Highlights
- She may be a Hollywood star earning in millions but Reese Witherspoon says she is "thrifty" and hates spending money on things she doesn't need.
- The Legally Blonde star, who has two children, Ava, 11, and seven-year-old Deacon with former husband Ryan Phillippe, insisted her worldwide success hasn't made her extravagant and she has kept the principles of her frugal upbringing in New Orleans, Louisiana, reported Contactmusic.
She may be a Hollywood starearning in millions but Reese Witherspoon says she is"thrifty" and hates spending money on things she doesn't need.
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Legally Blonde star, who has two children, Ava,11, and seven-year-old Deacon with former husband RyanPhillippe, insisted her worldwide success hasn't made herextravagant and she has kept the principles of her frugalupbringing in New Orleans, Louisiana, reported Contactmusic.
"I'm pretty good with money. I'm really thrifty. Igrew up in a really thrifty family so I don't spend a lot ofmoney on things that are frivolous. I have a house, two cars,I have a regular life," said Witherspoon.
While she says she leads a "regular life", the34-year-old actress, who is engaged to Hollywood agent JimToth, recently splashed out on a barn for the pets she keepswith her children.
"I'm building a barn. I think it's cool. I really dohave animal friends, I have donkeys, I have goats, I havepigs. I wanted the donkeys to be called Honky Tonk andBadonkadonk but the kids weren't so into it," she said.