Jennifer Aniston rolled up to the Critics Choice Awards with ‘two burly bodyguards’

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People are still talking about Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s appearance at the Critics’ Choice Awards. Personally, I think the awfulness of her Saint Laurent dress is totally a two-day story, but there are other moments to discuss. Like, Jennifer wasn’t just there as the wife of a nominee – Justin also got to present an award alongside Liv Tyler. And when he was on stage, Jennifer couldn’t see him, so she ordered someone to “MOVE!”

Not only that, but Jennifer seemed to have a bizarre reactions to Kate Beckinsale walking on stage. What’s up with this? Kate’s dress is clearly better than Jennifer’s sad bust ruffle and center seam. Or is Jennifer making a face about Kate’s light Botox? Because Jennifer shouldn’t even start.

But the real story might be that Jennifer rolled up to the Critics’ Choice Awards with two burly bodyguards in tow. Per Roger Friedman’s column:

Jennifer Aniston– who came with husband Justin Theroux, nominated for “The Leftovers,” brought two burly security guards, just in case one of the celebrities got in her face. They stopped anyone from getting near her or taking a picture. Will Forte provided the overt comic relief with his half-shaven head, went over to Jen and posed for a picture, to which Jen quipped to the photographer, “Please fix his hair, while you’re at it, fix mine.”

The bodyguards did serve an unwitting purpose however. The blocked the view between Paulson-Taylor and Paulson’s ex, the great theater actress Cherry Jones, known to TV audiences from “24.” Ouch.

[From Showbiz411]

If you’re going to argue that Jennifer needs bodyguards for her personal safety in general, sure. I don’t have a problem with that, and God knows what kinds of threats or craziness she gets. But it seems like Jennifer rolled up to a pretty low-key celebrity event and used her bodyguards to “protect” her from OTHER CELEBRITIES. Like, Sarah Paulson was going to fan-girl over Aniston and it was just going to be too much. And since Friedman noted it in this way, doesn’t it seem like Aniston was the only person there with bodyguards in tow? It’s less about safety and more like she didn’t want to interact with certain people, I guess?

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  1. Desertrose says:

    I think she looks beautiful. Very healthy and happy.

    • blueb says:

      I agree… I also think that this site has their ‘favorites’ and Aniston is not one of them so there will be much nitpicking and nothing nice to say…

      • minx says:

        Meh, to me she’s just overrated.
        She has her niche, rom coms, and she has aged out of that.
        I don’t think she wants to go back to TV but film parts dry up for women after a certain age. She’s no Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet ot Cate Blanchett.
        She had her glory days as BP’s wife, Friends star and tabloid fodder. That’s over.

      • funcakes says:

        Minx you’re so right. It’s 2001in her own mind. Would it have been so hard to just be low key and let Justin enjoy his time on the spotlight. Its makes one question if she’s threaten by the fact that his star is shining brighter than Jennifer’s.
        I guess the mystery as to why she’s unable to maintain a long term relationship has been solved. Guarantee in another year these antics are going to get real old to Justin.

      • Camille says:

        There are plenty of fan sites for the celebs you like if you don’t like what is written here…

      • SMUG B$@%^^ says:

        you all need to get a job/life

    • Ava says:

      Yeah she is so happy that her husband has flown back to his home is NY – this couple confessed to like living apart.

      PS: she looks stoned and as she grows older, she starts to look more and more manly.

      • funcakes says:

        I like Justin but I honestly see him eventually leaving for a younger woman. But then that’s a common story on Hollywood.

    • SAR says:

      If looking like a real housewife = beautiful, then okay …..

      The pursed lemon lip look she has going on looks terrible.

      • Ally8 says:

        She does remind me of Vicki Gunvalson these days. Which is about the cruellest thing one can say about anybody. Apologies.

      • Camille says:

        Ally8 – Yes Vicki! I was trying to figure out who she was reminding me of in these pics, and you nailed it.

