Jennifer Aniston is said to have taken a page from the Tom Cruise school of dating and to have asked her agent to help set her up with hot eligible bachelors back when she first split with John Mayer, with whom she has since reconciled. This story comes from the NY Post, so who knows how based in reality it is, but supposedly Aniston as afraid of having her big movie come out when it was known that she was without a man. All that was solved when Mayer stepped back into the picture with his wordy look-at-me pseudo intellectualism:
OPENING her movie on Christmas, the same day her ex-husband’s film hits theaters, will be tough for Jennifer Aniston – but it would be much tougher promoting “Marley & Me” if Hollywood’s most talked-about single woman didn’t have a date.
In interviews for her upcoming flicks (she’s also starring in “He’s Just Not That Into You”), Aniston, 39, has been open about dating John Mayer, 31. But we hear she was also scouting other candidates during a lull in their relationship.
A few months ago, during a brief split between the duo, Aniston’s camp was shopping for potential dates. “She didn’t want to face the glare of being unattached while Brad Pitt toted Angelina Jolie around” on the promotional rounds for his release of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
Aniston “did not want to be single when her movie opened,” one source said. “A friend of her agent was calling around asking for young men whom they could set her up with.” But the attempt to find a replacement for Mayer was aborted when he and Aniston soon got back together.
[From The NY Post]
I don’t see how different it is to scout for a boyfriend through friends or the Internet vs. through your agent. It’s not a move of desperation to get some help in that department and some of the best matches are made by friends and third parties. If this is true, Aniston was looking for dates and although it sounds strange to us it’s probably perfectly normal in Hollywood to use your agent for that. It could have been motivated by the fear that she would be single at a time when she had to do a lot of press, and given everything she’s been saying in interviews that sounds likely. If that’s the case, it doesn’t bode well for her relationship with Mayer. Maybe now we know why she was so willing to go back to a guy who seems immature and talks too much to the press. He’s better than nothing.
Jennifer Aniston is shown at the premiere of Marley & Me on 12/11/08. Credit: WENN
Didn’t Billy Bob and Angelina get hooked up through their agent?
I know Christian Bale and his wife got hooked up via Winona Ryder.
I’m sure it happens all the time.
I’d venture that reconciling with Mayer was the true act of desperation but whatever.
I don’t understand why it would be so horrible to not have a man? But yes, meeting people through mutual acquaintances is certainly better than hitting love@aol or hanging out in chat rooms.
She looks like Amanda Bynes in the header.
Is this woman a yawn-fest of epic proportions, or what?
I’m pretty sure she and Brad Pitt hooked up through their agents back in the day.
I dunno, I have a hard time seeing her as “desperate for a date.” She could be one of those women with that “I can’t be alone” issue, but I don’t get that impression at all; she seems pretty comfortable in her own skin. I don’t think I’m particularly a fan of hers, though I did like ‘Friends’ and a couple of her movies that were not romantic comedies, but I think the media tries to portray her as “needing a man,” and that’s ALL they want to talk about. Seems to me, a woman with her looks and money could have anyone she wants…she was married to Brad Pitt for goodness sakes! Now, why she chooses John Mayer is a complete mystery…but hey, it’s her life, I’m pretty sure she deserves to live it however she wants.
What a hoot! Jennifer Aniston has always been a very private person, celeb status or not. She has had some serious relationships that she chose not to make into a legal, committed relationship via marriage, so why would this confident, wealthy, charismatic, sexy woman “need” a man to make her complete?…Others , yes. Jen? No.
I think she and Brad were set up by their agents too.
I’m pretty sure Joan Crawford used to do that.
Well that finally explains Mayer. I could not for the life of me understand how she would re-hook up with him again and now I have my answer.
ff, Angie and BBT had (and still have, I think) the same manager. But the first time they met was on Pushing Tin.
Back to Aniston – I *totally* believe that many of her relationships have some aspect of “professional attatchment” to them… there was Vince Vaughn, who dumped her just after the publicity tour for The Break-Up, then that rent-a-date Paul Sculfor, and now Mayer.
Seriously, what’s so wrong about being alone? I thought she was a “feminist” now?
Hey Syko, the son of a good friend of mine met a young woman in an AOL chat room. Eight years and two children later, they are very happily married.
Yeah, Brad and Jen WERE introduced by their agents. I guess they thought we needed a real life Ken and Barbie? Now that I think of it, I believe the big Ken / Barbie split occured right before Jennifer and Brad’s was announced…
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/12/offbeat.barbie.breakup.ap/
i dont think this story is true. she doesnt seem like the ‘desperate’ kind.
Yes, her agent called Brad’s agent the minute he broke up with Paltrow and weas still reeling from it. She famously slept with him on that first date.
Oh please.
