Jennifer Garner Dances with the Rockettes on Reese Witherspoon's Suggestion: Watch!

Mar. 15, 2025

Jennifer Garner (L), Reese Witherspoon (R).Photo:Getty

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Jennifer Garneris taking her friendship withReese Witherspoonto a new level!

In anInstagram poston Saturday, theFamily Switchactress, 51, shared a video of herself dancing with the famed Radio City Rockettes — an experienced she credited to the influence of her “buddy” Witherspoon.

“My friend Reese sent me a DM yesterday. Little did she know I happened to be in New York, and for our whole friendship, I pretty much do anything she says,” Garner explained in a voiceover while showing a text from Witherspoon, 47, asking her to perform with the dance company.

The13 Going on 30star replied to Witherspoon’s message with a photo of her feet standing on top of a carpet that had “Radio City Music Hall” written in gold letters. “For you,” she wrote theBig Little Liesstar.

Jennifer Garner shared a photo of a conversation with Reese Witherspoon on her latest Instagram upload.Jennifer Garner/Instagram

Jennifer Garner/Instagram

Viewers then saw Garner join the Rockettes for a small routine backstage. Garner ended the video with a clip of the dancers wishing Witherspoon a Merry Christmas. “Here’s to twenty years of “yes ma’am” with my buddy@reesewitherspoon,” she wrote in the caption. “♥️🎄♥️ Thank you,@therockettes, for playing along—you are incredible! ⭐️⭐️⭐️.”

In a panel with Witherspoon and Kaling, 44, at Hello Sunshine’s inaugural Shine Away Event in October, Garneropened up about her close friendship with Witherspoon.

“I think back to being pregnant. This one [Witherspoon] was sitting next to me. I think back to going through a very public, very hard moment in my life,” she said. “She was right there, and the way I needed to get through it was dance cardio.”

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While Garner didn’t go into details about the “hard moment,” she shared how dance became an outlet for both of them.

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“And I dance cardio-ed so hard, we broke her foot, but she kept going. It was like, okay, we worked out at seven on vacation, we’re going to work out again at two,” Garner said. “She was like, ‘I’m going to be there. I’m going to be there.’ "

source: people.com