    • Snowflake says:

      Yeah she looks great. I like that color of blue, brings out her eyes. The color of her eyes are gorgeous. I don’t get all the hate.

    • Jenni says:

      I love the hair and makeup. Her body is amazing. The dress looks OK in motion unfortunately not so much when they were posing.

    • CLINIQUA says:

      She doesn’t look near as bad as some people have been saying. But OMG – that pic up top!! she should sue her plastic surgeon. It looks like the botox went IN the eye and shut it. OMG. Poor thing. They’re like two different sizes!!

      • GoOnGirl says:

        Hey Cliniqua: How have you been? Miss you at JJ’s. Hope you’ve been well. Did you quit posting there?

      • CLINIQUA. says:

        HI @goongirl

        I’ve been well, miss you guys too! Tell everyone I said hi. I can’t post on Jj anymore – they want blood or at least a password I’ve long since forgotten. I think I have to create a new one. Do me a favor, tell Jj to let me post. Lolol

  2. Wentworth Miller says:

    I dont know. To me, it looks like she was reacting to something else. Kate Beckinsale is a beast! Her dress, her body, her accent. She’s just everything. And she kicks ass in the Underworld movies.
    Hey, MK. Are you the same MK that participated in Angela Yees birthday party/basketball game last Thursday?

    • Ally8 says:

      Either Beckinsale almost tripped in the moment the camera switched to Aniston, or one of the screens onstage shows what is being aired (highly likely) and Aniston reacted to suddenly seeing herself on there mid-sentence. It just looks like a reaction of surprise, not cattiness, imo.

      • Wentworth Miller says:

        To me, as well. I don’t have a feeling for Jennifer Aniston one way or the other so I didn’t automatically think that her expression was anything other than surprise. I’ve seen catty looks, n that wasn’t it.

      • CLINIQUA. says:

        That was a weird reaction. I don’t buy the tripping explanation. No one else reacted, which would have been a tell if Kate had tripped. No one reported a trip, and stumbles usually always make the presses.

        The only thing I can figure, looking at that hands over nose thing Aniston did – is, that appears to be some kind of self conscious hiding mechanism she does. it’s a ‘tell,’ for self conscious actually.

        Like for instance, Aniston may have made that reaction because she didn’t want a reaction shot of her face as the camera glides over truly beautiful Beckinsale.

        She’s pretty transparent and easy to read, because she’s really shallow.

  3. BooBooLaRue says:

    uhmm because she is so important?

    • BeeBee says:

      She’s a legend in her own mind. An overrated sitcom, long over; sub-standard film (script and acting) appearances, and shilling her water and Emirates. She has a zero likeability factor with me – in my opinion her entire life and appearances are just one Huvane-induced performance.

      • Caz says:

        Yes. She’s certainly made a silk purse out of a sows ear. I don’t know why she is still getting coverage. Other things to talk about.

    • Ava says:

      Only in her and her little minions heads…

      Someone should tell her that she is not that well like and people won’t queue up to see her..

  4. meme says:

    I like Jen but that dress is so poorly made. I cannot believe Saint Laurent designers let her go out wearing such a terribly constructed dress.

    • funcakes says:

      On the DM website they have a tall,slender model wearing the same dress. And when compared,the dress is not flattering to Jennifer’s frame.

  5. doofus says:

    that reaction to Beckinsdale seemed to me like Aniston saw an “almost” slip or fall. esp since hers was a VERY quick reaction/recovery.

    at least, that the reaction that I have when I see someone almost go down.

    • KAI says:

      It looks like she says ‘watch out’ so yes, I agree that Kate, or someone, on the stage slipped.

    • Lady D says:

      That’s what I thought too, that she had slipped.

      • CLINIQUA. says:

        Camera didn’t show a slip.

        No one else reacted that way in the audience. That tells you a slip or almost slip, probably didn’t happen.

