Vanity Fair
Of course everyone knows Reese Witherspoonbut did you know that’s not exactly his real name?
For those of you who didn’t know, the actress revealed that she was born Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon in a recent interview with Vanity Fair… while sitting down for a one-on-one chat -head with his good friend, Nicole Kidmanto remember the filming of their television series “Big Little Lies”, with his co-star Laura Dern.
At one point during their chat, Witherspoon brought up the fact that she shared the same first name as Dern. Here’s his exchange with Kidman about the big reveal.
Kidman says, “I hate the way you call her Dern. It sounds weird. I always say ‘Laura’ and you say ‘No, Dern, Dern, Dern.'”
Witherspoon then responds, “Do you know why? Because my name is Laura and her name is Laura and it confuses me.”
Kidman remembers Reese isn’t In fact Reese and Witherspoon continue, “So I’m confused and I’m calling her Dern because we can’t both be Laura.”
The conversation talked a little more about Witherspoon’s real name…but you get the gist. Watch the clip for yourself, it’s worth the watch.
In short, mystery solved! However, it is unclear why Witherspoon changed her name early in her Hollywood career.
The Daily Mail reported that it had something to do with taking her mother’s maiden name, which helped propel Witherspoon to stardom, but we couldn’t confirm that.