Overview

• Witherspoon shared a Sept. 26 Instagram carousel celebrating her youngest, Tennessee, turning 13.
• Photos show mother and son together on trips, including a boat outing and stops in Italy, with the teen sporting bleach-blond hair.
• Her caption praised his joyfulness, sense of humor and curiosity, closing with “I love you so much, Tenn!”
• Goldie Hawn, Octavia Spencer and Sarah Michelle Gellar were among those leaving birthday messages in the comments.
• Coverage linked the tribute to her Sept. 20 interview in which she said she is “exhausted” from decades of parenting and has eased up with her youngest.