        Aniston seems to do it not in response to anything Beckinsale does, but in direct response to seeing the camera light up and realizing her face was on camera…at the same time they were showing beautiful beckinsale.

        I think she wasn’t up for the compare and contrast.

      • doofus says:

        why do you think she said “watch out”?

      • Esmom says:

        “I think she wasn’t up for the compare and contrast.” Lol, you’ve figured it out. She can’t handle seeing beautiful women because she knows she’s inferior. So why bother with hair and makeup? She might as well give up and wear a big on her head.

  6. anne_000 says:

    So desperate…

  7. Tiffany27 says:

    To me it looked like she was making faces because she thought Kate was gonna fall.

  8. Apple Tartin says:

    I don’t think she was reacting to Kate B. she was reacting to seeing herself on the big screen they have at these events. Which is nonsense since has been to 100’s of these award shows, she was just fake responding in shock. But it makes her seem like she is just like everyone else, Stars they are just like us @@… please, everything she does is calculated.

    • BeeBee says:

      Her whole life is calculated – one continuous PR/marketing ploy after the other. Her marriage to Justin is, in my opinion, just one more ploy. I can’t believe people actually think those two are for real. It’s a mutually rewarding set-up for both parties.

      • KikiGee says:

        Agree – and there’s something up with the pursed mouth. I reckon she’s got new teeth and doesn’t want to show them yet. She does nothing by accident.

      • JenniferJustice says:

        I noticed that something with her mouth too. Not like her to not smile in the way that shows her teeth like she always does. I think she’s had something done she’s not ready to share yet.

    • CLINIQUA. says:

      Exactly Apple, fakery. Lol She didn’t want to have to just sit there and watch Beckinsale. So she made it about her. She’s weird.

  9. Bridget says:

    There’s always 1 celeb that randomly shows up to one of these events with body guards. At least it wasn’t Wilmer Valderrama this time.

    • Pandy says:

      OMG – Wilmer Valderrama showed up to an awards show with bodyguards??? Thanks for the laugh Bridget. I was thinking she brought the goon squad to block views of her cheap-looking dress.

  10. BeeBee says:

    That first photo really illustrates the botox injections she’s had, especially with her left eye. That said, she always gets a huge “Meh” from me. Overrated, mediocre, and appears to me wo be quite vapid. I seriously don’t get it with this chick – her films are primarily crap – most heading straight to DVD or soon after release. She sure got her money’s worth by hiring Huvane, that’s for sure.

    • Jaded says:

      She has hair falling in her eye, that’s why it’s half closing. Look at all the other pictures and her eyes are just fine.

      • BeeBee says:

        No, it’s more than hair falling in her eye; it’s the muscle structure around the eye. But…whatever.

      • Jaded says:

        Yes it’s hair falling in her eye….look at all the other pictures. Her eyes are perfectly normal.

      • doofus says:

        yes, Jaded, all the other pics of her eyes are fine. if it were “muscle structure”, she’d look like that in more than just one pic.

        yesterday, everyone was commenting on her pursed lips, saying she got so much botox that she couldn’t move her mouth or smile. today it’s “she got new teeth and doesn’t want to show them off”. meanwhile, other sites had plenty of pics of her smiling and here we have video proof of her moving her mouth to speak and smile.

        but…whatever.

    • Zapp Brannigan says:

      **Warning unsolicited career advice ahead**

      I think she would do well to go back to tv for a stint, maybe a short series (6 or 10 episode run) in a more serious role, build up cred that way and try to turn positive critical response into a different kind of movie career to give herself longevity because her romcom shelf life is running out.

      • Jayna says:

        I finally saw that indie movie, Cake, she did, and she was really good in it. The last indie movie years before that I saw her do she was lackluster. I can’t remember the name. But Cake, a really good performance. Maybe she should do more small budget movies.

      • NewWester says:

        That is actually a very good idea. Many actors would be wise to consider something like that

      • doofus says:

        I agree, esp since there are so many really really good series on Netflix and other pay providers. and so many crappy movie scripts, too.

