Reese Witherspoon’s son Deacon, 17, looks IDENTICAL to dad Ryan Phillippe in new photo with famous mom
REESE Witherspoon’s son Deacon looks IDENTICAL to his dad Ryan Phillippe.
star shared a new photo with her 17-year-old son in an post on Wednesday.
In the photo, both Reese and Deacon donned soft smiles as they sat next to each other at a restaurant.
, 45, wore a sunhat and blue flannel dress, while Deacon dressed casually in a black jacket and white T-shirt.
Alongside the photo, the actress wrote: “Making sure we get some good photo options incase we ever need an album cover for the mother x son band I’m trying to convince to start with me 🎤”
A number of fans took to the comments section to note how similar Deacon looks to his parents, as one person wrote: “U look identical!”
One person called the mother-son duo “twins,” while another follower added: “Looks like Ryan.”
Reese and Ryan, 46, tied the knot in 1999 after first meeting at her 21st birthday in 1997.
In addition to Deacon, the former couple also share 21-year-old daughter Ava.
The stars got divorced in 2007, with each later having another child with new partners.
Reese married talent agent Jim Toth in 2011 and had their son, Tennessee, in 2012, while Ryan had a daughter, Kai, with his ex-girlfriend Alexis Knapp in 2011.
While the resemblance between Ryan and Deacon is clear, fans have said Ava looks just like her famous mother.
Back in December, the Legally Blonde star
The Big Little Lies actress captioned the photo: “Ok. It’s 💯 true that I had to beg her to wear a matching Holiday sweater.... but isn’t it CUTE??!! #humorme #itsamomthing @draperjames”
A number of Reese’s fans took to the comments section to note the similarities between the mother and daughter.
While the actress has moved on from her marriage to Ryan, she recently reflected on a quip he made at the 2002 Oscars regarding their different incomes.
While appearing on the podcast in December, Reese remembered taking the stage with her then-husband to present a category.
Before Ryan opened the envelope to announce the category's winner, the Cruel Intentions star handed the envelope to Reese and said: "You make more money than I do."
After the actress said on the podcast: "You’re right, he did say that, and no, it wasn’t scripted, and he didn’t tell me he was going to say that before it happened on air.
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"So I was a little bit flummoxed in the moment, too.”
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She also opened up about the pressure women face as they achieve success, stating: “There’s so few women that make a lot of money that sometimes they’re shamed for it, and sometimes they are expected to give more and do more and be more to others in the same position that, say, a male movie star would not be expected to.
"But I do think gender norms have changed quite a bit since that moment in 2000 or something.”
