Actress Reese Witherspoon, 48, is America’s southern sweetheart who loves her kids and a good book. However, now it’s her love life that’s the real page turner.
Reese was recently spotted in New York City with a new man – just one year after her divorce from second husband Jim Toth.
The mystery man that seems to be giving The Morning Show actress heart eyes is German finance man Oliver Haarmann, 56. Oliver is a founding partner at Searchlight Capital Partners, a private investment firm with more than AU$15.27 billion under management.
An academic, he received a BA in both international relations and history from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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The two were seen out in New York several times last week. Reese smiled as she hopped out of a helicopter with her date after a getaway together, before they arrived at an apartment in the Big Apple.
The mum-of-three and her new man were later seen on their way to a dinner date in the city.
Is he just a fling or the real thing? According to her friends, Reese wouldn’t be seen out and about with a love interest until “she feels he’s a keeper”.
An insider tells Woman’s Day, “Things are getting serious between Reese and Oliver. They’ve been secretly dating most of this year.”
The insider says she’s “found her intellectual equal in Oliver”, adding, “They have many things in common, especially art.”
In real life, the Legally Blonde actress hasn’t always gotten her ‘happily ever after’ like she has in many of the movies she’s starred in.
Here we look at all of her A-List romances through the years.
REESE’S STAR STUDDED ROMANCES
01
Jeremy Sisto
Clueless star Jeremy Sisto revealed during a 2015 Reddit AMA that he and Reese dated in the early ‘90s before she fell for Ryan.
“[Reese] was my first actress girlfriend,” he said, revealing the two hit it off while working on a 1992 TV movie together. “We had a long-distance relationship for a long time […] I was so into her.”
02
Ryan Phillippe
She met then Hollywood-hunk Ryan Phillippe at her 21st birthday party in 1997, and the two heated up our screens two years later in Cruel Intentions. They later went on to marry and have two beautiful children – Ava, born in 1999 and Deacon, born in 2003.
However, the couple called it quits in 2006 after five years of marriage, with the divorce finalising in 2008.
03
Jake Gyllenhaal
While working together on the movie Rendition, Reese and Jake Gyllenhaal started seeing each other. And their romance lasted a solid three years.
So when it came to the split, everyone wondered what happened. However, it seems like a boring fizzle. A source told Us that “No one cheated. There was no drama.”
04
Jim Toth
In 2011, Reese married Jim Toth, a publicist, and went on to have a child with him a year later. They welcomed a son named Tennessee.
The couple shared a mostly private romance, keeping their love life behind closed doors with the exception of their highly publicised arrest in 2013. However, in March 2023, the lovebirds announced their shock split.
“It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to divorce,” the exes shared via social media at the time. “We have enjoyed so many wonderful years together and are moving forward with deep love, kindness and mutual respect for everything we have created together.”
They added: “Our biggest priority is our son and our entire family as we navigate this next chapter. These matters are never easy and are extremely personal. We truly appreciate everyone’s respect for our family’s privacy at this time.”
05
Oliver Haarmann
Oliver, 56, and Reese, 48, were spotted in New York City, walking closely and sharing conversation, smiles and even an alleged heliport arrival.
Interestingly, Oliver’s ex-wife, an American businesswoman and former portfolio manager at investment firm Lone Pine Capital, Mala Gaonkar dates musician David Byrne.
