Reese Witherspoon Talks About Arrest

The entertainment world was shocked when poor little innocent Reese Witherspoon was arrested last month. The movie star was pulled over with her husband on April 19 in Atlanta. Reese and her husband were both incredibly drunk. Her husband was arrested for DUI, and she was arrested for disorderly conduct after she attempted to intervene when the cop was arresting her husband. She later apologized for the embarrassing incident and stated that she took full responsibility for it.

Well, now she is talking about that night for the first time with George Stephanopoulos. The interview aired yesterday on Good Morning America, and she revealed even more details from that embarrassing night. George told Reese that this arrest didn’t sound like the Reese Witherspoon we all know.  She told Stephanopoulos,

“I know, I agree.” She shamefully replied. “I have no idea what I was saying that night. I saw him arresting my husband and I literally panicked. And I said all kinds of crazy things. I told him I was pregnant. I’m not pregnant. I am so sorry. I was so disrespectful to him. I have police officers in my family. I work with police officers everyday. I know better. It’s just unacceptable.”

Reese has a 9-year-old and a 13-year-old and she admits that the hardest part about this whole thing is talking to them about it. “When you make a mistake you have to take responsibility. And we are taking responsibility and doing everything in our power to make it right. You just have to be honest with them.” she said in the interview. It’s clear that she is really taking this arrest seriously, and she seems to be really beating herself up about it. However, she seems to be getting support from a lot of her Hollywood friends.

Michael Buble and Matthew McConaughey both praised her for being so honest and handling the situation with such class. Chelsea Handler also came to Reese’s defense, “She’s doing fine.” Handler said. “She’s just trying to protect her husband , so…I mean, everybody makes mistakes so it’s not a big deal.” she added.

Like I said when I talked about this story before, I am sure it is a double standard, but I feel bad for Reese. She just seems so sweet and nice, it really does seem like just one horrible night. If this was some other celebrity, I am sure we’d all be hating on them. However, this is Reese Witherspoon and Reese is like that next door neighbor who always has sugar for you to borrow. Without Reese you wouldn’t be able to make those chocolate chip cookies.