anyone sad ?, reese and ryan!

Reese Witherspoon & Ryan Phillippe Split!!!!

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe have separated after seven years of marriage, PEOPLE has confirmed.

'We are saddened to announce that Reese and Ryan have decided to formally separate,' a rep for the couple said in a statement released Monday. 'They remain committed to their family and we ask that you please respect their privacy and the safety of their children at this time.' TMZ.com first reported the couple's split.

Witherspoon, 30, and Phillippe, 32, have two children, daughter Ava, 7, and son Deacon, 3.

The couple met when a mutual friend brought Phillippe to Witherspoon's 21st-birthday party. Two years later, after they had costarred in 1999's Cruel Intentions, he proposed. They married in June 1999 and had Ava three months later.

Though the couple seemed to have it all – a successful relationship, thriving careers and beautiful children – they both spoke openly about having to work on their marriage.

In 2002, Phillippe told New York's Daily News that they were in couples therapy. 'The biggest mistake,' he said, 'is not doing that, ignoring it and having the marriage fall apart because of laziness.'

Similarly Witherspoon told PEOPLE at the time: 'I'm not interested in the fallacy of the Hollywood relationship: 'We have perfect children who never cry; we never have problems; we never argue, we're always best friends,'' she said. 'That's just not true. We're normal people with normal problems.'



i actually thought they were cute together and down to earth... wish themm the besttt

Yeah, it was a bit heartbreaking

i know, i posted about this on 07 b/c it was so upsetting and shocking to me. i really like her so much and i just think it's so sad

I loved them together.

So sad! I thought they were a great couple.. what a shame

So I said it about Nick and Jessica, and with Brad and Jen and now I'll say it with Reese and Ryan... I definitly thought these two would make it

I love them together, isn't weird how we actually get upset over strangers???

NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought they would totally make it! I mean, they were going to marriage counseling and really trying!

(Ok, I need to step AWAY from the People/Us Weekly/Life&Style magazines..................)

I am totally upset they were like the best hollywood couple for me i swear these couples always breakup once the girl wins the oscar....

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Posted by vinnysgrl

I am totally upset they were like the best hollywood couple for me i swear these couples always breakup once the girl wins the oscar....

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Yeah you're right that's true!! Once the woman has some success(more than her husband), it's like it's over.

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Posted by drpepper318

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Posted by vinnysgrl

I am totally upset they were like the best hollywood couple for me i swear these couples always breakup once the girl wins the oscar....

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Yeah you're right that's true!! Once the woman has some success(more than her husband), it's like it's over.

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And I think that's exactly what happened - I vaguely remember her almost forgetting to thank Ryan at the Oscars when she won, too!

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Posted by ewickens

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Posted by drpepper318

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Posted by vinnysgrl

I am totally upset they were like the best hollywood couple for me i swear these couples always breakup once the girl wins the oscar....

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Yeah you're right that's true!! Once the woman has some success(more than her husband), it's like it's over.

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And I think that's exactly what happened - I vaguely remember her almost forgetting to thank Ryan at the Oscars when she won, too!

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On the news they actually went through all the couples (married or not) that broke up after the woman won the Oscar...it's quite a lot! (Gweneth, Hallie, rJulia Roberts, Hilary Swank....)