Reese Witherspoon believes the decline of romantic comedies has made dating more difficult for a new generation.
He Legally blonde The actress, 49, made the claim during a recent appearance on the Dax Shepard Show. Armchair expert podcast.
“There’s been a decline in the number of romantic comedies or big movie stars doing romantic comedies in the last 10 to 15 years,” he said. “But that’s where we learned social dynamics.”
Witherspoon explained that romantic comedies and coming-of-age shows often taught young people how to approach relationships. “The show you watched when you were 11, 12, 13 made you imagine dating skills,” he said, mentioning Young Sheldon, The Goldbergs and Everybody Hates Chris as examples.
Shepard, 50, agreed, saying children especially benefit from seeing examples of vulnerability on screen. “Someone has to tell you that everyone has the same fear and that you have to do it,” he said.
Witherspoon, who has starred in several romantic comedies, including Sweet Home Alabama and Your house or mineHe added: “We started saying that romantic comedies are embarrassing, but that’s where we learned how to relate from Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.”
The actress shares three children, including Ava, 26, and Deacon, 21, with her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, and Tennessee, 13, with her ex-husband Jim Toth and is currently dating German financier Oliver Haarmann.
