I’ve been wondering about this for a while, so it’s nice to see the tabloids pick up on it – according to Us Weekly, Jennifer Aniston is in the midst of another breakup! OMG, POOR JEN. This time, however, a dong is not involved… unless it’s Courteney Cox with a… nevermind. Yes, Court and Jen have split up, and they’ve managed to keep their split quiet for a year! Right around the time when Courteney and David Arquette were “having problems” and CC was “boning the hell out of” another man, Brian Van Holt. So, obviously, Aniston felt like CC was “cheating” on her, and so Aniston called up Vanity Fair and was like, “Hey, I feel like taking off my clothes and crying!” Just kidding. Here’s what really went down:
The Breakup, starring Jennifer Aniston and . . . Courteney Cox? Although the actresses have been best friends through thick and thin since the 1994 debut of, er, Friends on NBC, they haven’t been photographed together in nearly a year.
“There’s tension” between Aniston, 42, and Cox, 46, one source confirms in the new Us Weekly, out now.
What could possibly threaten such a close-knit friendship? Cox’s trial separation from hubby David Arquette as she hangs with sexy Cougar Town costars Brian Van Holt and Josh Hopkins.
“Jen thinks Courteney is acting callous by running around with this guy but refusing to file divorce papers,” an Aniston source says. “Like she’s playing mind games with David.”
(Cox and Arquette announced their trial split in September 2010 after 11 years of marriage.)
Cox’s post-separation antics with her costar even reminded Aniston of her own marital heartache with ex Brad Pitt, who took up with Angelina Jolie weeks after their 2005 split.
“She hates watching Courteney do the same thing,” the source says.
[From Us Weekly]
You know what? I’ll buy that CC and Aniston have broken up – they really haven’t been doing much together lately – but I doubt this is the reason. After all, David kind of threw Aniston under the bus in several of his interviews with Howard Stern – something about Aniston being a harbinger of marriage doom, if I remember correctly. Why would Aniston take David’s side? That being said, I’m on David’s side, and I think CC has issues. I can’t believe Aniston and I might agree on something.
Oh, and remember this story? CC was pissed that Aniston was spending so much time with Chelsea Handler. Chelsea is, in CC’s opinion, trailer trash, and CC tried to get Aniston to dump the Chelsea friendship. That I would buy. The print edition also points to CC’s ongoing friendship (with benefits?) with Josh Hopkins, her CougarTown costar. Us Weekly notes that Josh and Aniston had a three-and-a-half month fling, that she wanted more and he didn’t, and then he was indiscreet about their relationship (to put it lightly). CC apparently didn’t care, and maintained a flirtatious friendship with Josh.
By the way, I know no one seems to be interested in Aniston’s latest romance/fauxmance with Justin Theroux, but I’m still enchanted by the PR shenanigans. The last time I wrote about Aniston’s bizarre “Are they dating?” BS (here), it barely got any comments and the general reaction to the whole thing seems rather “meh”. Anyway, I just wanted to point out that despite denying that she and Theroux are dating to Us Weekly, this “romance” is still getting pushed in People Magazine and many, many other outlets:
They’ve only been dating a few weeks, but things appear to be heating up between Jennifer Aniston and her new man, actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux.
On May 27, Jennifer threw a small get-together for close pals, including Chelsea Handler and Courteney Cox, to introduce them to her guy. “They all had a great time and enjoyed Justin’s company,” a source tells PEOPLE.
As for the new couple – who first became friendly on the Georgia set of Wanderlust last fall – “they’re doing great.” Adds the source: “He’s edgier than the guys Jen usually dates. She really likes him!”
[From People]
So, we’ve gone from denial to an established couple, at least according to the Bible of established celebrity gossip. Makes me wonder why her Machiavellian publicist even bothered with the vehement denial to Us Weekly. It just makes Aniston and her publicist look ridiculous.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
On May 27, Jennifer threw a small get-together for close pals, including Chelsea Handler and Courteney Cox…
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But I thought Jennifer and Courteney weren’t friends anymore. The media, it is confusing me.
