Reese Witherspoon ‘taking things slow’ with dating amid rumored new beau Oliver Haarmann – as source says work and children remain her priority

Reese Witherspoon is reportedly in no rush to jump into a new relationship after splitting from Jim Toth last year after 12 years of marriage.

After rumors of a romance with German private equity financier Oliver Haarmann recently surfaced, a source revealed that the Legally Blonde star isn’t making dating a priority at the moment.

The insider revealed that the 48-year-old Oscar winner is “taking it slow when it comes to dating.”

“She’s excited about it, but she doesn’t want it to be a big focus. She’s busy with work and her son,” the insider noted. “Those are her biggest priorities.”

While the source insisted Witherspoon and Haarmann, 56, are just “friends,” the two have recently been the subject of unexpected relationship rumors.

In a photo obtained by DailyMail.com earlier this week, the actress and Haarmann are seen arriving together at a heliport before heading to an apartment building on July 29.

The next day, they had dinner together at L’Artusi in the West Village.

Earlier in the week, she spent some time with Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz in the Hamptons.

Haarmann is a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm.

He was previously a senior partner at the global investment firm KKR & Co. He has two sons with Gaonkar.

In 1990 he received a bachelor’s degree in history and international relations from Brown University in New York and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1996.

The Morning Show actress and her ex-husband, 54, shocked fans in March 2023 when they announced they had split and filed for divorce after nearly 12 years of marriage.

The actress officially filed for divorce from Toth in April 2023, a week after announcing the end of their marriage. She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason behind their split in court documents.

Reese and her ex Jim first started dating in 2010, before getting engaged later that year in December.

The former couple married in 2011 in a romantic and intimate wedding in their backyard.

They announced their split just days before their 12th wedding anniversary.

In August, the couple reached a divorce settlement and agreed to continue to jointly care for their 11-year-old son Tennessee.

Reese has a son, Deacon (20), and a doppelganger, Ava (24), with her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe (49).

An insider told People about the split that it was “very difficult” for the film star to accept that she and her ex-partner were “two very different people.”

A person close to the two noted that the ambitious producer “has her hands in many pots” and that Toth “prefers less hectic.”

It was added that ‘they spent less and less time together while she was at work.’

More than a decade after they tied the knot, the two partners found themselves having “fewer interests in common.”

Reese is described by a source as “headstrong and focused” and Jim is said to be “more laid back.”

The Pleasantville actress spent more time in Nashville in 2022, where she worked on the production of the Apple TV music competition show My Kind of Country.

She also sold a nearby house for almost twice what she paid for it herself.

The mother of three’s company Hello Sunshine also produced the Amazon series Daisy Jones & the Six.

Following Reese’s formal announcement of their separation, the two decided to go their separate ways with “great care and attention.”

A source said the partners were “working through their issues” and it “took a long time” before they agreed to a divorce.

A source previously said PageSix that the impending divorce had been a “badly kept secret” in Hollywood for months.

It was also reported that Reese is “angry” about the end of the marriage.

The Big Little Lies actress’s announcement of her split from her agent read: “We have personal news to share… It is with great care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to separate.

‘We have had so many wonderful years together and continue with deep love, kindness and mutual respect for all we have created together.

“Our biggest priority is our son and our entire family as we enter this new chapter.

“These matters are never easy and are extremely personal. We truly appreciate everyone’s respect for our family’s privacy at this time.”

But there’s no chaos: “There’s no drama,” an insider insisted to People. “They love [their son] Tennessee and this is their focus. They will continue to amicably co-parent.’

Reese recently discussed her first divorce from Cruel Intentions co-star Ryan Phillippe.

Speak with Harper’s Bazaar In July, Reese said she felt “completely out of control” when her first divorce announcement came out.

“When I was first divorced, the tabloids were able to tell people how I was feeling and how I was processing what was happening. I felt like I had control over it,” Reese told the publication.

But this time around, the Hollywood star feels she can be “more authentic” as she navigates this “vulnerable period” in her life.

“Because I can talk directly to people about what’s going on in my life and share it in the way that I share great professional or personal experiences, it feels much more authentic to be able to say things in my own voice and not have someone else control what happens,” Reese explains.

Despite going through a divorce, a source close to The Last Thing He Told Me producer told People in April that she has “no regrets” about ending the relationship and that she is “doing much better now.”