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Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Fans can't get over how much Ava Phillippe's boyfriend looks like her father
Ava Phillippe will never live down the comparisons — and neither will her boyfriend. The 25-year-old daughter of actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe has made plenty of headlines through the years due to her striking resemblance to her iconic mother and father. But now fans are bringing her boyfriend, Dakota Brubaker, into the mix. Ava Phillippe and Brubaker, a musician who goes by the stage name Vindigo, went Instagram official in December after previously teasing their relationship several months prior. On June 10, Ava Phillippe posted a TikTok video of her and Brubaker lip syncing to Ke$ha's hit song, 'Your Love Is My Drug.' And it didn't take long for the 16-second clip to go viral. 'Close enough. Welcome back Reese & Ryan!' one fan wrote in the comment section. Fans were quick to point out how much Ava Phillippe looked like a '50-50 match' of her parents, but others were more focused on how much Brubaker resembled her father. 'Thought it was her dad for a split second,' one fan wrote, while another commented, 'Reese and Ryan is that you?' On June 11, Ava Phillippe returned to TikTok with a hilarious reaction to the comparisons. In the video, Ava Phillippe is standing in the kitchen when her boyfriend slides into frame wearing a black turtleneck and reading glasses — recreating her parents' look when they co-starred in 'Cruel Intentions.' 'You guys… whaaaaattt,' she wrote in the caption, while mouthing 'No, no, no, no,' in the video. The video was also set to The Verve's 'Bitter Sweet Symphony,' which was the song that played at the end of her parents' iconic movie, released in 1999. 'This song choice is DIABOLICAL,' one fan wrote in the comments, while another added, 'Not the turtle neck too.' Ryan Phillippe and Witherspoon met in 1997 at the latter's 21st birthday party, according to People. They quickly became one of Hollywood's biggest 'it' couples after announcing their engagement in 1998 and co-starred in 'Cruel Intentions' the following year, which officially put them on the map. The couple married in June 1999 and welcomed their first child (a daughter named Ava) in September of that year — six months after the premiere of 'Cruel Intentions.' 'I mean… technically you were IN Cruel Intentions…' one fan commented under Ava Phillippe's recent TikTok. Ryan Phillippe and Witherspoon welcomed a second child, a son named Deacon, in October 2003 before separating in 2006 and finalizing their divorce in 2008. Witherspoon has since welcomed a second son, Tennessee James, with her other ex-husband Jim Toth, whom she announced her divorce from in 2023. Meanwhile, Ryan Phillippe shares a second daughter, Kai, with his ex-girlfriend Alexis Knapp.
Buzz Feed
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Ava Phillippe's Boyfriend Dakota Looks Like Dad Ryan
Any millennial will know that Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe were one of the hottest celebrity couples of the '90s, with the two striking up a relationship after they met at Reese's 21st birthday party in 1997. The following year, they worked together on the cult classic movie Cruel Intentions, which was released in 1999. It was later revealed that Reese had learned she was pregnant during filming, and she and Ryan welcomed a daughter, Ava, shortly after they got married. For reference, the couple also share a son, Deacon, who was born in 2003, and they split in 2006 but have remained amicable coparents as well as friends. Ava is now 25 years old, and you might recognize her name for all of the times she goes viral for being the spitting image of her famous mom, with fans often joking that they can't tell the two apart. But things took a bit of an awkward turn when Ava made a TikTok with her boyfriend, Dakota Brubaker, earlier this week, and people started to comment on how much he looks like Ava's dad. In the TikTok, Ava and Dakota are standing in a kitchen lip-syncing to a Kesha song, but viewers were more interested in Dakota's appearance. 'I literally thought that was your Dad in the back for a sec,' one of the comments reads, with several others following a similar vein. 'I seriously thought that was your dad!' somebody else wrote, while another echoed: 'I thought it was your dad on backup vocals.''why is he giving Sebastian? 😌' someone said of Dakota in apparent reference to Ryan's Cruel Intentions character. 'Reese and Ryan is that you 😳' one more asked. And Ava actually ended up posting a video response to another comment that read: 'Close enough. Welcome back Reese & Ryan!' In this TikTok, Dakota and Ava look uncomfortable and grossed out as they react to the comment, with the iconic song that plays at the end of Cruel Intentions — 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' by The Verve — used as the video's sound. Notably, Dakota appears to pay homage to Sebastian by wearing a black turtleneck and glasses in the clip. 'you guys… whaaaaattt @Dakota Brubaker,' Ava wrote in the post's caption, but she has not said anything else on the matter and Dakota went public with their relationship in late 2024, with it believed that they met while both attending the University of California, Berkeley. You can watch the TikTok here — let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
