Ryan Phillippe: "I'm Tired of Getting S*** on" Over Reese Split
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When a rep for actress Abbie Cornish told UsMagazine.com in February that she had broken up with Ryan Phillippe, at least one person was surprised: Ryan Phillippe.
"I have a new rule: not to date anyone who has a publicist," Phillippe quipped during a Monday radio interview on Howard Stern's Sirius XM radio sho.
The actor explained that he and Cornish had privately ended their four-year romance face-to-face -- but no one had warned him of an impending public statement claiming Cornish had dumped him.
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"Who announces a breakup? I don't understand that! There's no need for that."
Phillippe added, "I've been dumped on in the press for relationship stuff since Reese [Witherspoon] and I divorced." Phillippe and Cornish began dating in 2006 -- the same year he and Witherspoon split after seven years of marriage.
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"I'm tired of getting s*** on," Phillippe, 35, told Stern. "I don't feel like I deserve it. Things happen! How many people have you broken up with over your life?"
The actor and Witherspoon now share joint custody of their daughter Ava, 10, and son Deacon, 6 -- and, he said, "it's gotten to a place where we're great friends and great co-parents." Such great friends, in fact, that they console each other after breakups.
"After I had my breakup, she called, and after she did, I called." Witherspoon, 34, called it quits with Jake Gyllenhaal in early December after nearly three years together.
Phillippe didn't have much to say about Witherspoon's new beau, Jim Toth. "I trust her to make the right decisions around our children," he said simply "I hope she feels the same way."
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He points out that his kids don't get too invested in their parents' dating lives. "If the kids care about mom dad, and if that's consistent and they feel protected that way, they don't they don't really care so much about who the parent is dating. They just don't."
To Howard Stern's chagrin, Phillippe also reveals that he and his ex-wife have not had "ex sex." "That hasn't happened," he told the shock jock.
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Since the Cornish split, he said he's "enjoying the single-ish" life, although he calls himself a "serial monogamist..Either a girl is worth spending all of my time with or none of my time." He shoots down rumors that he's hooked up with Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks, Lindsay Lohan or Jessica Simpson. "I've never met Jessica Simpson!"
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37Everyone makes mistakes and just because they are stars shouldnt make it ok for everyone to judge them. So he "cheated" in a non-physical way. How many reagular people have done that in their lives??? And how many regualr people have done worse but its not like people follow them around to make sure that it is spelled out on their foreheads for the rest of their lives. Yeah the stars are in the "light" all the time well maybe they wanna keep their private lives private. Why cant people just leave them alone when they feel like people should know their lives Im sure they have every oppertunity to tell you in many different ways!
If he isn't excited about sharing breakup info with the rest of the world, why is he talking about how he and his ex-wife console one another after breakups? Hollywood is a messed-up place.
Abbie is a homerecker but Reese will come out on top as usual
He is quite the whiner but, he is still hot and I don't have a publicist. i listened to several of his interviews on Howard-but that;s Howard he can get anything out of you! He is that damn good! But, I just wanna sleep with Ryan-that was my point!
How does Reese Witherspoon get ripped apart when this article is about Abbie Cornish announcing their split? He cheated on Reese and she filed for divorce, so that makes her the bad guy? Frankly I don't care I was just reading the article out of curiosity and scrolled to the comments section and saw I'm no Recep's girlfriend's post and I have to say, that's entirely uncalled for. I honestly didn't think Ryan Phillippe was still getting bad press over Withernspoon and I don't think anyone even knew or cared he and Cornish split. So again, the point of him commenting was?
Hah, I would laugh my ass off if "I'm Not Recep's Girfriend" was Ryan Phillippe himself.
Maybe it's because you cheated on Reese. So poop on you Ryan.
even if he did think abbie "was the one" and lol even though he is hot, he had no right to cheat on reese. i mean even IF what he had with abbie wasn't physical at that time when he was married, it was still wrong
He doesn't seem to know how to smile and in a show biz I call that warped. Whether he is just shy or thinks he is too good to smile he isn't made for this business so get out now especially if he is tired of getting s*** on. No one will miss him.
Why shouldn't he be able to respond if she is misrepresenting what happened? Dmned if he does and dmned if he doesn't, huh?
He's mad because Cornish said she dumped him? So what! What is he doing,but blabbing his mouth in the press. This guy needs to grow up.
he's hot who cares about anything else? he probably did cheat on reese. she seems like a type A stick in the mud no fun perfectionist. that gets old. real fast.
He has always been such a bitter, angry young man. Reese runs circles around him in the class dept. Anyone ever seen a pic of him laughing? Anyone??!!??
@ SC S223 - it's Jason Wu (Same designer who designed Michelle Obama's inauguration gown)
Yea, right. Cornish and Phillipe starred in a film together in 2006, the same year they began dating. It's the Jolie and Pitt denial...
does anyone know the designer of reese's dress in the picture above?
does anyone know what designer reese is wearing in the picture above?
I thought he kind of seemed like a prat when he first came on the scene. And I, too, believed the rumors about the divorce (that he cheated) but you never know. It always takes 2 to tango (and break up). I find it funny that all the blame goes to Ryan but in the Brangelina Saga everyone is so quick to blame Jen for being a cold fish or Angelina for being the wh0re, hardly ever Brad...and in this case where is the vitriol at Cornish for her possible hand in the marital demise. Bottom line: I think Ryan Phillippe sounds like he has matured quite a bit over the years...he seems to respect Reese's choices and that is good for them as co-parents and obviously good for the kids as well. Way to not feed into the public's need for drama!
whether he cheated on her or not, it isn't really our business. the fact that they have joint custody of their children says a lot aboaut Reese and Ryan. At least they are putting their children first and foremost. If they have come to be freind's in enlight of their marriage ending, I don't know why so many people are still making him out to be the bad guy. We don't know what happened in their marriage, and therefore, I don't think we have the right to judge either of them.
Guess what Ryan, I'm tired of watching your mediocre acting...will you quit please?