Witherspoon and Phillippe were divorced in October 2006 after ten years together, and seven years of marriage. She stated that she was so devestated she developed panic attacks.
Witherspoon told Elle magazine, "Right around Christmas time I was sitting in a parking lot and I felt like I just couldn’t get out of the car."
Witherspoon who has two children with Phillippe, Ava, 8, and Deacon, 3, stated that she does not feel she has complete control over her life.
She expressed, "Oh, come on, man! I wouldn’t be able to do what I do if I were always in control. I wouldn’t be able to have the empathy or the capacity to understand different lives."