Reese Witherspoon Sets Record Straight After Internet Claims She and Kate Winslet Had a 'Falling Out'

Mar. 15, 2025

Reese Witherspoonis setting the record straight on speculation about her friendship withKate Winslet.In a recent interview with PEOPLE alongside herYou’re Cordially InvitedcostarWill Ferrell, Witherspoon, 48, brought up a time she presented an award to a fellow actress (whom she did not name) and said thespeech was so embarrassing that “we’re not friends anymore.““Not even kidding,” Witherspoon said with a laugh in the interview, “she doesn’t talk to me anymore!“After internet sleuths investigated, the generalconsensus online became that Witherspoon was referring to Winslet, digging up a speech Witherspoon gave at the BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards in 2007.Reese Witherspoon; Kate Winslet.However, Witherspoon spoke out on her Instagram Stories on Saturday, Feb. 1, to deny that she and Winslet, 49, ever had bad blood.“Hey guys .. just spoke to my very dear friend for years, Kate W. We laughed about this stupidity. Please do not believe the internet,” Witherspoon wrote. “We are good friends and have never had any falling out.“On another slide, the Oscar winner added, “This is completely UNTRUE …so silly!“Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon at the 16th annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards on Nov. 1, 2007 in Los Angeles.Lester Cohen/WireImageWell after that 2007 speech, Witherspoon and Winslet were presenters onstage together at the 2016 Oscars, where they were photographed chatting and hugging at the ceremony.In the PEOPLE interview, Witherspoon said the cringey speech “literally haunts me,” and explained, “This friend of mine, who I didn’t really know that well but she was a very serious, proper actress, she asked me to give her an award. But I had never been to this award ceremony, so I thought it was like a roast. So I got up and I roasted her.“The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.She described the event as “British,” “elegant” and “classy” — the opposite of her speech’s tone: “I was like, ‘Remember the time we got laser hair removal?’ I’m still embarrassed about it.“Witherspoon went on, “We’re not friends anymore. I’m not even kidding — we’re not friends anymore. I think she doesn’t like me anymore. I thought it was so funny and it was just, I had the wrong audience. It was pretty bad. Yeah. Not even kidding, she doesn’t talk to me anymore. Oh well.”

Reese Witherspoonis setting the record straight on speculation about her friendship withKate Winslet.

In a recent interview with PEOPLE alongside herYou’re Cordially InvitedcostarWill Ferrell, Witherspoon, 48, brought up a time she presented an award to a fellow actress (whom she did not name) and said thespeech was so embarrassing that “we’re not friends anymore.”

“Not even kidding,” Witherspoon said with a laugh in the interview, “she doesn’t talk to me anymore!”

After internet sleuths investigated, the generalconsensus online became that Witherspoon was referring to Winslet, digging up a speech Witherspoon gave at the BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards in 2007.

Reese Witherspoon; Kate Winslet.

However, Witherspoon spoke out on her Instagram Stories on Saturday, Feb. 1, to deny that she and Winslet, 49, ever had bad blood.

“Hey guys .. just spoke to my very dear friend for years, Kate W. We laughed about this stupidity. Please do not believe the internet,” Witherspoon wrote. “We are good friends and have never had any falling out.”

On another slide, the Oscar winner added, “This is completely UNTRUE …so silly!”

Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon at the 16th annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards on Nov. 1, 2007 in Los Angeles.Lester Cohen/WireImage

Lester Cohen/WireImage

Well after that 2007 speech, Witherspoon and Winslet were presenters onstage together at the 2016 Oscars, where they were photographed chatting and hugging at the ceremony.

In the PEOPLE interview, Witherspoon said the cringey speech “literally haunts me,” and explained, “This friend of mine, who I didn’t really know that well but she was a very serious, proper actress, she asked me to give her an award. But I had never been to this award ceremony, so I thought it was like a roast. So I got up and I roasted her.”

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She described the event as “British,” “elegant” and “classy” — the opposite of her speech’s tone: “I was like, ‘Remember the time we got laser hair removal?’ I’m still embarrassed about it.”

Witherspoon went on, “We’re not friends anymore. I’m not even kidding — we’re not friends anymore. I think she doesn’t like me anymore. I thought it was so funny and it was just, I had the wrong audience. It was pretty bad. Yeah. Not even kidding, she doesn’t talk to me anymore. Oh well.”

source: people.com