Reese Witherspoon says it's her 'role' to embarrass her children

Claudia Willen

Reese Witherspoon joked about embarrassing her children — Ava Phillippe, 20, Deacon Phillippe, 16, and Tennessee Toth, 7 — on Monday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
Kerry Washington, the guest host, asked if her "Little Fires Everywhere" costar intentionally embarrasses her children.
"I just say if you're not embarrassing your children, you're not spending enough time with them," Witherspoon responded.
She continued, "That's basically my role. It's our job, as parents, to really ramp up the embarrassment."