Reese Witherspoon and Ryan: Say it Ain't So

The one-time solid Hollywood couple Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe have separated a published report claims.  After seven years of marriage, the couple have decided to announce a formal separation according to the AOL Entertainment web site TMZ.Com.

Reese and Ryan Separate: Say it Ain't So (Image: OAN)

According to the web site this statement was released:

"We are saddened to announce that Reese & Ryan have decided to formally separate. They remain committed to their family and we ask that you please respect their privacy and the safety of their children at this time."

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TMZ cites sources that detail that attorneys may already be involved. Sources tell TMZ Witherspoon has contacted celebrity divorce lawyer Robert Kaufman, who has represented Jennifer Aniston, Roseanne and Lisa Marie Presley.

Reese Witherspoon, 30, and Ryan Phillippe, 32, have two children, daughter Ava, 7, and son Deacon, 3.

People Magazine notes that the couple met when a mutual friend brought Phillippe to Witherspoon's 21st-birthday party. Two years later, after they had costarred in 1999's Cruel Intentions, he proposed. They married in June 1999 and had Ava three months later.

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Witherspoon, who won an Oscar for her role in last year's hit Walk the Line, is next expected to appear in the drama Rendition. Phillippe is currently starring in the WWII drama Flags of Our Fathers.

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