        TV/Netflix is where it’s at.

      • funcakes says:

        I have to say I would love to watch her on TV again. Netflix is a perfect idea to start. The Unsinkable Kimmy would be a great start. Then something of her own.

    • desertrose says:

      Riiight. Amazing how her eye seems to be perfectly normal when her hair isn’t poking into her eyeball.

  11. QQ says:

    LOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO Presenter PLEASE!!, you need bodyguards so that the real people that are Nominated and winning… don’t swarm you?? Plebe as they are??!!! bwahahahahahahhaha This is delicious

  12. perplexed says:

    That really didn’t look like a reaction to a dress. It looked like something happened on stage and Aniston got slightly frightened at something. Huh. Is that how men on Twitter think women react to dresses?

  13. maggie says:

    I think she looks beautiful and happy. I can see why others may not like her dress but I love it. I’d wear it!.

    • Ava says:

      She looks stoned and drunk – well known fact is that she has problems with drugs and alcohol.

      And yes she is so happy in her married life that her and her husband live in two different cities.

      • Apple Tartin says:

        Which is why I think this marriage is so bogus, Justin gave up drugs and alcohol years ago, he was an addict. I am she would be a walking trigger for him constantly to imbibe.

      • Ava says:

        Don’t think Justin has given up on drug and alcohol – he still seems high in some interviews.

        This marriage is fake as they come plus Justin has lots of side pieces curtesy of pedo best friend Terry Richardson.

        I am willing to bet when this marriage breaks up it will be messy from both sides.

      • Tina says:

        I think the bodyguards were there to keep Justin from running off with Liv Tyler.

      • Jaded says:

        She looks fine – overly made-up but fine. Seems there are a lot of posters here who have a ‘direct from the horse’s mouth’ inside line on her addictions, her sham marriage, etc. etc. Good for you…keep up the accurate reporting.

  14. rosie says:

    This site and really has it in for Jennifer Aniston. It’s become very petty. Nobody thinks she is perfect but FFS give it a rest. It’s more than obvious her reaction was because she thought Kate was going to slip, not being bitchy about her botox or dress.

    • BeeBee says:

      Rosie, this is CeleBITCHY. This is not a JA fan page. Everyone has the right to express their views. I admit, I am no fan of hers – never have been. To tell people to give it a rest with her and other celebs is rather petty, too. Just my two cents.

      • TheOtherMaria says:

        It’s not petty when it’s true…

        If this were another certain actress, people would be in an uproar, but whichever hypocrisy floats your boat 😊

      • perplexed says:

        Is it really true that she was reacting to Kate Beckinsale looking “bad” though? There’s video evidence to look at in this case rather than 2nd hand sources, and her face looks like she’s reacting to something else. That looks like a reaction people have when someone has slipped on a banana, not to a pretty dress or even botox on a very pretty lady.

      • Original Kay says:

        Why would you think pettiness and truth are
        mutually exclusive?

      • rosie says:

        @BeeBee I think it’s fairly obvious to most at this point Celebitchy is no Jennifer Aniston fan page but thanks for the heads up. As I am not a Jennifer Aniston fan this revelation doesn’t upset me.
        I truly enjoy the celebitchy community and enjoy reading everybody’s comments. My pettiness comment was not directed at posters, but towards the site. I love the bitchy articles, that’s why I’m here, but its seems some celebrities get a free pass and other gets riped apart. I would like to see all celebrities get the same Celebitchy treatment.

      • Linor says:

        I agree. I wrote a comment about why Jennifer gets called many nasty names here and a rabid loon came and attacked me for that comment. This is the same person who call Aniston a ‘tramp’ that her husband is a gay and does not love her and all sorts of horrible things. This would not be allowed on a AJ post and I think the double standards here are funny.

