Reese Witherspoon wears too much eyeliner in the interest of matching her outfit on the cover of Elle February 2012.
This is a more cold, season-appropriate cover than the My Little Pony, doodled love hearts, insane Glamour cover for the same month.
Witherspoon is two kids and two marriages in, and she’s over 30 (which is more important than her earning power, which only gets lip-service). Which means she’s only ever going to be asked about her age, her failed marriage, her current marriage, and her relationships with other women.
On meeting her current husband, Jim Toth: ‘This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me. He was like [slurring, scowling, pointing finger in her face], ‘You don’t know me.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I know. I don’t know you!’ Jim came over and said, ‘Please excuse my friend. He’s just broken up with someone.’ And I remember thinking, his friend is such an ass, what a jerk. And that Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation.’
On her divorce from Ryan Phillippe: “It was awful. It was like I was having a delayed response to my divorce. All my adrenaline shock had held me over for nine or ten months, and then I collapsed under the weight of grieving. I have to be honest with you, I’m a totally different person now… I don’t think I realized how little I was living. I was so consumed with trying to hold it together.”
On her sexuality as she gets older: “I do have to say, I like my body so much better after I had kids. Is that a crazy thing to say? I’m more womanly. I feel sexier. I’m more comfortable with my sexuality as I get older. When I was younger, I didn’t know why men were starting to look at me. Now I know why men are looking and I’m cool with it.”
On being one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, at between $15-20 million per film: “I’m very lucky. Every time they call and talk to me about money, I get embarrassed about it. A couple of women finally made me feel better: ‘To get what you’re making, do you know how much money people are making off you?’ I’m like, ‘Oh, oh, okay.’ And I can give it away and support other people and give more people jobs in films that I believe in.”
On her female friends: “All my best friends are moms. They understand if you say, ‘I have to go!’ You have to go because somebody’s probably eating glass or drinking something under the sink, right?” - via Elle Magazine.