I beleive there are tensions between those two but not for the reasons that tab is writing.
I beleive the tensions came directly after David said something like Aniston was too much present in their live and added to the pressure or something along the way.
I always wonder why i didn’t hear anything after his quote, either from jen or Courtney to counteract it. But after that I have never seen a picture with Jen or Courtney.
Chelsea is also one of the reason i beleive jen and Courtney have grown apart. Chelsea said that she and Aniston often go to bars and i can’t picture CC doing it. I just can’t picture Courtney going to bars, drinking and gossiping.
So who to believe? In the first story, JA and CC aren’t speaking, in the next JA is breathlessly introducing JT to CC. Huh?
The middle picture to me, tells the story. David walked in front, while Jen and CCA walk arm in arm. That picture, makes me believe the article about David Arquette resenting Jen’s presence in their marriage.
I totally buy that Jennifer Aniston would side with david after Courtney’s behaviour. If you have experienced a split like this yourself, you become sensitive when your friend does the same thing to someone.
Two weeks ago, according to People, it was just a casual dinner between friends. Now, all of a sudden, they are in a commited relationship, again, according to People. When does her movie come out again..early July. Just saying, this is a pattern she has repeated many times.
JA is so boring and dull and desperate and so boring playing the wronged woman…
I don’t blame CC for looking for greener pastures!
“Just saying, this is a pattern she has repeated many times.”
Except for Just Go With It, when she cut her hair instead!
It’s sad if it’s true (about JA & CC), as breaking up with your BFF is often way more traumatic that it is with any mere mortal man.
I really think that Jen Aniston is one of the most difficult celebs to read.
I am never 100% convinced of anything written about her, or even discussed BY HER in interviews.
Can’t tell what is true and what isn’t.
Kind of sad if it is true because their friendship lasted longer then their other relationships.
So who to believe? In the first story, JA and CC aren’t speaking, in the next JA is breathlessly introducing JT to CC. Huh?
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I was just about to say the same thing. One of this stories has to be bullshit. If they haven’t been friends for a year, then it isn’t likely that she is rushing to introduce some dude to her ex friend. The tabloids really think their readers are stupid and will believe anything. I bet the ‘reporter’ (aka bong smoking moron who never even read a course catalog for a journalism school) got handed his ass by his ‘editor’ (aka bong smoking idiot with a degree purchased online) this morning in light of the US Weekly story.
I know everyone jumps to blaming publicists for these stories, but I think most of it is photo assumption and completely invented quotes. Does anyone even notice the same generic quotes are restated in another way and used every time Jen is near a man???
I hope this isn’t true! Aniston’s PR fauxmances are pathetic but I always thought that Courteney was one of the few loves in her life.
Why is David carrying a tambourine? Is it to annoy people. Does he bang on it when he doesn’t like what someone is saying? Does he communicate with it when he is too drunk to speak? One shake means no, two means yes?
Didn’t JA and CC supposedly spend Christmas Eve together? Didn’t CC say in a recent interview that JA was in NYC doing a play? CC was away filming in Hawaii, JA promoting JGWI. When exactly was this BFF breakup supposed to occur? Seems out of character for both to toss a 17-year friendship. Don’t buy it.
I think there definitely is some rift between CC and JA. They used to be photographed together regularly, going to each other’s events, vacationing together etc. It’s been awhile since the last time we’ve seen them together. And then there are those tingling little things like CC being super friendly with the guy who publicly overshared about JA.
I don’t think it’s a huge break up like they’re not talking anymore, more like gradual but steady cooling off after some serious disagreement that wasn’t ever really solved but brushed aside for the sake of keeping a relationship.
Didn’t they do Xmas together? I think friendships that old can have cooling off periods without ending completely. But I am guessing there’s tension.
