.
“The doorman and constructing supervisor rolled him over they usually stated, ‘Dr. Witherspoon, are you OK?’” the supply famous. “He blinked his eyes, and that’s when he was rushed to the hospital.
Nashville Metro confirmed to Web page Six {that a} medical incident leading to somebody being rushed to the hospital had occurred at John’s rental constructing Friday, however didn’t reveal the individual’s id.
John, who served as a lieutenant colonel in the US Military Reserves, was a surgeon who specialised in points regarding the ears, nostril and throat.
He married spouse Mary Elizabeth (aka “Betty”) in 1970, after assembly in medical college on the College of Tennessee. Betty was a nurse.
The couple went on to welcome Reese’s older brother — additionally named John — in 1972 and the “Legally Blonde” actress in 1976.
John and Betty raised their youngsters in Nashville collectively till the ‘90s after they separated and commenced residing individually. Their cut up got here to gentle in 2012, when Betty lodged a bigamy lawsuit in opposition to John.
On the time, Betty demanded John’s new marriage to Tricianne Taylor — which she’d solely heard about within the native newspaper — be annulled, arguing that John had did not divorce her earlier than marrying once more.
Betty additionally claimed on the time she nonetheless beloved John — regardless of his points with alcohol, infidelity and hoarding.
They weathered the storm, as a result of Betty instructed the Australian outlet Girls’s Day in 2018 they’d reconciled and been collectively “fairly some time” and had been “nonetheless married” (per Folks).
John and Betty have supported Reese all through her profession, cheering from the viewers when she gained her Oscar for “Stroll the Line” on the 2006 Academy Awards and standing by her aspect when she acquired her star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in 2010.
Although Reese usually shares cute moments along with her mother on social media, updates on her father have been extra uncommon.
In 2020, the Hiya Sunshine founder shared a selfie with John to rejoice Father’s Day, posting a snap of them collectively on a stroll.
