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

Mar. 15, 2025

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. “When they sang ‘Just like the white winged dove…’ I mean, he and I acted out the doves around the whole dance floor,” she remembers. “And really called a lot of attention to ourselves, which was really not the point.”Though Witherspoon did not name the celebrity at the time, PEOPLE has confirmed it was actor Justin Bartha, who wedPilates instructor Lia Barthain Hawaii in 2014. Witherspoon’s then-husband, Jim Toth, was Bartha’s agent, and Jeong starred with Bartha inThe Hangoverfranchise.PEOPLE has reached out to reps for Jeong and Barth for comment.Will Ferrell, who costars with Witherspoon in the new comedyYou’re Cordiallyinvited, jokes in his joint PEOPLE interview with the Oscar winner that he also endured an embarrassing moment when he was a guest at a wedding.“I did stand up at a wedding during the moment when the priest or whoever says, ‘Does anyone object to this union?’ I said, ‘I do.’ And then I said, ‘I love you, Carol.’ The groom’s like, ‘This is Barbara.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, sorry. My bad,’” he says.Those instances pale in comparison to what their characters endure inYou’re Cordially Invited.The new movie stars Ferrell as Jim, a proud father of a bride-to-be. He clashes with Margo (Witherspoon) whose sister is getting married at the same venue — which accidentally double-booked the weddings. Among the disasters in the movie: a dock collapses, leaving many attendees soaked, and Ferrell wrestles with an alligator.You’re Cordially Invitedis now streaming on Prime Video.For more on Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon, pick up the new issue ofPEOPLE.

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. “When they sang ‘Just like the white winged dove…’ I mean, he and I acted out the doves around the whole dance floor,” she remembers. “And really called a lot of attention to ourselves, which was really not the point.”

Though Witherspoon did not name the celebrity at the time, PEOPLE has confirmed it was actor Justin Bartha, who wedPilates instructor Lia Barthain Hawaii in 2014. Witherspoon’s then-husband, Jim Toth, was Bartha’s agent, and Jeong starred with Bartha inThe Hangoverfranchise.

PEOPLE has reached out to reps for Jeong and Barth for comment.

Will Ferrell, who costars with Witherspoon in the new comedyYou’re Cordiallyinvited, jokes in his joint PEOPLE interview with the Oscar winner that he also endured an embarrassing moment when he was a guest at a wedding.

“I did stand up at a wedding during the moment when the priest or whoever says, ‘Does anyone object to this union?’ I said, ‘I do.’ And then I said, ‘I love you, Carol.’ The groom’s like, ‘This is Barbara.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, sorry. My bad,’” he says.

Those instances pale in comparison to what their characters endure inYou’re Cordially Invited.

The new movie stars Ferrell as Jim, a proud father of a bride-to-be. He clashes with Margo (Witherspoon) whose sister is getting married at the same venue — which accidentally double-booked the weddings. Among the disasters in the movie: a dock collapses, leaving many attendees soaked, and Ferrell wrestles with an alligator.

You’re Cordially Invitedis now streaming on Prime Video.

For more on Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon, pick up the new issue ofPEOPLE.

source: people.com