Girl friendships are complicated. Sometimes it’s not just one major thing that ends a friendship, rather it’s a lot of little things that never get addressed throughout the years until one thing tilts the whole bucket over. Plus, when you’re friends for so long, there is a lot of good and bad. One can easily fixate on the bad when they’re tired of maintaining a long-term friendship.
Hopefully this is just their cooling off period.
Whatever on the story….it’s that top picture that’s giving me pause. It looks like the ghost of Courteney Cox standing next to Jay Leno wearing a brassy wig. Scary stuff.
I can just picture CC and JA sitting around reading our ridiculous, speculative comments – laughing their bony, little asses off!
It would serve People, US, et al if we all just stop buying their crappy stories and start living our own lives to their fullest. The hell with these vacuous celebs and their ridiculous self promotion!
I do not think at all that JA has an issue with CC slleping/flirtin around….
She’s n saint either, and remember that her close circle of friends included Sheryl crow and Laura Dern, which both have broken marriages or slept with married men with small children. (dern rboke 2 marriages), and they are in the goddesses circle)
First I am surprised that Kaiser believes this stuff. I guess that is the power of tabloids.
Jen hasn’t been seen with Courtney because she hasn’t really been seen at all. She has really been laying low lately. To the poster that said they haven’t been photographed together lately. True but when has Jen been photographed lately. Jen has been laying low for awhile now.
I don’t believe the story about Jen and courtney at all. But you can be sure if they are seen together in the next few weeks that they have made up – at least according to US weekly. To me this story is about as crazy as Brad and Jen meeting up (in In Touch this week). Don’t know why the tabloids love putting Jen on there covers. She must be a big seller or something. Remember just a short while ago it was Bradely Cooper.
I think that the last post on Jennifer and Justin got no posts because no one believed it and really is tried of the stories of jen with some guy when we all know it is not true.
I could see things maybe being a little different as CC’s life is changing with her separation and all, but like most stories involving JA, I think it’s more overblown tabloid nonsense because they know people buy it.
lil, who did Sheryl Crow mess around with?
I don’t believe they are no longer friends, I think the media is digging for dirt to write, and since they can’t find any, they make shit up!!!!
I’m speculating that Jennifer could be one of those gfs who calls up her bff with drama all the time, occupying time that Courteney needed to spend with her family and that is why David was so resentful.
they’re probably scrapping because courtney laughed and talked with brad pitt at that party. she probably got home and called jen and was all breathlessly excited about all she’d talked about with brad: brad’s kids and all the cute things they do, coco and all the cute things she does, then back to brad’s cute kids, then coco, then brad’s kids, etc. poor outraged jen was like, “but didn’t you talk about me? what, my name never came up?! why didn’t you tell him all about how sexy i am, how banging my body is? why wasn’t your conversation all about ME?”
There’s got to be some truth in this, because any breakup does affect a couple’s friendships, but the frendship is probably just temporarily strained, not broken.
I think CC has changed a lot in the past year or so, and that has changed the friendship. She’s single and spends a lot of time at work on her TV show. She was Jennifer’s rock during her divorce from Brad. But because of the circumstances (CC probably has a red-hot affair going with her costar) Jennifer just can’t support her.
It may be messy because Jennifer was so close to BOTH Courtney & David. Sometimes people who were friendly with both partners wind up siding with one of them after the divorce.
I think Jen has always been jealous of CC and tried to jeopardize every relationship she was in – she definitely tried to monopolize Courtney when she was married to David. It’s counterintuitive but I totally buy her taking David’s side: not because she feels he’s been wronged but because CC has distanced herself from Jen before and didn’t approve of Chelsea. I think that any reasonable woman will eventually move away from desperate and self-centered Jen. Look at Sheryl Crow, once a member of the “goddessess” club. Why isn’t she hanging around with Jen? I think she’s learned a thing or two about her and moved on.
“but I think most of it is photo assumption and completely invented quotes.”
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I totally agree. I don’t think any of the tabs know squat. They look at the photo and make a story up.
