Reese Witherspoon’s daughter, Ava Phillippe, cringes over comparisons between her boyfriend and dad Ryan
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Ava Phillippe playfully reacted to a fan comparing her and her boyfriend, Dakota Brubaker, to her famous parents, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe.

The budding actress, 25, took to TikTok Wednesday to respond to a comment that read, “Close enough. Welcome back Reese and Ryan.”

A hilarious video showed Ava with her mouth wide open, repeatedly mouthing “no” and shaking her head in disgust as Brubaker came into view wearing a black turtleneck and glasses — similar to Ryan’s character, Sebastian Valmont, in the 1999 thriller “Cruel Intentions.”

“You guys,” Ava wrote in the caption. “whaaaaattt.”

However, she had fun with the comparison, pairing the video with The Verve’s 1997 track “Bittersweet Symphony,” which notably played at the end of the Roger Kumble-directed film starring her parents.

“Now I can’t unsee it,” one person commented.

“I thought the same,” another chimed in, as a third added, “I’m sorry but this is hilarious.”

Ava confirmed her romance with Brubaker with a sweet PDA photo shared via Instagram in December 2024.

The snap showed the couple cozied up in a photo booth as the musician kissed her on the cheek.

Meanwhile, now-exes Ryan, 50, and Witherspoon, 49, met in 1997 at the “Legally Blonde” star’s 21st birthday party before acting alongside each other in “Cruel Intentions.”

They tied the knot in June 1999, welcoming Ava in September 1999 and son Deacon Phillippe, now 21, in 2003.

The former couple called it quits in 2008.

The actors have seemingly maintained an amicable co-parenting relationship.

The “Morning Show” star is also the mother to 12-year-old son Tennessee, whom she shares with her second ex-husband, Jim Toth.

As for Ryan, he shares 13-year-old daughter Kai with Alexis Knapp.

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