    • blueb says:

      +1 Rosie…

      • Tash says:

        +2 Rosie.
        I wrote something similar but my comment is nowhere to be found :/. Anyway, for an actress who is boring, she sure does get a lot of coverage here. People dissect her every move and interject their own beliefs like they know the ins and outs of her life. It’s baffling. This post was totally unnecessary…I’m sure juicier things happened at that event.

    • FingerBinger says:

      +2 Rosie I’m stunned when they say something nice about Aniston but that almost never happens.

    • Original Kay says:

      If you think this is bad, do NOT read a duchess kate post. Brutal.

      • Wentworth Miller says:

        Why are dutchess Kate and Jen Aniston ripped to shreds on CB? Truth is truth, but some of the comments are just over the top for no damn reason.
        I’ve read comments about them where I had to wonder if there was a grudge from having personal relationships with either women.

    • Gina says:

      Just the header photo alone says it all. Seriously, I laughed out loud when I saw it. Clearly JA is loathed around here.

    • Jaded says:

      Thank you Rosie – one of the few voices of reason here. Normally I don’t post anything on Aniston stories because of the OTT responses I’d get, but really people, get a grip.

    • hogtowngooner says:

      Agreed. Jen seems so harmless to me, it’s sort of funny she inspires such vitriol.

    • clairej says:

      Sorry not about Jennifer, but I always loved the person on the ‘Gywneth’ posts who would write long posts slamming her and supposedly had inside info. They were great posts. Jennifer seems harmless enough. She is not a complete tragedy like Courtney.

  15. Rainbow says:

    Don’t like the dress but the color is nice and her legs look great in the last picture.
    I don’t get the hate, she is not the world’s greatest beauty but people talk as if she is a freak of nature. She is pretty to me. Not breathtakingly beautiful but definitely not ugly.

  16. Esmom says:

    I highly doubt the bodyguards were for protection from other celebs/guests, that sounds like BS. There has to be more to the story.

  17. Tina says:

    Justin has used Jennifer for fame, he is just as big a star as she is. He does not need Jennifer anymore, he stays in NY away from her. LOL

    • Penelope says:

      Justin is hardly “as big a star as she is.” He’s talented and does well for himself but Jennifer is by far the bigger name.

  18. iheartgossip says:

    Poor overrated JenA. Her dress, hair and make-up was done in the hopes the public wouldn’t notice the work she’s had done. Poor thing. And with all the gossip about Justin cheating with co-stars on the set; she’s probably fearful of her current relationship ending.

    • Lilian says:

      Well her previous husband cheated with his costar. Betrayal leaves u scared and scarred. I’m sure she is afraid.

      • Tina says:

        Well the husband , Jennifer has now cheated on his 14 year old relationship with her. What’s the saying ” you lose them, how you got them”. Jennifer and Justin were co-stars when they got together.
        Jennifer was not to scared and scarred to move on another woman’s relationship.

      • Colette says:

        It didn’t deter her from getting involved with a man who was living with his girlfriend of 14 years.I guess she had no problem leaving Heidi Bivens “scarred”.

      • Lilian says:

        Dear god people that wasn’t a dig at Brad Pitt in the least. Shit happens I’m aware. I was just responding to say that she probably genuinely thinks her husband might cheat. It’s like a real fear she might have. I think Brad Pitt is amazing.

      • Tina says:

        Of course, Jennifer thinks Justin will cheat, she married a cheater .

      • Lilian says:

        or 2

      • CLINIQUA. says:

        I thought Aniston said Brad didn’t cheat.

        I thought even Aniston’s closest and best friends concurred and said Brad is an honest guy and would never cheat.

        So even if you believe Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the lying liars from the devil’s lair and Aniston is the angel who never lies – they all 3 say no one cheated.

        That’s 3 for 3 (plus the ex’s besties). No other opinions matter or are involved enough to know.

  19. taxi says:

    The skirt slit is too high & makes the dress look like a nightgown.

