But inside sources allege that the split was not as clean-cut as one might think.

The final push of the detonator?

A mid-life crisis that turned spouses into strangers.

Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth smiling

“Jim just isn’t the guy Reese married and had a son with anymore.

“It’s a vulnerable time for me,” she admitted.

But at the same time, “I think about how many other people are going through this experience.

Jim Toth smiling

I don’t feel isolated at all.

I feel very connected.”

To quote her “Legally Blonde” character Elle Woods, “What, like it’s hard?”

Reese Witherspoon smiling