Reese Witherspoon's Huge Tummy Tattoo Finally Explained

L.A. Ink, starring Reese Witherspoon? Over the summer, the squeaky-clean Oscar-winner, 35, showed off her edgier side on her toned tummy while vacationing with new husband Jim Toth and her kids Ava, 11, and Deacon, 7.

L.A. Ink, starring Reese Witherspoon?

Over the summer, the squeaky-clean Oscar-winner, 35, showed off her edgier side — on her toned tummy — while vacationing with new husband Jim Toth and her kids Ava, 11, and Deacon, 7.

Clad in a bikini, the How Do You Know star debuted a sizable tattoo just above her bikini line: a star flanked by two small birds. Fans of the blonde, blue-eyed actress wondered what inspired Witherspoon's ink.

"She has had the star tattoo for a few years," a source close to Witherspoon tells Us Weekly. "After she and Jim got married, she added two birds — one to each side of the star."

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(After over a year of dating, Witherspoon wed CAA agent Toth, 40, in March at her ranch in Ojai, Calif.)

"She had wanted to do something new and different for a while," the source continues of the stamp. "In some ways, [the star tattoos] kind of symbolized their new life and love together. People consider Reese to be such an All-American sweetheart so it is more unexpected for her to have ink."

And maybe that's just the point. "She loves it — and so does Jim."

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