Ryan Phillippe: Jealousy rumours denied

Ryan Phillippe: Jealousy rumours denied

Ryan Phillippe has dismissed reports about his 2006 marriage split was caused by jealousy over his former wife Reese Witherspoon’s blossoming Hollywood career.

This ex-couple split just after Witherspoon won her first Oscar in 2005, while Phillippe could only muster critical acclaim for films like Crash and Stop-Loss.

The reports suggested the pair drifted apart because the actor couldn’t handle his wife’s success - but he insists nothing could be further from the truth.

34-year old Ryan Phillippe says, “That was the least of our problems. I was always really proud of her success. I’m not a competitive person, and I have no aspirations to be a giant in this industry. I like making movies, but I never had designs on making $25 million a picture.”