This past weekend, Reese Witherspoon attended the 2024 Golden Globe Awards, as she was nominated for her work on The Morning Show. (The show has been a consistent presence during awards season since its premiere in 2019.) The Legally Blonde star may be single, but that doesn’t mean she showed up to the star-studded event solo. The actress brought her son, Deacon Phillippe, as her date for the evening. However, the young actor didn’t initially plan on going to the ceremony, and we now know how he ended up escorting her to the event.
Getting to go to the Golden Globes is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for some people but, for Deacon Phillippe, it was a last-minute affair that he was invited to by his mom. The NYU student was home amid his school break and decided to accompany his famous mother to one of the biggest Hollywood events of the year. It may not have always been the plan for him to attend, but the mother-son duo looked like they had the best time. Reese Witherspoon said of her last-minute plus one to ET:
