Reese Witherspoon denies falling out with Kate Winslet
Reese Witherspoon set the record straight.
The “Legally Blonde” actress, 48, addressed the internet’s theory that the Hollywood star who she had a falling out with was Kate Winslet.
“Hey guys .. just spoke to my very dear friend for years, Kate W,” Witherspoon wrote on her Instagram Stories on Saturday.
“We laughed about this stupidity. Please do not believe the internet,” she said. “We are good friends and have never had any falling out.”
On her next slide, Witherspoon wrote, “This is completely UNTRUE …so silly!”
Last week, Witherspoon revealed in an interview with People that another A-list actress ended their friendship after she “roasted” the unidentified woman while presenting her with an award, including saying, “Remember the time we got laser hair removal?”
“It literally haunts me,” she told the outlet in an interview with Will Ferrell. “So this friend of mine, who I didn’t really know that well but she was a very serious, proper actress, she asked me to give her an award. But I had never been to this award ceremony, so I thought it was like a roast. So I got up and I roasted her.”
Witherspoon added that the event was “British,” “elegant” and “classy” and that she got the tone completely wrong while cracking jokes onstage.
“I was like, ‘Remember the time we got laser hair removal?’ ” she recalled. “I’m still embarrassed about it.”
“We’re not friends anymore,” Witherspoon shared. “I’m not even kidding — we’re not friends anymore,” she continued with a laugh. “I think she doesn’t like me anymore. I thought it was so funny and it was just, I had the wrong audience. It was pretty bad. Yeah. Not even kidding, she doesn’t talk to me anymore. Oh, well.”
Internet sleuths did some digging and claimed Winslet, 49, was the celeb in question.
They pointed out that Witherspoon presented the “Titanic” star with the artist of the year award during the 2007 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards.
“The Morning Show” actress kicked off her speech by telling the audience, “I always wanted to be a European movie star, wear giant sunglasses, elaborate neck scarves, smoke hand-rolled cigarettes and have savoir faire and gravitas.”
“Imagine my good fortune when Kate Winslet moved into my neighborhood, rang my doorbell and said, ‘Darling, Sam [Mendes] is off shooting, and I believe our children are the same age. Could they possibly have a play date? And oh, by the way, it’s almost 9 o’clock and I’ve had nothing to drink, do you have any wine?’”
Witherspoon added that other stories she wanted to share about Winslet were “too bawdy or tawdy or drunken to tell,” including the time they “contemplated laser hair removal.”
Nine years later, Witherspoon and Winslet presented an award at the 2016 Oscars together without any signs of tension.
Winslet’s rep has not responded to The Post’s requests for comment.
