Reese Witherspoon's Dirty Obsession

Actress Says She Can't Stop Throwing Out The Trash

(CBS)  Reese Witherspoon has an obsession that she says has led her to some questionable behavior.

But unlike her Hollywood contemporaries, it's not excess partying or shopping that gives her a rush - it's garbage.

"I like to throw a lot of things away. Particularly at Christmas, it makes me a little crazy when the trash is overflowing," she told Ellen Degeneres on an interview airing on the comedian's talk show Thursday.

"So then I put on rubber boots and I literally get into the trashcan and I stomp on the trash and Deacon (her son) thinks it is so great. We call me 'the mommy trash compactor.'"

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Witherspoon admits that her obsession has led her to some late-night neighborhood mischief.

"Sometimes I'll sneak in and look at the neighbor's garbage cans and see if it's kind of empty. I'll wait literally until the middle of the night when the children are asleep and I'll take my extra garbage and I'll put it in the can," she said. "It's horrible. And at Christmas time I was talking to my brother and I was like 'brother, sometimes I sneak into the garbage and I put in the other person's can.' And he goes 'so do I, sister.'"

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When she's not busy lurking around her neighbor's trash, the actress enjoys crafts and scrapbooking. She's also big into Polaroid cameras, and she laments they're being taken off the market.

"Every since I was a little kid my mother was very bad with 35 mm cameras pictures so she took Polaroid's of us," Witherspoon said. "I have them as me as a kid and then I put my kids in the same position and take the same picture and stuff."

Degeneres presented the actress with a few Polaroids and a basket full of film as a gift. The company no longer manufactures the cameras.

[rushman71]

Well, the good thing about her is that she is no where close to being as "trashy" as most of the Hollywood stars are!!!

[kevzgrl]

Can you believe CBS censored Richard??? Poor Mr. Cheny - to be known as a dirty word...

[kevzgrl]

Iceman_1960, don''t you know that Wikipedia can be edited by any Tom, *** or Harry who wants to? Not everything you read there is true - I''m not saying the info about Reese isn''t, but don''t believe EVERYTHING you read on there.....

[utsava]

Oh my god, what an exciting trashy hobby she has....he,he,he, it is the most original story i have ever heard....

[iceman_1960]

"..great actress.."? Hmm... Can you back that up, jetlizhan.
Posted by Keithle1 at 08:41 PM : Feb 28, 2008

2006 Academy Award Winner (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Walk the Line (2005)

Many other awards too numerous to mention here.

They are listed at:

http://imdb.com/name/nm0000702/awards

[keithle1]

"..great actress.."? Hmm... Can you back that up, jetlizhan.

[jetlizhan]

she is precious and a great actress. . . .however, this obsession is very strange!!

[chrisl45]

I fell in love with her in the movie "Freeway" where her black boyfriend is killed, and she''s chased by the actor who plays Jack Bauer.

[iceman_1960]

"Reese Witherspoon is a descendant of Scottish-born John Witherspoon, the sixth president of Princeton University and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was the only active clergyman or college president to sign the Declaration."

- Wikipedia.

[keithle1]

Nobody cares about your tall dating site, fat dating site, rich man/golddigger site, etc, b e e y o t c h. Stop pulluting the Web with this stupid nonsense. Anyway, men don''t want to date. They just want to get a young *** hottie in the sack. Is that so wrong?