Why Ryan Phillippe Won’t Have Any More Kids Despite “Baby Fever”

“Well, you hope that while they’re young and they are in the same house as you, that you instill enough of the values and the sensibilities that they’ll need when they go out into the world,” he told Scary Mommy in February. “As a parent, you’re always there for them and trying to guide and give them advice, but there has to be an element of release once they get over a certain age.” 

And now that Phillippe is watching his eldest kids move through the world on their own, he confirmed, “I feel good and proud of who they are and how myself and my ex-wife have prepared them.”

Plus, the 9-1-1 Nashville actor is glad to see Ava and Deacon follow in his and Witherspoon’s acting footsteps, because as he previously put it, “What makes me proudest is seeing all three of my kids success and achieve.”

“I’m wanting and hoping that they have happy and well-balanced lives,” he told People in May 2025. “That’s where the biggest source of pride in my life comes from: seeing them achieve and be good people.”

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