Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth Are Not ‘Blaming’ Each Other Over Their Split: It Was a ‘Mutual Decision’

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Staying civil. Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are focused on an amicable divorce process, a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly.“No one is blaming the other.

Not yet anyway,” the insider says. “Reese and Jim say they’re parting as friends and will continue to coparent.”While divorce can “bring out the worse in people,” the Sweet Home Alabama actress, 47, is “trying to make sure that doesn’t happen to them,” the source adds.Witherspoon — who announced her split on Friday, March 24 — is a “very private person” who knows “the questions that will be asked” in relation to why her and Toth’s marriage came to an end.“They’re two adults who’ve been together for over a decade who decided to move on,” the insider tells Us. “At the end of the day, it was a mutual decision.”News broke on Friday that the A Wrinkle in Time actress and the talent agent, 52, called it quits just two days before their 12-year anniversary.

The estranged spouses, who share 10-year-old son Tennessee, tied the knot in March 2011.“It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to divorce,” the former couple said in a joint statement shared to Witherspoon’s Instagram page on Friday. “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.”The Oscar winner deactivated the comments section on the post, but she still received love from her inner circle in the form of “likes,” including from her 23-year-old daughter, Ava, whom she shares with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe.Witherspoon and Phillippe, 48, welcomed Ava in September 1999 and son Deacon in October 2003 ahead of their 2006 split.