\u201cCan I tell you I have a theory about it?\u201d Witherspoon said to host Dax Shepard. \u201cIt all has to do with rom-coms and sitcoms. Do you know how there\u2019s been like, the past 10 years \u2013 even, I would even say, the past 15 years \u2013 this decline in the making of rom-coms, or like legitimate big movie stars being in rom-coms. I think it\u2019s not just rom-com movies, but I also think the rom-com television show \u2014 the television show that you watched when you were 11, 12, and 13 that made you practically imagine and visualize dating skills.\u201d<\/p>\n
She continued: \u201cI don\u2019t know what it is, but I do think these 10 to 15 years where the internet started, social media started, and then we stopped \u2013 we started kind of going, \u2018rom-coms are cringey.\u2019 But it was actually where we learned social dynamics, from Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.\u201d<\/p>\n The pair also pointed out to the pickiness that is running rampant in dating culture. Witherspoon suggested people looked inward and did some self-reflection about what you wanted and what was realistic to expect out of another person.<\/p>\n \u201cI always say to people, the young people dating \u2013 you\u2019re looking for a 10, but are you a 10,\u201d she added. \u201cLike, do your own check, you know? And then go, are we really judging people on an appropriate spectrum? We want somebody who\u2019s extremely funny, completely self-made, you know, not arrogant but confident. He\u2019s got to be funny, he\u2019s got to be smart, he\u2019s got to have a good job, he\u2019s got to like his mom. What are we talking about? It\u2019s too much.\u201d<\/p>\n Witherspoon has her rom-com bona fides. She is the star of blockbusters like \u201cLegally Blonde,\u201d \u201cSweet Home Alabama,\u201d and \u201cYour Place or Mine.\u201d You can check out Witherspoons full interview in the video above.<\/p>\n The post Reese Witherspoon Says a Lack of Blockbuster Rom-Coms Is Making Modern Dating Worse | Video<\/a> appeared first on TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reese Witherspoon thinks she has cracked what is wrong with modern dating. While guesting on Monday\u2019s \u201cArmchair Expert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,35567,88,10574],"class_list":{"0":"post-270157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dax-shepard","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-reese-witherspoon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ae87b5d361f0d5e407ceee270b87727c.jpeg\"\/)
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