In 2020, Reese Witherspoon appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” where she reflected on the challenges of being a young mom. She said, “To be completely candid, I was terrified too. I got pregnant when I was 22 years old, and I didn’t know how to balance work and motherhood. You just do it.” As someone who hadn’t yet made a major mark in the industry, she felt that she was not in a position to make certain requests, such as filming near her children’s school. While focusing on motherhood was a priority, it didn’t come without compromise. But Witherspoon didn’t have any regrets. She remarked, “Every bit of that sacrifice is truly worth it … You feel like that’s what makes me wake up on a Sunday, it’s not movies or my job, it’s my kids.”
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While juggling the new duties of motherhood as an actor was admittedly tough at times, there was one unexpected advantage to having her daughter Ava at such a young age. In a 2019 YouTube video, Witherspoon said, “But I find having little kids is more physical and it’s just really hard on your body, so I am glad that I had kids kind of young.”
