--- title: Adam Rippon and Reese Witherspoon Start Olympics Friendship description: Adam Rippon and Reese Witherspoon's newfound friendship during the 2018 Olympics has quickly become one of the highlights of the games. canonical: https://time.com/5156263/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-friendship-twitter-olympics-2018/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-13T20:30:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:37.003Z og:title: Adam Rippon and Reese Witherspoon Have a Golden Friendship og:description: "I want to make Reese Witherspoon proud” og:url: https://time.com/5156263/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-friendship-twitter-olympics-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt147e7a42a4eb7b3e/6989276397cdfff4266b44c3/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Adam Rippon and Reese Witherspoon Have a Golden Friendship twitter:description: "I want to make Reese Witherspoon proud” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt147e7a42a4eb7b3e/6989276397cdfff4266b44c3/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Adam Rippon and Reese Witherspoon Is Officially the Friendship We Deserve  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 13, 2018 8:30 PM UTC  GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 12: Adam Rippon of USA competes in the Men Free Skating during the Figure Skating Team Event on day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 12, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images) GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 12: Adam Rippon of USA competes in the Men Free Skating during the Figure Skating Team Event on day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 12, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)Jean Catuffe—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 13, 2018 8:30 PM UTC [Adam Rippon](http://time.com/5143878/adam-rippon-internet-reactions-olympics-2018/) may have captured the hearts of [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/4932670/2018-winter-olympics-when-where/) viewers everywhere when he made his sparkling Olympic debut on the ice rink at [Pyeongchang, South Korea](http://time.com/5154428/pyeongchang-winter-olympics-extreme-weather/), but he’s crediting his success to an unlikely source: [Reese Witherspoon](http://time.com/4985673/reese-witherspoon-sexual-assault-director/). The Team USA skater (who made headlines earlier for his [spirited critiques of vice president Mike Pence](http://time.com/5139247/mike-pence-adam-rippon/)) struck up a friendly repartee with Witherspoon ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games after she posted a glowing endorsement of him on her Twitter account, which he responded to with an equally enthusiastic tweet that also suggested a potential movie plot for the two of them to star in that paralleled real-life pretty closely. > [](https://twitter.com/RWitherspoon/status/961276680638578688) > [](https://twitter.com/Adaripp/status/961397663416557568) This blossoming friendship has only flourished since Rippon has started competition at the Winter games. Following his much-lauded free skate for the team event, Rippon told _NBC_ that he not only wanted to skate well for his country, but also for Witherspoon. “There are so many emotions when I step on the ice,” he said. “I want to represent my country to the best of my abilities. I want to make Reese Witherspoon proud.” Witherspoon, as might be expected, let Rippon know that she was, indeed, proud of him. > [](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/962907087125843968) > [](https://twitter.com/RWitherspoon/status/963071775385907201) On Tuesday, Rippon kept the love fest going in another interview with _NBC,_ where he credited Witherspoon with helping him to win his medal. > [](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/963442658575245312) It’s official: Adam Rippon and Reese Witherspoon is not just the friendship that we need, but that we deserve. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5156263/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-friendship-twitter-olympics-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5156263/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-friendship-twitter-olympics-2018/"},"headline":"Adam Rippon and Reese Witherspoon Is Officially the Friendship We Deserve","datePublished":"2018-02-13T20:30:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:37.003Z","description":"\"I want to make Reese Witherspoon proud”","url":"https://time.com/5156263/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-friendship-twitter-olympics-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt147e7a42a4eb7b3e/6989276397cdfff4266b44c3/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt147e7a42a4eb7b3e/6989276397cdfff4266b44c3/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 3","caption":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 3","creditText":"Jean Catuffe—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5156263/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-friendship-twitter-olympics-2018/","name":"Adam Rippon and Reese Witherspoon Is Officially the Friendship We Deserve"}}]}] ```