Reese Witherspoon Says Actor Friend ‘Doesn’t Talk to Me Anymore’ After Awards Speech Gone Wrong: ‘She Doesn’t Like Me’ and ‘I’m Still Embarrassed’

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Reese Witherspoon at "You're Cordially Invited" New York Screening at Jazz at Lincoln Center on January 28, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty Images)

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Reese Witherspoon revealed in a recent interview with People magazine that she burned a bridge with a fellow actor friend after she roasted her at an awards ceremony. The actor no longer speaks to Witherspoon. The “Walk the Line” Oscar winner did not reveal the actor’s name, but she did admit that the whole situation “haunts me, it literally haunts me.”

“So this friend of mine, who I didn’t really know that well, but she was a very serious, proper actress,” Witherspoon said. “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.”

“But that was not the tone,” she continued. “The tone was British, elegant, classy, and I was like, ‘Remember the time we got laser hair removal?’ I’m still embarrassed about it. [We’re] not friends anymore. I’m not even kidding — we’re not friends anymore! 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. Not even kidding, she doesn’t talk to me anymore. Oh well.”