Just like the cover of Angie Jo this week screaming/implying she is a heroin addict. They took one photo of her… shopped it a little bit… and WHAM! they have a cover story.
I believe Jen was a source of contention in the Arquette marriage. I believe David when he says that Jen spent too much time with them. He’s been unbelievably honest about aspects of their marriage, why would he lie about the fact he was tired of seeing Jen every time he turned around?
I don’t have any issues with Courtney fooling around with her co-stars if that is indeed what is happening. They are legally separated, so she’s not technically cheating. Their relationship is whack anyway, so I can’t really pass judgement. Who knows what’s going on with them.
I can also see why CC & Jen would drift apart. CC is working again. She’s meeting new people. No relationship stays the same. They are probably experiencing growing pains.
“Two weeks ago, according to People, it was just a casual dinner between friends. Now, all of a sudden, they are in a commited relationship, again, according to People. When does her movie come out again..early July. Just saying, this is a pattern she has repeated many times.”
Or it’s a pattern People has repeated many times.
there is mad hate for JA. I am trying to figure out why all of the loathing. I mean, it is not like she stole someone’s husband, or went out and cheated publicly on her spouse. And DA throwing her under the bus was kind of lame, but maybe she just rubs people the wrong way and is, like many have said, truly insecure.
Oh wait I feel like an idiot Huvane probably planted both of these stories so that she can deny them both during her movie promotion 😉
I’ve got to admire the abilities of her PR team.
Howard told David that he should bang Jennifer…if that goes down it’s gonna be tabloid GOLD, man!!!
can you imagine Jen finally getting some hot dong from the ‘anti-Brad’ ?
i think David is totally hotter & so much more rock-n-roll than him on any given Sunday btw!
also the BURN Courtney-miss-dangle-’em-on-a-string-C*ck is gonna feel?!
come on & make it happen David…Jen will be so down. it’s like killing 3 birds with one stone.
ohhh, i am tingling with anticipation! 😆
Long-term relationships, of any kind, are cyclical. Good times, bad times. I think JA and CC are probably not as close right now but would still consider themselves good friends. This stuff happens in regular people’s lives too. It’s just not that dramatic for them or us. Oh, and our relationships aren’t on the cover of magazines desperate for stories.
@Kaiser: Plant-and-deny is an old Huvane tactic. Plant a story in one place and deny it in another. People mag has fallen for it more than once. You’d think they’d learned their lesson by now.
SORRY. J ANNISTON IS SIMPLY NOT PRETTY ENOUGH. PERIOD THE END.
I have been wondering about it for a long time. Courteney and her have not been photographed in over a year. Not really proof. But Courtney not claiming Aniston as her BFF on Howard. My input.. is that when Courteney broke with David I’m sure a lot came out. David said on Howard that he and Courteney/Coco were never alone. That there were always “FRIENDS” around. That Courteney was the Mother to everyone. That is very telling. Sorry I don’t care how close you are to your friends you need to have family time and ALONE time with your MAN/Husband whatever. Without the girlfriends always there. Jennifer had said that she was at their house at least 3 days a week not to mention spending most weekends. WTH. So maybe Courtneny saw that this was not a good thing and just made some slight changes. Letting the girls go a bit. Focus on herself and maybe her marriage (which looks over). I would have loved for David to keep talking. all that talk about not having much of a romance was just telling and let you see that they were having problems a long time.
Not sure if she and Aniston are BFFs. but there is something different about the relationship. That could be Good or Bad.. JMO
JA is so meh.
@ Lisa
Co-signed.
I have the same analysis as you. I beleive that many things came out, especially from David who probably was bittered and angry and finally express being fed up about this situation.
I think that CC had to rethink the terms of her friendship in order to not jeopardize the new relationship and that Aniston, probably cautiously thought to cool it off too and be less present so that she won’t get blamed again for concentrating too much attention from her friend instead of it being concentrated on her friend’s lover/betterhalf.
