Jennifer Aniston on her maternal instincts: ‘I’ve done it all throughout my life’

Jennifer Aniston covers the September issue of Glamour to promote her new film, We’re The Millers. That’s the one where she plays a stripper and drug mule who is pretending to be a middle-aged mom. The film costars Emma Roberts and Jason Sudeikis – Jason actually conducted the Glamour interview. Allegedly, they once dated, right? I think Jennifer tried to make that happen but he was all “No, I need to bone January Jones” and Jennifer was all “OK, maybe Bradley Cooper?” Jennifer and Jason have worked together three times now, so they are friends now. Here are some highlights from the Q&A (which you can read here):

Jason Sudeikis: One of the nice things about this movie—and we have now done three together—is that in this one we have a child. In the movie, your character is learning to access her parental instincts. I would argue women are better at that.
Jennifer Aniston: I think that’s just you! I know Justin, for instance, has extremely amazing paternal instincts. Because [growing up] he had to sort of become the parent. I think when you have to become the parent when you’re a younger person, you learn those instincts.

Jason: I noticed on set that you had very maternal instincts with [costar] Emma Roberts.
Jennifer: I did. But she’s wise beyond her years.

Jason: Is that a role that you grew into, or did you find yourself doing that all throughout your life?
Jennifer: I think I’ve done it all throughout my life.

Jason: There’s also a perception of you as being such a gal’s gal. Your ladies love you and the way you take care of people. Like, you’ll sort of point-guard parties and get-togethers.
Jennifer: I love doing that.

Jason: It comes across. I mean, truth be told, you wrote Olivia a really, really kind email last year.
Jennifer: You’ve got a good girl. She’s lovely.

Jason: I know. She’s something else. You were so nice when she got a lot of flak for a monologue she performed. [At a 2012 Glamour event—Wilde had written a candid piece about her divorce and her sex life.]
Jennifer: Well, that was because I felt so strongly about it, when I heard what she was going through. I was so pissed. Because I related to it—I related to that f–king feeling of people just wanting to rip down the powerful, beautiful woman who [speaks her mind].

Jason: And they took what she said out of context.
Jennifer: Stuff like that’s so sh-tty. I don’t like injustice. We’re living in a time where, whether it’s the Internet or tabloids, being sh-tty has become a sport. We’re just grown-up bullies. We literally could not need to have our hearts more open than in these times.

Jason: And there are so many things trying to keep us from doing that. OK, advice time. What would you tell yourself at various ages—like your teens, twenties, thirties, and early forties?
Jennifer: Yes, early forties. [Laughs.]

Jason: What would you tell the teenage you?
Jennifer: Don’t try so hard. Pay attention. Do your homework. Go to class.

Jason: What would you tell your 20-year-old self?
Jennifer: Not to fret so much. I did OK in my twenties.

Jason: Thirties.
Jennifer: Thirties. Thirties. Go to therapy. Clean up all of the sh-t. Clean up all of the toxins and the noise. Understand who you are. Educate yourself on the self.

Jason: Yeah. Because at that point, anything that you thought was just a habit is actually you.
Jennifer: [But] you can undo a lot of things. If you’re not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That’s the thing I really feel. Like with friends who refuse to get happy, who refuse to rise above the discomfort of where they’re at.

Jason: Yeah. They just get used to it. It’s almost like your character Rose from We’re the Millers. “This is all I deserve” kind of thinking. It’s like, no, you deserve—
Jennifer: You actually deserve to have a family. And once you meet yourself, and truly love yourself, then you attract that. And look—I mean, the two of us have found these two, beautiful, loving, open people.

Jason: We have a similar timeline. We both went through the same thing. I mean, I would hear you talk about [guys you were dating], and I’d be like, ‘Oh, f–k. I don’t want to be like that to somebody else.”
Jennifer: Yeah. Yeah. And look how far we’ve come! High five! [They high-five.]

[From Glamour]

Jesus. I kind of hate both of them now. “I related to that f–king feeling of people just wanting to rip down the powerful, beautiful woman who [speaks her mind].” To be clear, Jennifer is talking about “relating” to the “powerful, beautiful woman” named Olivia Wilde who got up – IN PUBLIC – and did a monologue about how her sex life with her ex-husband was awful and he made her feel like her vagina died and now her sex life with Jason is so amaze-balls so obviously it was Tao’s fault. And Jennifer and Jason are getting their panties in a wad because people reacted to Olivia’s public statements and thought that Olivia shouldn’t throw her ex under the bus. Jennifer Aniston: defending the rights of ex-wives to publicly bitch about and malign their exes with no consequences since 2005.

Here are some assorted photos of Aniston and her lover/fiancé Justin Theroux (separately) in NYC yesterday:

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, Glamour and WENN.

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  1. ldub says:

    the movie looks mildly amusing.
    Jennifer Aniston ISNT. FIN.