If she was one of those women who can’t be alone, she simply would never BE alone. It’s not that hard to find someone nice enough to be with. JA has been single for longer periods of time, which shows me that she wants more than nice enough.
It would also explain John Mayer, he can’t be the easiest of guys and is certainly not helping her image. There must be something about him that she really loves.
And she picked out John Mayer? That agent would be so fired….
Enough with this woman already. We should be so lucky as to have her beauty and wealth and if she is whining about her love life, well, she is stupid. Get down on your knees and thank God for what you have and shut up already. It is getting a bit much. She is an ADULT..mid life…find a life and stop flaunting yourself (the latest nude pics). She is now desparate for attention and starting to look a bit long in the tooth for this kind of stuff. Must be nice…….that is all she has to worry about. Such pettiness when the rest of the world is in turmoil. Grow up.
This is stupid they never even posed together and her people would have gotten someone else. I say it’s love because John Mayer has done nothing but probably hurt her “image” because he is not seen as bf material. I think her people wanted her with Gerard Butler and planted the story they were dating but she went back to Mayer and ruined their plan. HAHA
I don’t think it’s about her actually needing to be with someone. I think the point of the article is that she didn’t want to be perceived as being alone while Brangelina was promoting CCOBB. This isn’t a shocker and someone else broke this story weeks and weeks ago. I truly believe that only Aniston fans are naive about her PR shenanigans.
I think it would be better to show up alone than with the douchebag John Mayer on your arm.
I don’t see why it’s such a big deal to go to an event without a man. During my prom years (the only situation I have to compare to movie premires LOL) I wanted to go alone but always got asked and was too nice to say no.
If I had to choose between John Mayer and nobody, I’d choose nobody.
i think if she had shown up alone, the press would have been all over her asking why she wasn’t there with a man. Or the tabloids would have run stories about how she was lonely at the premiere or whatever. You know how those magazines are. Creating a story where there isn’t one.
Hmmm…my other comment didn’t get through moderation which is weird because I didn’t say anything particularly mean.
Anyway, I guess I won’t directly address anyone then, but, the reason why she’s out and about everywhere is because she has a movie coming out and she’s promoting it. The “desperate” Aniston” accusations are getting tired. The pictures were not “nudes”. She isn’t whining about her love life either, what are some of you talking about?
There was a rumor when Jennifer and Mayer broke up last August that JA’s agent was looking for men to go out to dinner with, and at that time she was seen out with a few different guys.
It’s credible that JA would want a boyfriend, but I don’t believe that it’s because of Brad and Angelina at the movie premiere. Brad has been parading around with AJ for the past 3 years–why would Jennifer suddenly freak out about it? Makes no sense. Sounds like something the Daily Mail would dream up to keep the Jennifer/Brad thing alive.
Madonna and A-Rod share an agent too, by the way.
regardless of what Stephen Huvane might or might not be arranging for his highest-paying client, at the end of the day i think she might be overdoing it on the publicity front. the movie comes out Xmas Day. she has to avoid peaking too early with so much other competition out there for people’s attention. it’s already been a bad miscalculation to pose nude to promote a family-oriented PG-rated comedy. the decision-making around this woman goes from bad to worse daily.
It’s amazing to think that 10 years ago JA was on top of the world: everyone was mimicking the “Rachel” cut, etc. Now she’s being painted as a desperate woman scorned. I think it would be wise for her to stop giving interviews–they don’t seem to be helping–and be a little more mysterious.
I think a little mystery is the secret of every glamorous and elegant woman. They know that no matter how much you have going for you, there are some things you keep to yourself. People lose interest fast if you let it all hang out, literally or figuratively.
I doubt this story. She is beautiful enough, she does not need to scout for a boyfriend. I agree too that No body is better than Meyer. He is such a loser.
Jen has two movies coming out. If you don’t want to read about her, simply ignore the link.
Those nude pics were praised by many outlets – including a little known media outlet by the name of CNN 8) Those folks were ALL over those pics – what a great pr move they were, how beautiful she is, and how she looked like she is 23 in the “nude” pics. Personally I think she looks a little older than 23, but my point is that those pics are only a “failure” in the eyes of people who are looking for a reason to criticize.
I love JOHN MAYER, he’s so hot and so gorgeous, i love his music he’s very cool they both make a very nice couple.
CB, how come you deleted my comment(above comment was the comment you deleted) that’s not bad is it? unless you don’t want any of john mayer’s fans make any comment here, i see a lot of comments here insulting aniston very badly but you don’t delete them, but you mine, that’s very uncool isn’t?
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dear Jen, Your clock is ticking and I would suggest that you go to a fertility clinic and have them secure your eggs. Go several times so that you have enough eggs to get fertilized when the time comes you meet & marry a great guy. It will be expensive but I’m sure you have the $$$$. Lots of luck and love. Trudy