Reese Witherspoon Has 'New Appreciation' For Taylor Swift

Reese Witherspoon recently revealed why she has a whole new respect for Taylor Swift.

The 40-year-old actress had to sing Tay‘s song “Shake It Off” for her movie Sing.

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“Country music is much easier for me,” Reese said on The Today Show, talking about singing for Walk the Line. “Singing Taylor‘s song ‘Shake It Off’ was really hard. I happened to run into her while I was making the movie and I was like, ‘I have a new appreciation for how hard you work.’ She’s like, ‘Yeah, I work really hard.’”

In case you didn’t know, Reese and Taylor both famously dated Jake Gyllenhaal.

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