    • Sirsnarksalot says:

      I find her terribly amusing because she is so frigging clueless. I look forward to the day Justin dumps her and she goes back out on the “woe is me” tour again.

    • Andrew says:

      I think the movie looks hilarious. Even though these guys seem annoying in real life, I think they are great actors. She was hilarious in horrible bosses, and the cast for we’re the millers looks great!

    • Bianca says:

      Whoa, Liza Jane, not even Dudley Dursley ever told Harry Potter he was a waste of space. I’m no Aniston apologist (on the contrary, I’ve grown to dislike her a bit), but I don’t understand how people muster up all this hatred towards celebrities.

      • Jamteezy says:

        Ditto lady. She seems like a fun lady, and everything Olivia Wilde said was appropriate for the context of a vagina monologue. Why does everyone got to hate so much?!

    • Mairead says:

      I was really enjoying the trailer until I saw the striptease scene and just went “Ugh” – my friends were the same. Not due to the skeevy exploitation element but the “behold Aniston in all her shiny glory”… Sorry, I just urped there.

  2. Amelia says:

    Oh, not the “gal’s gal” thing again . . .

    • Micki says:

      If not that what’s there left?…

    • Cece says:

      Agree – and since when did a “gal’s gal” feel good about getting with a guy who was still living with his partner of 15 years? And when does a “gal’s gal” feel good about her BFF calling other women hideous names? And since when does a “gal’s gal” feel good about hanging with that pig Joe Francis?

      She’s not a gal’s gal – she’s into drunken, stupid people who haven’t moved out of their teens. Can’t believe more people don’t call her on the relationship with Joe Francis.

      • Gina says:

        Nobody calls her on her relationship with Joe Francis because she doesn’t have one.

        She rented his house, so did a lot of celebrities, but I doubt she’s ever even met him.

      • Liza Jane says:

        Great, great, summation of all Jennifer Aniston encapsulates!!! She is so vapid and self absorbed, taking no blame for her relationships! None of it was her fault, the men just didn’t!the measure up?? Wise up lady, you are a lazy, hedonistic, self deluding, pot smoking, booze swilling waste of space! Living off your ‘Rachel reputation , your attitude to your mother tells one all we need to know about you! I also cannot wait till your ass is dumped!!!

      • Cece says:

        Gina: She parties at his place in Mexico (the parties he hosts). It’s easy enough to Google.

      • Gina says:

        Cece, I just did. It’s not true as far as I can tell, and is just another dog whistle fabrication.

        Please feel free to prove me wrong. Perhaps a link or a photograph?

        She rented his house. So did Jack Nicholson. Big deal.

  3. MBP says:

    The gap between photoshop and reality just keeps growing.
    Also, “happiness is a choice”? Yeah sometimes. Othertimes, life just takes a dump on you.

    • Dingo says:

      Its true but I really do feel that as I get older I see more and more friends who kind of actively chooses not to be happy. Those people just becomes kind of obsessed with all that is wrong with their life – its just sad.

      • boredbrit says:

        I’ve noticed that too. Sometimes people enjoy wallowing in self pity or unhappiness. That kind of sadness can be addictive to some.

      • UsedToBeLulu says:

        Agreed!

      • lucy2 says:

        Yup – I have a friend who spends SOOO much energy complaining about everything, and is always on the lookout for how someone has wronged her, how someone messed up. It has to be exhausting, and she never seems happy. IMO, life’s too short for that. Find what makes you happy and do it, as long as you aren’t hurting anyone in the process.

      • purpleunicorn says:

        To me, people who judge those who they don’t think are “happy enough” have bigger problems than the ones they criticize.

      • anon33 says:

        Purpleunicorn, I don’t think anyone here is judging whether other people are “happy enough.” We’re not observing other random people and making judgments about what they SAY makes them happy.
        This is a different issue-about people who outright admit that they are never happy.
        I think we all know at least one person who does that “woe is me, nothing ever goes right for me” crap. These people are all over my FB feed talking about that day’s disappointment. Oftentimes they will even say “why does nothing ever go right for me,” etc. When in fact, much of the time, things go wrong because of the choices they make. Those kind of people.
        There is a distinct difference between the two.

    • Annie says:

      Happiness IS a choice. You can’t control what other people do, but you can sure as heck control how you react to it.

      • Just Passing Through says:

        I wholeheartedly agree, Annie! 🙂

      • anon33 says:

        THIS.

      • Shelley says:

        AGREED!! Every morning I have to make a conscious effort to be positive.
        Funny how people are rolling their eyes just because Jennifer Aniston said it. The same people would be gushing if it was Jolie who said it….smh

  4. micha says:

    The cover actually looks good, thanks to photoshop .. her legs look pretty good in the pap shots as well, tho.
    as for the interview, i dont even know .. didnt seem like they said anything too interesting, right? i kind of already forgot what they both said. oh well

    • Anna says:

      In total agreement.

