Reese Witherspoon feels "less vulnerable" since joining social media.

She told Entertainment Weekly: "I feel so much less vulnerable than I used to. There were so many tabloids saying all kinds of wrong things, and I feel like it’s almost all but gone. It still happens but it’s really silly at this point."

Meanwhile, the 39-year-old actress - who has 16-year-old daughter Ava and 12-year-old son Deacon from a previous relationship and three-year-old son Tennessee with husband Jim Toth - previously insisted she is doing the best she can to raise her children in the spotlight and divide her time between work and family life.

She said: "No one’s really doing it perfectly. I think you love your kids with your whole heart, and you do the best you possibly can. But, you know, right now I’m feeling sad missing my little 2-year-old, and my daughter’s about to finish her freshman year of high school, and my son has a golf tournament this weekend that I hope I don’t miss.

"There are some sacrifices you make, and it hurts your heart sometimes, but my kids tell me they’re proud of what I’ve accomplished, and that just means everything. I grew up with a working mom, and I have so much respect for the things she did as a nurse and a teacher. I would never begrudge her that."