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Reese WitherspoonandRyan Phillippeare proud co-parents.
The exes came together this week to celebrate their sonDeacon Reese’s high school graduation with an intimate backyard commencement, in which Dad “played principal” and the lone grad tossed his cap into the pool.
“Happy graduation!!” Phillippe, 47, wrote on his Instagram Story, adding a crying laugh emoji in another post of Witherspoon, 46, fishing the cap out of the pool.
“Congrats to you @deaconphillippe on Graduating High School!” Witherspoon wrote onInstagram. “So proud of the thoughtful, talented, kind & generous young man you have become. You light up our hearts and make us proud everyday. We 🧡 you!”
“Valedriptorian,” Deacon, 18, captioned his ownpost.
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TheMorning Showactress also shares daughterAva Elizabethwith Phillippe, to whom she was married from 1999 to 2008 after starring together inCruel Intentions. She later marriedJim Tothin 2011, and they share 9½-year-old sonTennessee James.
Witherspoon previously raved abouthow her relationship has evolvedover the years with Deacon and Ava while opening up toInterview.
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“That makes me want to cry, the idea of having a long relationship with adult children,” she toldTracee Ellis Rosslast year. “I never expected the kind of relationship that I have with them, but it’s so rewarding to be able to have kids that you can process life with a little bit, and they help me understand the complexities of what it means to be a human now.
“So I’m really, really grateful that these little humans are in my life. Adult humans. I have two adult children now, Tracee. It’s crazy,” the actress added.
source: people.com
