Reese Witherspoon discusses dating and marriage

Apr 04, 2011

Reese Witherspoon discusses dating and marriage

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She's a newlywed, but Water for Elephants actress Reese Witherspoon certainly hasn't forgotten how far she's come. "I think dating is inherently complicated, anyway; what I do for a living makes it even more complicated," she says in the latest issue of Elle UK. "Let's just say I'm happy to not be dating. I met a wonderful man. I feel really, really lucky."

She also addressed her seven-year marriage to Ryan Phillippe, saying that even though it didn't work our, she's grateful for what the relationship taught her.

"Oh, I was so, so young. I was, like, ridiculously young. I learned a lot, though. It was a good opportunity for me to really find out what it means to be a partner and to be in a marriage and it's not anything that I thought it was," she admits. "You can't say, 'I don't want to talk about that' (to your partner). You just can't. You've got to talk about it all."

See photos of: Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe

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