Reese Witherspoon Shares How Her 3 Kids Inspired the 'Epic Meltdown' Illustrations in Her New Children's Book (Exclusive)

Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Deacon Reese Phillippe.Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Reese Witherspoonknows exactly what a kid’s meltdown looks like — thanks to her own three children. The actress, 48, sat down withCarson Daly’ssonJackson,15, to chat about her new children’s book “Busy Betty & The Perfect Christmas Present” for anNBC Nightly News: Kids Editionsegment. During their discussion, Witherspoon revealed how her three kids — daughterAva, 25, and sonDeacon, 21, whom she shares with ex-husbandRyan Phillippe, and son Tennessee, 12, whom she shares with her exJim Toth— helped influence the illustrations for Betty’s “epic meltdown” in the story.

Reese Witherspoon Shares How She Was Made Foreman on Jury After Starring inLegally Blonde: ‘I Didn’t Finish College’

Reese Witherspoon, pictured.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty Emma McIntyre/Getty On Friday’s episode ofThe Graham Norton Show, the actress, 48, recalled how starring in the 2001 movieLegally Blondeaffected her experience serving on a jury. “Well listen, I did not want to do jury duty,” Witherspoon told host Graham Norton, 61. “But I remember it was afterLegally Blonde. It was probably like seven years afterLegally Blonde, I got called for jury duty and it was in Beverly Hills.

Reese Witherspoon's Light and Airy Blouse Had This Darling Detail We Can't Wait to Copy

Photo:Stephanie Augello / Getty (1); Amazon (1) Stephanie Augello / Getty (1); Amazon (1) Reese Witherspoonhas an eye(let) for fashion. Earlier this week, the actressshared a video on Instagramin honor of International Women’s Day and the “powerhouse women who inspire me, challenge me, and make life a whole lot brighter.” While her post’s message was certainly notable, we also couldn’t stop thinking about her outfit — and, more specifically, the easy breezy spring staple she returns to each year like clockwork: an eyelet blouse.

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Reese Witherspoon, Ken Jeong ‘Took Over’ This Celeb’s Wedding When They Were Guests: ‘Wasn’t Ours to Star In’ (Exclusive)

Nothing getsReese WitherspoonandKen Jeongon the dance floor like Stevie Nicks’s “Edge of Seventeen.”In the new issue of PEOPLE, the actress, 48, shares a memory of attending another celebrity’s wedding and making the most of the reception with fellow guest Jeong, 55.“We sort of took over the wedding when it really wasn’t ours to star in. We were just guests,” she says.As “Edge of Seventeen” came on, she and Jeong let loose.