Reese Witherspoon And Jim Toth Announce Divorce Days Before 12-Year Anniversary

Reese Witherspoon and her husband, Jim Toth, They go their separate ways. Days before their 12th anniversary, the estranged couple announced their “difficult decision” to divorce. Their announcement came via social media on Friday (March 24).

“We have some personal news to share. We made the difficult decision of divorce with a great deal of care and attention. We have enjoyed many wonderful years together and move forward with deep love, kindness, and mutual respect for everything we have created together.”

Less than an hour after the ad was posted, the post had more than 183,000 likes. However, Reese turned off the comments section.

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according to the people, Toth and Witherspoon were first linked romantically in February 2010 after they were spotted out to dinner. In 2012, she said deer In an interview she met Jim at a friend’s house after her breakup with Jake Gyllenhaal.

“It happened all of a sudden. This drunk guy was hitting on me, making a fool of himself, yelling at me,” Reese said. She added, “Jim came up and said please excuse my boyfriend, he just broke up with someone.”

The actress, 47, called Jim a “really good friend” for coming to the rescue of his drunk friend. in her words, “That’s just his kind of personality, a really good person.”

By December 2010, Jim proposed, and Rhys accepted. A few months later, on March 26, 2011, Reese and Jim got married in California.

At the time, Witherspoon was already the mother of two children, Deacon and Ava, from her previous marriage to Ryan. Then, after more than a year of marriage, Witherspoon and Toth welcomed their first child together, Tennessee James, in September 2012.

In announcing their divorce, Witherspoon and Toth agreed that their child and extended family were the priority now.

“Our biggest priority is our son and our entire family as we navigate the next chapter. These things are never easy and they are very personal. We really appreciate everyone’s respect for our family’s privacy at this time.”

See the full statement below