Ryan Phillippe took his teenage son alien-hunting as a birthday treat - but they didn't find quite the "bonding" experience they were seeking.
The Shooter star, who shares Deacon with his ex Reese Witherspoon, decided to surprise his boy with a special road trip for his birthday in October. "He recently had his 17th birthday.
I didn't tell him what we were doing, I just said it would be a short road trip," Ryan told Live with Kelly and Ryan. "So I picked him up and we started heading out to the desert, Joshua Tree, where the crazy rocks are," he went on.
And while the trip's outcome might not have been all he had hoped for, Ryan certainly went all out to try and give his kid an other-worldly experience.
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