On Friday, the actor shared her thoughts on how she has maintained her friendships over the yearsat Inbound 2023, an annual networking conference hosted by Hubspot in Boston.
“Editing. Edit your friendships,” Witherspoon told host and NBC News Daily anchor Zinhle Essamuah. “Everybody out here over 40 knows. If you aren’t adding to my life, get the heck outta my life.”She continued, “My grandmother used to say, ‘People are either radiators or drains. Stick around the radiators and get rid of the drains.’”want to edit out of her life: fellow actor Laura Dern.
Dern said in the statement, per Essamuah, that she believed Reese is the “Gold standard of what it means to be a champion. She has always been a champion of art and other artists, as well as, friends and family.” Reese Witherspoon photographed on stage at INBOUND 2023 on September 08, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.Reese and Dern, who co-starred in HBO series “Big Little Lies,” have celebrated their friendship on several occasions over the years.“You know, you meet people, you’re friends with people, but I say about a few women in my life, they are my sisters,” she said. “I don’t have a sister and I found my sister in Laura. No one makes me laugh like Laura. She’s magical.