Jennifer Garner Thanks Reese Witherspoon for Support During Personal Struggle at Hello Sunshine Event
Garner highlights Witherspoon's steadfast support through undisclosed personal hardships, underscores the role of intense dance workouts in their friendship, while they both emphasize creating spaces for honest conversation within Hollywood at the Hello Sunshine's inaugural Shine Away Event.
- At the Hello Sunshine's inaugural Shine Away Event, Jennifer Garner thanked Reese Witherspoon for being a steady support during her 'very public, very hard moment' in life. Though Garner didn't detail the incident, she praised Witherspoon for her unwavering presence and for sharing dance cardio workouts with her as a stress-relieving measure.
- Garner and Witherspoon would even do intense dance cardio workouts twice a day during their vacations, which resulted in Witherspoon breaking her foot but still persisting with the exercise regimen.
- Garner further highlighted Witherspoon's role in guiding her through parenthood, noting how the actress would give practical advice such as finding a preschool for her then-2 and a half-year-old child.
- The event also served to elucidate the supportive space Reese Witherspoon has cultivated within Hollywood. Garner recounted meetings at Witherspoon’s house, which marked the first time she had sat down with many actresses outside the formal environment of an awards show.
- Besides their personal bond, the two actresses have proven to be professional allies too. Garner recently starred in the AppleTV+ miniseries The Last Thing He Told Me, which was produced by Hello Sunshine, the media company co-founded by Witherspoon.