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Reese Witherspoon: I was so anxious about being a single parent Posted by Emma

From Metro
October 7, 2011

'I was hard on myself when I got divorced. Until I got remarried, I don’t think I realised how stressed I’d been,’ she said.

After marrying hubby No.2, Jim Toth in March, the Legally Blonde star said she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Reese Witherspoon, Marie Claire Reese Witherspoon on the cover of Marie Claire (Picture: Marie Claire)

‘I don’t think I recognised how anxious I was about being a single parent. It was really, really stressful. It’s not easy on anybody – it’s really traumatic,’ the 35-year-old said of her divorce.

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