Reese Witherspoon has shown off her pet donkeys on US TV and told how her kids help clean up after them.

She said: ‘This year we got donkeys. They’re really cute. That’s Honky and that’s Tonky.

‘They’re actually miniature donkeys. They’re called donks. They’re docile and sweet.

‘We have a friend who had one and we thought it was really cute.’

Witherspoon told Ellen DeGeneres: ‘I have two pigs, three goats and 20 chickens. And of course I have three dogs.

‘And I have one horse. It’s hanging out with the donkey. It’s sweet.

‘And it’s so good for the kids to learn about animals and kindness and compassion. I make them clean the stalls.’