Reese Witherspoon he is reflecting on a public moment in his past that had apparently escaped his mind.
The actress was a recent guest on the podcast Conversational HFPA, where host and journalist Margaret Gardiner asked about a moment from the 2002 Oscar broadcast. During this ceremony, Reese was handing an award to her then husband Ryan Phillippe, who joked that Reese should speak before him because, as he said, “You make more money than I do.”
Like the 44 year old Legally Blonde star recalled, the line was not planned in advance and caught her off guard.
“You are reminding me of this!” she replied on the podcast. “I forgot it happened. But you’re right, he said it, and no, it wasn’t programmed, and he didn’t tell me he was going to say it before it happened on the air. So, I was a little confused at the time, too . “
O Big Little Lies star, who announced his separation from Ryan in 2006, admitted that he still doesn’t know what led him to say that. But she said she believes that women face increasing pressure when they achieve financial success.
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“There are so few women who earn a lot of money that they are sometimes ashamed of it, and sometimes they are expected to give more and do more and be more to other people in the same position that, say, a male movie star would not have expected , “the 2005 Oscar winner Walk the line continuous. “But I think the gender norms have changed quite a bit since that time in 2000 or something.”
In emphasizing the importance of being proud of his financial independence, Reese recalled a time when a 21-year-old daughter Ava returned home from second grade in tears. Ava’s classmates told her that her mother is “one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood”, making the young woman feel “very ashamed”.
Reese shared, “I said, ‘Never be ashamed of a woman who makes money. There are women all over the world who don’t have an opportunity or education or the ability to make money. And the more women make more money, the more they donate. money, you’ll take care of your societies, you’ll take care of your communities, you’ll do more with that money, so never feel bad that your mom is making money and never feel bad if you make money, and don’t be embarrassed or embarrassed if is more than your partner. ‘”
The actress, who has become a prolific Hollywood producer, concluded by saying that she has “an interesting relationship with the word ‘power’ and all I can think about is that I hope that in my life I can help more women make more money. Stability financial freedom. “
This is not the first time that Reese talks about the importance of changing the way society talks about wage inequality. In a December 2019 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, she said she was confused about why it seemed “uncomfortable” to some people that she earned $ 2 million per episode to star in Apple TV + The Morning Show.