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Witherspoon reveals Phillippe heartbreak
Published Wednesday, Sep 12 2007, 11:09 BST | By Alex Fletcher
Reese Witherspoon has revealed that she struggled to cope with the heartbreak that she suffered after the breakdown of her marriage with Ryan Phillippe.
The Oscar-winning actress has spoken about how she started having panic attacks following her split with the actor.
She told Elle: "Right around Christmas time I was sitting in a parking lot and I felt like I just couldn't get out of the car. It was like, I can't get out of the car."
Witherspoon explained that the only way she could deal with her problems was by understanding she wasn't alone.
The actress said: "I thought, Okay, half of the parking lot has dealt with this. More than half of the parking lot has dealt with this. Okay, let's make it a little bigger. Half of this city has dealt with this. Okay, let's make it a little bigger – half of this country, until I finally got out of the car."
The Oscar-winning actress has spoken about how she started having panic attacks following her split with the actor.
She told Elle: "Right around Christmas time I was sitting in a parking lot and I felt like I just couldn't get out of the car. It was like, I can't get out of the car."
Witherspoon explained that the only way she could deal with her problems was by understanding she wasn't alone.
The actress said: "I thought, Okay, half of the parking lot has dealt with this. More than half of the parking lot has dealt with this. Okay, let's make it a little bigger. Half of this city has dealt with this. Okay, let's make it a little bigger – half of this country, until I finally got out of the car."
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