Reese Witherspoon [1]'s reaction to her daughter going away to college [2] was pretty realistic. (If you had guessed that it involved a lot of tears, well then you are correct!) The actress recently opened up about her 19-year-old daughter Ava Phillippe [3], who is completing her first year of college, in an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres [4] Show. "It's weird when your children go away to college. It's hard. I never imagined how it felt for my mom," Reese said. She added, "I might have gone into her empty room, laid down on her bed, and cried." Watch the heart-achingly sweet interview clip above.