Jennifer Garner Serenades Her ‘Sunshine Friend’ Reese Witherspoon on the Saxophone as the Legally Blonde Star Turns 50

Witherspoon celebrated the milestone on Sunday, March 22

Jennifer Garner is showering Reese Witherspoon with love on her 50th birthday.

Witherspoon’s long-term friend Garner, 53, marked the milestone with a musical tribute on social media. “An ode to my sunshine friend on her 50th birthday, please enjoy,” she began a clip of herself playing the tune “You Are My Sunshine” on the saxophone.

Mewnahile, Witherspoon herself celebrated her special day with an Instagram photo dump that included snaps of her enjoying cocktails, having her teeth whitened and signing autographs. Other images included her taking a cold plunge and posing for silly selfies. 

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“Turning 50 today…just thought I would show you some highlights. 🤗 Gotta laugh every day you can!” the Morning Show star wrote alongside.

Garner and Witherspoon have been friends for many years and frequently comment on one another’s social media posts. Witherspoon was also seen attending Garner’s 45th birthday party in April 2017, just days after Garner and ex-husband Ben Affleck officially filed for divorce after separating in June 2015.

And back in 2023, Garner shared that the producer was there for her during a “very public, very hard moment in my life” during a panel discussion at Hello Sunshine’s Inaugural Shine Away Event. 

“She was right there, and the way I needed to get through it was dance cardio,” the actress quipped.

Later in the discussion, Garner also touched upon how supportive Witherspoon was as a fellow mom. “She’ll also look at you and say, ‘Okay, you need to be finding a preschool. This kid is two and a half and they need to start next month. You actually have to get on this,’ “ she said. 

Late last year, Witherspoon opened up about how she plans to mark her big birthday, sharing that she and her 13-year-old son, Tennessee, would be taking a mother-son trip to Europe together.

“It’s just me and him — I’m excited about it! I’m off to visit friends in Italy, kind of tootling around a little bit,” she told ​​Harper’s Bazaar, in an interview published on Nov. 2. 

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Elsewhere in the interview, the Big Little Lies star said she’s embracing the new decade.

“I like getting older,” she said. “I think it’s great to be wiser and understand your place in a business. I’ve worked really hard to get to that place… I feel like I’m living my purpose, for sure. I love my job. I love my fans. I’m the captain of my own destiny.”

Via: People