Overview
- On Dec. 21, Witherspoon shared a “Making Merry” Instagram carousel featuring her three children, her mother and Laura Dern alongside festive scenes like a Christmas tree, a gingerbread house and a charcuterie board.
- The opening image showed Witherspoon and Ava in coordinated black, sparkly outfits, prompting followers to say they looked like twins and leading influencer Peyton Baxter to write that she had to “double take.”
- Actor and podcast host Dax Shepard chimed in with “Holy Doppelgänger!!!!!” as fans reshared the photo across Instagram and Threads.
- The post has drawn more than 752,000 likes to date, and neither Witherspoon, 49, nor Ava, 26, has added public comment beyond the original upload.
- The carousel also included snaps with Deacon, 22, and Tennessee, 13, and coverage revisited past remarks in which Ava called the comparisons “funny” and Witherspoon said she doesn’t strongly see the likeness.