Lucy2, Sheryl Crow was with Lance Armstrong immediately after (or during?) the breakup of his (first) marriage. Hard to say who actually broke it up, though, because he is a disgusting dog. *Shudders.*
I honestly don’t care . . . but I DO enjoy seeing before/after photos of both these chicks’ plastic surgery!
Why do people still care about that old fart jennifer aniston? She’s not even attractive,never was. Who the fuck cares about who she dates.
@LindaR (#13): I think David is carrying a tambourine because he thinks it shows how funny and interesting and quirky he is. He’s David Arquette! You can’t put him in a box! There’s no predicting what he’ll do next! Why, he’s carrying a tambourine!
Meh.
Friendships change as we change. It’s just the way life is. When my marriage broke up, my dear friend was my rock. She was there for me and my children, and answered whenever I called. Life went on, I survived. Dear friend got into a relationship of her own (I still wasn’t involved with anyone) and I wanted the best for her. I ended up in a relationship with one of their friends. It was all lovely.
Until dear friend moved out of state with her man. Still friends. I broke up with their friend. Still friends. Had a falling out afterward, didn’t speak to dear friend for over a year.
Dear friend and her man split; she moved back home; apologies all around and boom! friends again. Still are.
Life is about ebb and flow, people. Things change, they move, they alter. C’est la vie!
bellaluna…thanks…I may have needed that.
^yup, what she said.
also, i want the name and number of CC’s botox to-go-to and plastic surgeon.
blah blah blah, I’m sick of their smug little botoxed faces, put them on the same boat with Goopy and send them down the river like the eskimos…oh and can we follow up with a tug boat full of the Kardashians while we’re at it?
If they broke up over the demise of Courtney’s marriage I would not be at all shocked and have long been anticipating the confirmation of this. I remember a while back with all the unfaithful Courtney posts commenting that I thought it was strange 1-that Courtney would do that considering it was what was allegedly done to her bestie and 2-that they would still be close IF in fact that’s what she had done. I think Courtney doing the exact same thing that caused Jennifer pain is enough threaten their friendship.
@36. Jennifer isn’t “pretty enough” for what? She’s not pretty enough to have a falling out with a long time friend? I’m confused. Please explain.
More than likely this is the usual PR MO of plant and deny stuff. Makes for fun reading though 😉 .
Oh and thanks Kaiser for the header photo! It made my day 😀 . What number face is that on Aniston do you think? Her face has really changed a lot over the years hasn’t it, subtle work, yet its an obvious change/softening. She must have an excellent surgeon on speed dial 😆 .
Although that header photo of Aniston- yikes, fugly! Maniston/Iggy Pop indeed.
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I don’t see how this is a big deal. If people remain friends for that long, things are bound to happen. Whether they’re fighting, growing apart or reevaluating the friendship, it’s just not this dramatic. I have a wonderful friend who I’ve known and been close to for 15 years. We’ve had ups and downs, including not speaking for a year in 2008. When you’re that close, you’re like family. And family can be the hardest people to have patience with. Everyone is too comfortable, so feelings get hurt. It’s ok, though. Stuff works itself out. My husband has often thought that my friend has taken presidence over him. Husbands will be husbands. Spouses will be spouses, and friends will be friends. It’s normal to have a little jealousy that way. I spend the majority of my time with my Husband and family, but I talk to my friend often, even though she’s moved to Texas. She’s like a sister. I’d never turn her away. IF David is upset that Jen was spending so much time with Courtney, he needs to relax. Girls need their girlfriends. In moderation, it’s really healthy. IF Jen is upset at Courtney for philandering around with a bunch of guys while choosing to stay married, I’d say hells yeah. Decide what you’re doing with your marriage before jumping the bones of someone else. It’s just respectful, and you can’t blame Aniston for feeling that way, seeing as someone did it to her. These are all big “IF”s, of course. If Liana (who has a job in the business) says they got together a few days ago, what is there left to discuss? Tabloids want Jen on their covers. They sell when she is. People either really hate her for being married to Brad Pitt, or they rally with her and want good things for her. Either way, it’s win win for the tabloids. There really isn’t much drama here, even assuming that it’s all true.
