whatsapp freezes iphone 14 pro since 13 pro

Since iphone 13pro my whatsapp freezes when i select a picture from gallery to send to a contact. After buying a new phone and restoring from cloud backup the problem persists. Either I must wait a couple of minutes for it to unfreeze of I must close the app and go back to the conversation, then I am able to send the picture. If I select a picture from the Photos app and send to whatsapp the problem does not happen.

I thought of deleting and re installing whatsapp, but since the problem happened after upgrading to 14pro i dont think that is a good strategy. Strangely I haven't seen people complaining about that problem online.

Hope someone can help.

Thank you

Rubens