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reese witherspoon UK Prime Minister Thinks Reese Witherspoon Is Renee Zellwegger

Reese Witherspoon was in London last week to address members of Parliament about domestic violence as part of her role as honorary chairperson of the Avon Foundation.

When she was finished, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown rose to thank Witherspoon for her time and effort, but he accidentally got her confused with Renee Zellweger.

The Legally Blonde star isn't worried about the mix-up, in fact, she admits it's happened more than once during her career.

Witherspoon says:

"He mixed me up with Renee Zellweger. That's OK - she and I get mixed up a lot. He said something in Parliament about how he had heard me speak at (filmmaker) Anthony Minghella's funeral but that wasn't me, it was Renee. She's lovely and she's short and blond and southern. So I understand!

"She actually called up a (mutual) friend of ours and said she'd heard about it (Brown's mistake) - it happens all the time. I have a dog and I took the dog to the vet, and they said, 'No no, we're waiting for Renee Zellweger's dog' and I said, 'Actually this is my dog.' Everybody gets us confused a lot. But there's worse people to be confused with other than a lovely actress!"

 UK Prime Minister Thinks Reese Witherspoon Is Renee Zellwegger
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