--- ---  # Reese Witherspoon Sticks Up For Renee Zellweger After Face-Shaming  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 20, 2014 4:01 PM UTC  Actress Reese Witherspoon attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood. Actress Reese Witherspoon attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood.David Livingston—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 20, 2014 4:01 PM UTC Reese Witherspoon is very disappointed in everyone who participated in the kerfuffle over Renee Zellweger’s face. In the [The Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/reese-witherspoon-julianne-moore-actress-749881?)‘s annual actress round-table with Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Amy Adams, Hilary Swank, Patricia Arquette and Felicity Jones, the conversation turned to Renee Zellweger’s face-shaming last month. Witherspoon stuck up for Zellweger: --- > “” --- Later in the interview, when she was asked if there was a contemporary woman she wanted to play, Witherspoon said, “Beyonce.” \[[THR](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/reese-witherspoon-julianne-moore-actress-749881?)\] Reese Witherspoon Decries 'Cruel' Treatment of Renee Zellweger ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3597437/reese-witherspoon-renee-zellwegger-hollywood-reporter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3597437/reese-witherspoon-renee-zellwegger-hollywood-reporter/"},"headline":"Reese Witherspoon Sticks Up For Renee Zellweger After Face-Shaming","datePublished":"2014-11-20T16:01:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:20.238Z","description":"Calls sniping \"cruel\"","url":"https://time.com/3597437/reese-witherspoon-renee-zellwegger-hollywood-reporter/","keywords":["Living","celebrities","beauty","Hollywood","plastic surgery","Reese Witherspoon","Face","amy adams","Patricia Arquette"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54797ca0a932c30f/698769ef06f2c118103325bc/reese-witherspoon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54797ca0a932c30f/698769ef06f2c118103325bc/reese-witherspoon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actress Reese Witherspoon attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood.","caption":"Actress Reese Witherspoon attends the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood.","creditText":"David Livingston—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-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3597437/reese-witherspoon-renee-zellwegger-hollywood-reporter/","name":"Reese Witherspoon Sticks Up For Renee Zellweger After Face-Shaming"}}]}] ```