Ryan Phillippe shared a very rare photo with his 12-year-old daughter Kailani Merizalde Phillippe Knapp whom he shares with his ex, actress Alexis Knapp, 34.
The 49-year-old actor was seen in the driver’s seat of his car as Kailani – who goes by Kai – and her friends were side-by-side in the backseat.
In the caption the star said he had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with his tween child as they watched movies like Elf and enjoyed Boba drinks.
Kai’s mother is Alexis Knapp, an actress best known for Pitch Perfect who broke up with Ryan before she welcomed their child.
Kai is Ryan’s third child. Ryan also has two children – Ava, 24, and Deacon, 20 – with his ex-wife Reese Witherspoon, 47, whom he divorced in 2008. Reese also has son Tennessee, 11, with her talent agent ex-husband Jim Toth.
Dad: Ryan Phillippe shared a very rare photo with his 12-year-old daughter Kailani Merizalde Phillippe Knapp whom he shares with his ex, actress Alexis Knapp. She is seen back seat, center
In the caption the star said he had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with his tween child as they watched movies like Elf and enjoyed Boba drinks
Here she is seen far right with her friends on a beach boardwalk
Ryan seemed thrilled taking the girls out.
‘Had the BEST Thanksgiving wknd w these lil beauties,’ wrote the star.
‘Sawyer, Ever, Kai & Isla. Pizza was had, Elf was watched, Young Sheldon was binged along w teen romance anime).
‘Boba was had, boardwalk shopping, cooking of pancakes was attempted, and we found some fake snow. + the eagles beat buffalo in OT and moved to 10-1, but I think that only mattered to me.’
Kai has joined Knapp at several red carpet events. The child could be seen at the premiere of Netflix’s Green Eggs and Ham in 2019. And she was at the event for Minions: The Rise Of Gru in 2022.
In September Phillippe celebrated a new milestone in his sobriety journey.
The actor shared a selfie on Instagram, revealing this is the longest he’s been sober since he was a teenager.
The I Know What You Did Last Summer star was donning aviator shades, a sleeveless white shirt with a Laval utility bag slung from his shoulder.
He also donned several bracelets with white earbuds with a toothpick in his mouth for the selfie.
‘Officially the longest I’ve gone since I was a teen without some kind of nicotine or marijuana in my system(among other things…),’ Phillippe began.
Mommy: Alexis shared images of the tween on social media often
Knapp and her child at the event for Minions: The Rise Of Gru at Milk Studios Los Angeles in 2022
The child see with her car during a cross country road trip
Sweet selfie: Knapp shared a photo of her with Kailani in 2016 when she was age five
‘Feeling thankful for the freedom that comes with breaking addictions and dependency on substance,’ he added.
‘Sobriety, clarity, and spiritual connectedness feels real good,’ he concluded, along with a prayer hands emoji.
He also shared the snap to his Instagram story, joking about his only two remaining ‘addictions.’
‘My only remaining addictions are toothpicks and self-improvement,’ the actor joked on his Story post.
Ryan with the two kids he shares with ex-wife Reese Witherspoon: Ava and Deacon
Ava, left, and Deacon, right, seen this month
Phillippe and Witherspoon attend after party for Flags Of Our Fathers in 2006 in NYC
While it’s unclear when exactly Phillippe went sober, he opened up about battling addiction and depression in a September 2017 issue of Women’s Health.
‘I think people fear being stigmatized or treated in a blanket fashion, which is sometimes the response to someone who says, “I struggle with depression,”‘ he said.
‘But really, depression could manifest in a thousand different ways depending on who it is,’ he added.
The actor admitted, ‘I don’t think there’s any reason not to talk about it. We can help each other cope and give tools that we learn along the way.’
Thankful: ‘Feeling thankful for the freedom that comes with breaking addictions and dependency on substance,’ he added; seen in February
Remaining: ‘My only remaining addictions are toothpicks and self-improvement,’ the actor joked on his Story post
He added, ‘I talk to myself quite often. I’m constantly talking things through in my head. I took a trip to Thailand, and I had such an amazing experience.’
‘Since then, I’ve been reading a ton of Eastern philosophy about giving up some of the superficial things we’re attached to, which I’m trying to do,’ he said.
‘I also have issues with patience and depression, and I’m thinking about how to focus and steady myself and be kinder and better. Meditation and exercise work for me,’ he admitted.
Phillippe will next be seen in the upcoming movie Miranda’s Victim with Abigail Breslin, Mireille Enos and Donald Sutherland, in theaters November 30.
