(CNN) Reese Witherspoon wasn't thrilled when her-then husband, Ryan Phillippe, made a quip about her financial status during their 2002 Oscars appearance. Phillippe said during the live broadcast that she could present the award because "you make more money than I do." "I forgot that ever happened," Witherspoon said during an HFPA in Conversation podcastReese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe were married for seven years before calling it quits in 2006. "But you're right, he did say that, and no, it wasn't scripted, and he didn't tell me he was going to say that before it happened on air. She said that although "gender norms have changed quite a bit since that moment," successful women are "shamed," especially when they are making "a lot of money."

Source: CNN December 29, 2020 13:41 UTC