Reese Witherspoon left fans in stitches when she revealed the unhinged nickname her youngest son has recently assigned to her.
As part of an ongoing internet trend, the Legally Blonde star took to social media with a video of herself sitting on the steps of a trailer on set, listing the varying names she’s known by in text across the footage.
“’Laura Jeanne’ to the government, ‘Reese’ to my fans, ‘Sister’ to my brother, ‘R Dubs’ to my friends, ‘Ladybug’ to my mother, ‘Pieces’ to my high school friends, ‘Miss Reese’ to my friends children, ‘Mama’ to my older kids, ‘Morty’ to my youngest,” she listed, admitting that she has “no clue why” 12-year-old Tennessee James gave her the nickname.
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“Love ya, Mort 🩷,” her daughter, Ava Phillippe, jokingly wrote in response, while pal Kate Hudson emphasized, “Morty!!!!!”
Fans were obsessed with the “hysterical” moniker, with one admitting, “Morty sent me 😂 😂😂,” and another laughing, “Not Morty 😂😂😂😂.”
“Youngest was just like ‘F it… I’m calling you Morty,'” another surmised.
Many fans could relate to Witherspoon’s plight, unveiling the bizarre nicknames their own kids have come up with.
“Haha my youngest calls me Murph and I have no idea why,” one shared.
“My youngest calls me Mode,” another admitted, suggesting that it “must be a youngest child thing.”
“😂Morty😂 haaaaa my kids are calling me Bruh 🙄,” someone else wrote, but it’s safe to assume, as another fan replied, that everyone will “miss it when they stop calling you that 🥹.”
