Publications
Partners
Los Angeles - Ryan Phillippe learnt what ''love truly is'' from his eldest daughter.
The Secrets & Lies star's daughter Ava - his child with ex-wife Reese Witherspoon - turned 15 on Tuesday leading him to make a number of emotional Twitter posts recalling what happened on the day she was born.
Ryan revealed it was not an easy trip for him to make to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to be by Reese's side for the birth because he was shooting a movie in Utah and had to be flown to the hospital by helicopter.
The actor let us know that a fathers love for his daughter goes something like this:
15 yrs ago today, was my last on, "The Way of the Gun". A helicopter waited off set to transport me from the "Mexican brothel" in Utah to-
— Old Peezy (@RyanPhillippe) September 9, 2014Cedars Sinai in Beverly Hills. With my stomach in knots, exhausted & dirty, covered in syrupy fake blood & shards of candy glass the heli-
— Old Peezy (@RyanPhillippe) September 9, 2014found the pad and I was taken to an area to sterilize myself. I made it to my then wife's bedside w/ two hours to spare before-
— Old Peezy (@RyanPhillippe) September 9, 2014my baby girl first entered the world.
— Old Peezy (@RyanPhillippe) September 9, 201415 years ago I learned what love truly is
— Old Peezy (@RyanPhillippe) September 9, 2014Ryan reached the milestone age of 40 on Wednesday but he was not as enthused with his birthday as he was with Ava's.
Referring to his own special day, he tweeted:
death's cold grip draws one year closer ????
— Old Peezy (@RyanPhillippe) September 10, 2014Ryan and Reese also have a 10-year-old son Deacon and the former couple share joint custody of their kids.
Ryan also has a three-year-old daughter Kailani with his ex-girlfriend, model-and-actress Alexis Knapp.
Reese, 38, is now married to talent agent Jim Toth and they have a 23-month-old son Tennessee together.
