Photo: Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagicReese Witherspoonis looking back at her struggles with being in the public eye, and how different her experience was compared toBritney Spears.The 45-year-old Oscar winner sat down withTIMEwhere she spoke about her career, fame and how theNew York Times Presentsdocumentary episodeFraming Britney Spearsmade her reflect on a time in her life when both she and Spears, 39, were living in the spotlight.“My children will tell you stories about being in preschool and people climbing on the roofs of our cars,” she toldTIME.Witherspoon andRyan Phillippe, with whom she shares her two oldest children, divorced in 2008, coinciding with Spears' split from Kevin Federline that same year. The two women were both raising two children while dealing with paparazzi.Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesTheBig Little Liesstar said the media branded her and others likeJennifer Garner as “good” while Spears,Lindsay LohanandParis Hiltonwere labeled “bad,” which she believes altered all of the stars' careers drastically.“What if the media had decided I was something else? I would be in a totally different position,” she says.Witherspoon even recalled times when she would scream at cameras, but the videos would rarely affect her reputation the same way it did other celebrities.“I want to say it’s my decisions or the career choices I made, but it felt very arbitrary. And kind of sh—ty.”
Photo: Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Reese Witherspoonis looking back at her struggles with being in the public eye, and how different her experience was compared toBritney Spears.The 45-year-old Oscar winner sat down withTIMEwhere she spoke about her career, fame and how theNew York Times Presentsdocumentary episodeFraming Britney Spearsmade her reflect on a time in her life when both she and Spears, 39, were living in the spotlight.“My children will tell you stories about being in preschool and people climbing on the roofs of our cars,” she toldTIME.Witherspoon andRyan Phillippe, with whom she shares her two oldest children, divorced in 2008, coinciding with Spears' split from Kevin Federline that same year. The two women were both raising two children while dealing with paparazzi.Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesTheBig Little Liesstar said the media branded her and others likeJennifer Garner as “good” while Spears,Lindsay LohanandParis Hiltonwere labeled “bad,” which she believes altered all of the stars' careers drastically.“What if the media had decided I was something else? I would be in a totally different position,” she says.Witherspoon even recalled times when she would scream at cameras, but the videos would rarely affect her reputation the same way it did other celebrities.“I want to say it’s my decisions or the career choices I made, but it felt very arbitrary. And kind of sh—ty.”
Reese Witherspoonis looking back at her struggles with being in the public eye, and how different her experience was compared toBritney Spears.
The 45-year-old Oscar winner sat down withTIMEwhere she spoke about her career, fame and how theNew York Times Presentsdocumentary episodeFraming Britney Spearsmade her reflect on a time in her life when both she and Spears, 39, were living in the spotlight.
“My children will tell you stories about being in preschool and people climbing on the roofs of our cars,” she toldTIME.
Witherspoon andRyan Phillippe, with whom she shares her two oldest children, divorced in 2008, coinciding with Spears' split from Kevin Federline that same year. The two women were both raising two children while dealing with paparazzi.
Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
TheBig Little Liesstar said the media branded her and others likeJennifer Garner as “good” while Spears,Lindsay LohanandParis Hiltonwere labeled “bad,” which she believes altered all of the stars' careers drastically.
“What if the media had decided I was something else? I would be in a totally different position,” she says.
Witherspoon even recalled times when she would scream at cameras, but the videos would rarely affect her reputation the same way it did other celebrities.
“I want to say it’s my decisions or the career choices I made, but it felt very arbitrary. And kind of sh—ty.”
source: people.com
