Ryan Phillippe learnt what "love truly is" from his eldest daughter.
The ‘Secrets & Lies’ star’s daughter Ava – his child with ex-wife Reese Witherspoon – turned 15 on Tuesday (10.09.14) and he made a number of emotional Twitter posts recalling what happened on the day she was born.
Ryan revealed it was not an easy trip for him to make to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to be by Reese’s side for the birth because he was shooting a movie in Utah and had to be flown to the hospital by helicopter.
The actor tweeted: "It was 15 yrs ago today, was my last on The Way of the Gun. A helicopter waited off set to transport me from the ‘Mexican brothel’ in Utah to Cedars-Sinai in Beverly Hills. With my stomach in knots, exhausted & dirty, covered in syrupy fake blood & shards of candy glass the heli found the pad and I was taken to an area to sterilise myself. I made it to my then wife’s bedside w/ two hours to spare before my baby girl first entered the world … 15 years ago I learned what love truly is. (sic)"
Ryan reached the milestone age of 40 today (10.09.14) but he was not as enthused with his birthday as he was with Ava’s.
Referring to his own special day, he tweeted: "Death’s cold grip draws one year closer…"
Ryan and Reese also have a 10-year-old son Deacon and the former couple share joint custody of their kids.
They married in June 1999 and split in October 2006, formally divorcing in June 2008.
Ryan also has a three-year-old daughter Kailani with his ex-girlfriend, model-and-actress Alexis Knapp.
Reese, 38, is now married to talent agent Jim Toth and they have a 23-month-old son Tennessee together.
Ryan Phillippe’s daughter taught him ‘what love truly is’
