It’s as hard as a blow...but true. Our favorite Hollywood couple has announced their split. Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon and Flags of Our Fathers star Ryan Phillippe have decided to end their more than 7 years old marriage.

Their publicists announced yesterday,

‘We are saddened to announce that Reese and 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.’

Witherspoon, 30, and Phillippe, 32, reportedly met at her 21st birthday party before working together on the 1999 film Cruel Intentions. They married in June of that year and have two children, 7-year-old daughter Ava and 3-year-old son Deacon.

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