Even Reese Witherspoon had some teasing teenage years

Even Reese Witherspoon had some teasing teenage years
When you see Reese’s beatiful figure it’s hard to imagine that she was also a teenager like all of us, who endoured years of suffering because of her taunting colleagues. Well, it turns out the leading lady (and producer) of the new fairy-tale flick “Penelope” has had her fair share of ugly years.

“I was actually teased quite a bit growing up,” Witherspoon told Pop Tarts at the Hollywood premiere of “Penelope” last week. “I was a four-eyed square with glasses and I was picked on because of my weird, short-person walk.”

But even despite the stress of the spotlight, the Oscar-winning mother-of-two has learned to love those “flaws.”

“At the end of the day, you just have to accept what you have been given and appreciate the flaws,” Reese said. “You can’t get too down on it.”

Christina Ricci stars alongside Witherspoon as a character maimed by a “pig nose,” and for a girl who has been very open about battling bulimia and various body issues, it seems she has finally cut herself some slack.

“I think a film like this is a great antidote to a lot of that negative media about the way women look, and I feel like this is an opportunity to really send out a message about learning to love yourself,” Ricci said. “It is important to teach young people to learn to love themselves and that maybe what makes you different is what makes you great.”