It’s sad but best friends do grow apart, sometimes naturally. And when you’ve spent a lot of time in each other’s pockets for a lot of your adult life, a break is healthy.
On a ligher note, Lisa Kudrow seems to have done fine without needing either Jennifer or Courtney as BFFs. 😉
Is there anyone LESS interesting than Jennifer Aniston?
I remember reading that Jennifer cannot make a simple decision without calling her friends for advice. I could see how a friend’s constant neediness could bring tension to one’s marriage. I can also say, from experience, that a friend who is needy and ever present can be very draining. Courtney recently mentioned she wants to focus on herself and her needs. This story totally fits.
Charlotte-
They do not hate Aniston for being married to Brad Pitt. He is a nice guy.
Brad has never presented himself in print nor by action as a man stolen or regretting his decision to leave his marriage. That alone speaks volumes. He never looked back, unlike Jen. In six years there has not been a single photograph of Brad and Jen together in any way. Yet, there exists a throng of fans who want Brad to return to Jen and remain hopping mad that it has not happened (check Female First webiste for example.) It was Jennifer who strongly implied foul play in 2005, then said “there were no villians” in her marriage and then flew off the handle and later called Angelina uncool—3 YEARS AFTER HER 2005 DIVORCE— in 2008.
Was it really necessary for the media to know all of her negative reactions towards Brad and Angie, either through her direct snarky remarks or indirectly through her “friends”-Laura Dern, Courtney Cox, and the worst of them all, Chelsea Handler? No. But if you are immature, you will not have the discernment to know when to keep quiet.
If you have not noticed, there have been many other highly publicized divorces since 2005 where actually, infidelity indeed took place and was publicly acknowledged (Kate Winslet, Sandra Bullock, Elin Nordgren…and none of those wives dared played themselves. The latest of which is Maria Shriver, and if she can show restraint and move on…what exactly was Aniston’s dilemma? Why would you want to keep a man who wants to leave you?
People are fatigued and annoyed with the poor-me, pity-me party she ran using the media for sympathy, coattailing and vengeance. The break-up would have been a non-story IF she had remained silent. Marriage breakups happen routinely in Hollywood. If it wasn’t for her whining to the media about her feelings, there would not have been a “side” to pick. She played herself as an insecure, woman-child post divorce— all because Brad swiftly moved on, never looked back, and hooked up with Angelina Jolie.
RE: Aniston fauxmance: I might care if I knew who the hell Justin Theroux was.
@ Nev & beth – It’s just the way it is. We grow, we change. Sometimes our friendships grow and change with us and sometimes they don’t. It’s sad, but it’s true.
And I love my dear friend. We are still dear friends. Sometimes we endure rocky roads, sometimes it’s smooth sailing.
The ebb and flow of life.
I agree with Jen on this one. Either get a divorce and go hang with whatever guys you want or stay married and make it work with David and not hang out with your male co stars 24/7.
I get she is probably mad at David cheating and doesnt know if it will work with him so she is keeping her options open but it will never work with her doing that.
You can not have your cake and eat it to. You can try but you will faill.
CC has emphatically denied a rift (commented at Chanel event)
I think that they both made mistakes, but hopefully they become friends again, i really wish that Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox do because it looks odd without seeing them together, cause normally they be in photo’s together and they go vocations together.
Also Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox are my favorite Actresses.
I blame jen for this one. cc has been there for her through all the mess with brad, her career she wasn’t jealous of her sucess, was supportive etc and when cc needs her she bails at the first hurdle. You can tell how one sided that relationship was everyone says that cc is maternal maybe jen didnt like the fact SHE had to be the supportive one for once if this is true jen will have lost the best friend she’s ever gonna have- its a shame because that was one of the most genuine friendships in hollywood and she BLEW it she always pushes people away; mommy issues eh?