--- --- # Here's What Cheryl Strayed and Reese Witherspoon Say About Their _Gilmore Girls_ Revival Moment  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 28, 2016 11:27 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 28, 2016 11:27 PM UTC Plenty of the [Gilmore Girls](http://time.com/4583691/gilmore-girls-netflix-more-episodes/)‘ fast-talking dialogue is chock full of [pop cultural references](http://time.com/4542402/gilmore-girls-trailer-netflix-revival/), name checking everything from [Dolly Parton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-H9QEkmRU) to the [Menendez brothers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd%5FqV7zpHu8). So naturally, when the show revival dropped on Netflix, fans were curious to see if the show would reference the cultural trends of the last decade. [_Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life_](http://time.com/4582661/gilmore-girls-ending-last-four-words/) more than delivered when it came to staying up on recent events in pop culture, invoking man buns, _Game of Thrones_, and Marie Kondo; however, one of Lorelai’s central plot lines centered on an especially poignant moment from entertainment: [Cheryl Strayed’s memoir-turned-movie, _Wild_](http://time.com/3620359/the-true-story-behind-wild/). The moment wasn’t lost on Strayed, who took to her Instagram to express her emotions after seeing _Wild_ referenced while watching the revival with her daughter. Actor Reese Witherspoon, who played Strayed in the film adaptation of _Wild_ also chimed in on Twitter about the film’s reference and the fact that Lorelai uses a tote from her personal clothing line. > [](https://twitter.com/RWitherspoon/status/802692378284859395) Cheryl Strayed Talks About the 'Wild' Gilmore Girls Reference ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4584293/cheryl-strayed-reese-witherspoon-react-to-gilmore-girls/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4584293/cheryl-strayed-reese-witherspoon-react-to-gilmore-girls/"},"headline":"Here's What Cheryl Strayed and Reese Witherspoon Say About Their Gilmore Girls Revival Moment","datePublished":"2016-11-28T23:27:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:59.208Z","description":"Hint: There were tears","url":"https://time.com/4584293/cheryl-strayed-reese-witherspoon-react-to-gilmore-girls/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","Reese Witherspoon","Culture","Gilmore Girls"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4584293/cheryl-strayed-reese-witherspoon-react-to-gilmore-girls/","name":"Here's What Cheryl Strayed and Reese Witherspoon Say About Their Gilmore Girls Revival Moment"}}]}] ```