{"id":116570,"date":"2025-11-05T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T10:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/116570\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T10:41:08","slug":"shes-not-holding-on-to-old-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/116570\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;She\u2019s Not Holding on to Old Things&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reese Witherspoon praised Jennifer Aniston&#8217;s ability to maintain positive relationships with her exes<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Witherspoon said that Aniston is &#8220;really warm and welcoming&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actresses appeared on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard a few weeks apart<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/reese-witherspoon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reese Witherspoon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reese Witherspoon<\/a> praised her longtime friend <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jennifer-aniston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jennifer Aniston&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jennifer Aniston&#8217;<\/a>s positive relationships with her exes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the Monday, Nov. 3, episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dAJWKP_Zrpk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard<\/a>, co-host Monica Padman noted that they recently had Aniston, 56, on as a guest, and had asked her how she and Witherspoon, who are longtime friends, were &#8220;different.&#8221; Padman, 38, then asked Witherspoon the same question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve known each other so long and we&#8217;re very different people,&#8221; Witherspoon, 49, began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shepard, 50, then began to sing, &#8220;But opposites attract, and it&#8217;s a natural thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve cried in one of our interviews because I just think people are so unfair sometimes. They think they know her and make assumptions. She&#8217;s not who &#8230; people think she is, like holding on to old things. She&#8217;s not holding on to old things,&#8221; Witherspoon said of her <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-morning-show-season-4-episode-release-schedule-11811174\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Morning Show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Morning Show<\/a> costar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;She&#8217;s not pining for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/brad-pitt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brad Pitt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brad Pitt<\/a>,&#8221; Shepard said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;No, she&#8217;s doing great,&#8221; Padman chimed in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;By the way, at her 50th birthday, one of the biggest testaments I can say to what a wonderful person she is. People from her teenage years, people from her 20s, people who work in her home, every ex-husband, ex-boyfriend was there. She just is a high spiritual integrity person,&#8221; Witherspoon recalled.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard\/YouTube Reese Witherspoon on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9c44603661a18633e05084dca8d31f28.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p> Reese Witherspoon on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;She&#8217;s not a burner of bridges,&#8221; Shepard added, which Witherspoon acknowledged was correct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/jennifer-aniston-brad-pitt-relationship-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Aniston was previously married to Pitt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Aniston was previously married to Pitt<\/a>, 61, from 2000 to 2005 after two years of dating. Following their divorce, she was married to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/jennifer-aniston-justin-theroux-relationship-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Justin Theroux;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Justin Theroux<\/a> from 2015 to 2018. Aniston recently announced she is <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jennifer-aniston-tribute-to-jim-curtis-reactions-from-reese-witherspoon-11842357\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:in a relationship with hypnotherapist and life coach Jim Curtis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">in a relationship with hypnotherapist and life coach Jim Curtis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier in the conversation, Witherspoon described her longtime friend&#8217;s personality. &#8220;She&#8217;s really warm and welcoming. She&#8217;s like a big host,&#8221; adding that Aniston, 56, is &#8220;very warm and friendly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think I&#8217;m more like nerdy,&#8221; the Big Little Lies star said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;She said you&#8217;re Tracy Flick like,&#8221; Shepard cut in, in reference to Witherspoon&#8217;s role in the 1999 film <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/reese-witherspoon-reflects-election-25th-anniversary-exclusive-8637500\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Election;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Election<\/a>, to which she laughed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u00a0PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m a straight-A student. I am. And if there&#8217;s a challenge, I&#8217;ll take it. But hopefully I&#8217;m not so rigid. I used to be really rigid. I think my edge is softened. Life does that to you,&#8221; Witherspoon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I will say I&#8217;ve known Jen 25 or 26 years. She&#8217;s always been really lovely and nurturing and warm and friendly and kind, and has been through her own stuff, you know, and also has reason to be a little guarded,&#8221; Witherspoon said of Aniston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/reese-witherspoon-reveals-several-jennifer-aniston-exes-attended-her-birthday-party-11843755\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Reese Witherspoon praised Jennifer Aniston&#8217;s ability to maintain positive relationships with her exes Witherspoon said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[74883,74885,458,57792,146,85,46,7987,30703,74886,74884,9718],"class_list":{"0":"post-116570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-armchair-expert","9":"tag-barker-hangar","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-dax-shepard","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-jennifer-aniston","16":"tag-longtime-friend","17":"tag-monica-padman","18":"tag-positive-relationships","19":"tag-reese-witherspoon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}