  20. bree says:

    I always knew she was like this, others who have worked with her said she was difficult too (Jay Mohr). She is just trying to prove she is someone important and to get attention since her shameless Oscar campaign last year didn’t work. She is very calculating and manipulative.

  21. Grant says:

    I think she looks great! Love the blue. And that body… WOW!

  22. JenniferJustice says:

    I think it looks like she was saying “watch it” and not being catty about a dress or botox. That would be really reaching considering she wouldn’t have been able to see Kate’s botox clearly from that distance and JA does it too, so I don’t see her bashing somebody else who does it. I don’t care for Jennifer Aniston but I dont’ think she’s a horrible person or self-important. If anything, I think she’s flaky, flighty, but not malicious. I am surprised by the hate. First she was America’s sweetheart and then this poor victim, but now some people treat her like she’s the anti-Christ. What gives?

  23. Kate says:

    Maybe she’s dealing with a stalker or getting death threats or something at the moment? The Critics Choice awards are a pretty easy event to get into, I’d take security too if I knew some lunatic was zeroing in on me.

    She doesn’t usually take security to these events, I don’t think she suddenly decided she needed to be protected from the other celebs, especially since she was actually interacting with other people more than usual.

    • Ava says:

      Oh please – this woman always have her bodyguards with here.

      Remember when Adele said how Jennifer had a whole ladies room for herself and her bodyguards stopped anyone who wanted to use the facilities?

      Jennifer thinks she is someone important but in reality she is a c lister who is trying to behave like an a lister.

      • Carmen says:

        I can’t begin to imagine who would care enough to waste five minutes of their time sending her any hate mail. I know I wouldn’t.

      • doofus says:

        and yet, we have plenty of folks on here who spend/waste well more than 5 minutes of their time writing what is essentially “hate mail”. just because they don’t send it directly TO her doesn’t negate what’s written.

        and yes, that goes for a LOT of celebs.

      • Alice too says:

        Perhaps the same sort of people x 1000 who have spent years online saying hateful things about her? There are some very unbalanced people out there who fixate and there is nothing logical at all about why or who they choose. People who hate someone they don’t even know so much they would make threats. Or people who “love them” so much that their brains have created a reality in which there is a “relationship” that doesn’t exist. Or people who think that by harming someone else, it will impress the object of their obsession. There are ample examples of all of these cases, so take your pick. Some nutjob tired to assassinate Ronald Reagan to “impress” Jodie Foster. There is no logic in how some of these people function.

        We’ve got no idea of what she receives, but it’s probably pretty safe to assume that given the level of vitriol you see about her online, there may very well be people out there who do take the time.

        How many celebs have had stalker scares, people showing up in their houses etc can you think of? I would not want to be in any of their shoes from that point of view.

  24. Teatimeiscoming says:

    That’s a good color for her to wear; sadly the dress itself isn’t suitably designed. I hope she finds something with more substance in a similar tone next time.

  25. cocoo says:

    That dress is sooo wrong with the seam in the middle of her (let’s not call it a pussssssssssyyyyy) she actually looks healthier than that sack of bones with unfortunate knees and legs (we all know who it is) BUT this said she actually WILL never find the happiness mother’s have looking at their own children!! People choose different ways of living and happiness means different to different people. She chose weed over kids and that is respectable according to some people (rolling my eyes side ways!!!)

    • Carmen says:

      That’s unfair. A lot of women are perfectly happy with no children. She’s probably one of them.

  26. La La Land says:

    Something must be up … maybe someone can’t stand her acting and have already threatened her if she ever tries comedy again and again and again :/

  27. Lulu says:

    To me it looks like she’s watching the screen showing the crowd and when it cut to her she got a fright.

  28. Road warrior 102 says:

    1)Hair-check ! 2) Dress -Extremely Sexy -Check !! 3) Legs- Awesome -Check !!! Total == One Hell of A “Beautiful Lady” Oh Yeah !! ( Check It Mmmm ! ! ! )