Reese Witherspoon, 49, was spotted in London on Wednesday evening with financier Oliver Haarmann, 57, on a rare date night. The Morning Show star and her companion attended the Barbican Centre to see the Tony-winning comedy-drama Good Night, Oscar, starring Sean Hayes, and were seen walking out of the theater hand in hand.
Witherspoon cut a stylish figure in an all-black ensemble that featured a peacoat and leather pants, while Haarmann wore a light blue button-down, a tweed blazer, gray jeans and suede loafers. The couple appeared affectionate as they left the venue, with Haarmann guiding his partner toward their car by placing a hand on her arm.
Their sighting follows a public arc of their relationship. The two began being linked in July 2024 after spending time as friends in the wake of Witherspoon's divorce from Jim Toth in 2023. Haarmann, a Harvard alumnus, is a former Kohlberg Kravis Roberts partner who later co-founded private equity firm Searchlight Capital Partners. He owns a stake in the New York Islanders and is valued around $440 million, with about $10 billion in assets under management. Their NYC helicopter ride last summer and subsequent dinner were described by a source as a casual outing; People reported they were simply friends at the time. Witherspoon's professional life remains in the spotlight, with Morning Show renewed for a fifth season.
On the same day as the theater date, Witherspoon appeared on the Las Culturistas podcast, discussing how hypnosis changed her life as a coping tool for anxiety. She described being a "high anxiety person" and said she turned to a hypnotist and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) techniques to achieve the same calm and focus as medication, without the sleepiness. She explained that the approach helped her perform at her best and that she wants others to know anxiety is real and solvable with practical tools.