In case you missed it, Reese Witherspoon set the internet into a sleuthing frenzy after she revealed in an interview with People that a famous actress stopped speaking to her after she jokingly roasted her while presenting her with an award.
“It literally haunts me,” Witherspoon said in the Jan. 30 interview. “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.”
Though Witherspoon didn’t offer a name, she did share a few clues, describing the event as “British,” “elegant” and “classy,” explaining she misjudged the tone of the affair and included some inappropriate jokes in her speech. “I was like, ‘Remember the time we got laser hair removal?'” she recalled. “I’m still embarrassed about it.”
“We’re not friends anymore. I’m not even kidding — we’re not friends anymore,” she said. “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.”
Even with this minimal information, it’s no surprise that it didn’t take too long for people to try to identify the mystery actress. People immediately pointed the finger at Kate Winslet, however, Witherspoon set the record straight on that.
Are Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon feuding?
After everyone was convinced these two were feuding, Witherspoon took to her Instagram Stories on Feb. 1 via People, and denied that the mystery person was Winslet.
“Hey guys .. just spoke to my very dear friend for years, Kate W. We laughed about this stupidity. Please do not believe the internet,” she wrote. “We are good friends and have never had any falling out.”
She added, “This is completely UNTRUE …so silly!”
So, why did people think Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon were feuding?
People were convinced it was Winslet that Witherspoon had the falling out with, all because of words Witherspoon used to describe the incident. Witherspoon presented Winslet at the prestigious artist of the year award at the 2007 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards which certainly could be described as “British,” “elegant” and “classy.”
Thanks to a fan site who posted a transcript of the speech, we know exactly what Witherspoon was referring to when she mentioned feeling “haunted” by the speech.
During her speech, Witherspoon gushed about Winslet’s “fearlessness” but also joked that she wanted to tell some of their stories together but couldn’t because they were “too bawdy or tawdy or drunken to tell,” including the time they “contemplated laser hair removal… or that time on the freeway when they pulled over and.. or that really funny thing that happened when they were both in their underwear.”
The pair did come back together at the 2016 Oscars announced some of the best picture nominees at the 88th Annual Academy Awards, showing no signs of tension. However, the have not been seen together publicly since.
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