Vanity Fair
Of course, everyone knows Reese WitherspoonBut did you know that this is not his real name?
For those of you who don’t know, the actress revealed in a recent interview with Vanity Fair that her birth name was Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon … while having a one-on-one conversation with her good friend. nicole kidmanto reminisce about shooting her TV series, “Big Little Lies” with her co-star laura dern,
At some point during the discussion, Witherspoon mentioned that she has the same first name as Dern. Here is her conversation with Kidman about this big reveal.
“I don’t like the fact that you call her darn though,” Kidman says. “It’s weird. I always say, ‘Laura,’ and you say, ‘No, darn, darn, darn.'”
Witherspoon then responds, “Do you know why? Because my name is Laura and her name is Laura and it’s confusing to me.”
Kidman remembers that Reese is no longer around In fact Reese, and Witherspoon adds, “So I get confused and that’s why I call her Darn because we can’t both be Laura.”
The conversation revealed a little more about Witherspoon’s real name… but you get the gist. Check out the clip for yourself, it’s worth watching.
Well, mystery solved! However, it is unclear why Witherspoon changed her name at the beginning of her Hollywood career.
The Daily Mail reported that it had something to do with her mother’s maiden name, which helped propel Witherspoon to stardom, but we haven’t been able to confirm that.
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