Reese Witherspoon buys into Nashville football club

Tennessee native joins other actors-turned-owners Matthew McConaughey and Will Ferrell

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  Actress Reese Witherspoon and husband, agent and investor Jim Toth, now own a portion of the Nashville football team. AP

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  Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon now both own football teams. Reuters

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  Tennessee Titans running back Adrian Peterson joins Reese Witherspoon as part of owner of the Nashville FC. AP

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  Actor and game show host Drew Carey owns part of the Seattle Sounders FC.

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  Comedian/actor Will Ferrell is part owner of Los Angeles FC. Photo: Icon Sportswire / AP Images

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  Nashville is scheduled to play their first game at Geodis Park in Nashville on May 1 against Philadelphia Union. AP

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  Nashville SC MLS players warm up during their first practice in Geodis Park. AP

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  Nashville SC midfielder Anibal Godoy jumps to slap hands with a fan as he enters Geodis Park with teammate CJ Sapong for their first practice in their new stadium. AP

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  Nashville SC defenders Daniel Lovitz and Taylor Washington admire their new stadium. AP

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  Football fans Caleigh and Chloe Castorena take a selfie at their home team's new stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. AP

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  The 30,000-seat stadium in Nashville hosts its first game on May 1 against Philadelphia Union. AP

Five days before the grand opening of Geodis Park, Nashville Soccer Club’s new stadium, the team’s principal owner, John Ingram, announced that actress Reese Witherspoon, her husband and agent Jim Toth, along with Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry had bought a share of the team.

The Legally Blonde and Morning Show star tweeted a picture of herself and her husband kitted out in team jerseys.

“As a Tennessee native, it is thrilling to see how much growth and development has come to our home state,” Witherspoon said in a statement.

“One of the things that my whole family is most excited about is Nashville Soccer Club! The opportunity to go as a family and watch a world class team compete has been such an incredible experience.”

Witherspoon, who is from Nashville, is not the only thespian to buy a football team: Drew Carey is an owner of Seattle Sounders FC, Matthew McConaughey owns Austin FC and Will Ferrell owns Los Angeles FC.

In 2021, Forbes estimated Witherspoon’s net worth at $400 million after a Blackstone-backed media company purchased a majority stake in her production company Hello Sunshine.

The company has a number of projects in development, including the coming Netflix series From Scratch, starring Zoe Saldana, and Apple TV+’s The Last Thing He Told Me, starring Julia Roberts. On the film side, Hello Sunshine is adapting the best-selling novel Where the Crawdads Sing.

Henry is the fourth NFL player to serve as an owner of an MLS team, joining Mark Ingram (DC United), Patrick Mahomes (Sporting Kansas City) and Russell Wilson (Seattle Sounders).

“As a kid growing up in Florida, I imagined being a professional sports owner and the opportunity to do that with a Major League Soccer club is truly a dream come true,” said Henry.

“My investment in Nashville SC is way more than financial, it’s truly an investment in the city of Nashville.”

When it opens on May 1, Geodis Park will be the largest football-specific stadium in North America.

It’s unknown how much Witherspoon and Henry committed financially for their stake of the team.