    • emmie_a says:

      She looks decent on the cover — But it’s so predictable. Jennifer Aniston hair, black outfit and bare feet. She’s done this a million times before. yawn.

      That article is totally eye-roll inducing. barf.

    • Trashaddict says:

      Looks very budget, her over-hyped hair looks pretty average. Completely underwhelming, the picture fits the personality.

  5. Eve says:

    “I related to that f–king feeling of people just wanting to rip down the powerful, beautiful woman who [speaks her mind].”

    *BLANK STARE*

    • Toot says:

      Exactly.

    • Diana says:

      This comment coupled with that avatar had me gasping for air with laughter!! Hahaha thank you for that 🙂

    • emmie_a says:

      ha! Nothing like telling other people how beautiful you are. Just like her Aveeno commercials where the voice-over announces that she is the ‘beautiful Jennifer Aniston’.

      • Amelia says:

        I had a bottle of the Aveeno moisturizer she hawks, and I’d just started using it. I honestly wasn’t loving it buy figured I’d finish the bottle. Then I saw her Aveeno commercial and I threw out the bottle. She creeps me out.

      • Emily C. says:

        I have Aveeno skin relief oil and I love it. I just wish they hadn’t hired Jennifer Aniston. I don’t understand why thy did, either; she’s not famous for having great skin. They should have gone for someone like Dita Von Teese.

      • Trashaddict says:

        The Aveeno lotion with baby oil in it is great. It’s been the only thing that works on my dry skin without making me feel like I’m wearing wax. Endorsement had nothing to do with me buying it. Midwest has very dry winters, this actually stops the static….

  6. Hannah says:

    Interview didn’t bother me. She doesn’t bother me.

  7. Birdix says:

    Can you learn an instinct?

  8. lostinny says:

    That interview made me think that she is even dumber than I thought.

    • claire says:

      co-sign. I cringed through that whole thing.

    • Emily C. says:

      Me too. I’ve gotten irritated with what I thought was extreme, unfounded hate against her in the past. While I still think some of it is founded on the wrong things (like her looks), I don’t care any more. She’s willfully ignorant, self-absorbed, preachy, hypocritical, and thoroughly obnoxious.

  9. Joanna says:

    I wish I had her legs. she’s got a banging body!

    • Jospehina says:

      Here’s to hoping you already have a brain… and deference… and common sense… and self-awareness because Aniston certainly has none of these.

      This woman really is shallow. It is an “injustice” that OW got reprimanded for not taking ownership in the sex life she had with her ex-husband as she was ONE of the sex partners during sex?

      1. The word “injustice” was inappropriately used here.

      2. Beautiful woman speaking her mind? Aniston, is that what you thought you were doing (have been doing) when you talk about your ex-Brad in interviews?

      3. Both Aniston and OW are both immature women. I liked what Jason said when he implied that at some point you have to realize that it is you that needs fixing, not the habit.

  10. truthful says:

    uhhh, when is the last time she had a hit??

    she is annoying and boring, they keep paying her a bunch of money to act and the movie always flops, LOL.

    welp if she has no talent, she has her money.

    • Nicolette says:

      I’s been a long time, but somehow she keeps getting roles. Don’t understand it. She’s like one giant piece of dry toast, bland and boring.

      • Tapioca says:

        People like toast, though!

        Take something bland and inoffensive that people believe they can relate to – thanks Friends!! – serve it up with a topping of [insert name of moderately-funny comedian/ B-list action star] and triple your budget.

        Horrible Bosses, Just Go With It, The Switch and The Bounty Hunter all made a tidy profit, despite not being huge box office.

        (Shamefully, I rather enjoyed the last one. Mmm… Gerard Butler!)

      • epiphany says:

        Because industry bigwigs only see one thing; that she gets tons of media attention, which, to them, indicates the public must love her – the fact that she courts the lion’s share of this attention is lost on them, because so many do it, so, to the bigwigs, that’s ‘normal.’ If her movies do poorly, she is never blamed, because the level of media attention never subsides, so producers and studios keep assuming that Aniston is greatly loved by the public, and the movies have simply been substandard, not her performances. When the media attention surrounding her drops off – which it will, Huvane or no Huvane – the movies offers will disappear as well.

      • Jospehina says:

        @ Tapioca-

        A movie will do OK with her in it as part of an ensemble cast IF the other actors are a bigger box office draw:

        Horrible Bosses – an ensemble cast, like Friends. But you had a few award winning actors (Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx) plus cutie Colin Farrell

        The Switch- she was the biggest star and it did not do well.

        Just Go With It – funny man Adam Sandler was the big office draw

        The Bounty Hunter – butterfinger Gerard Butler was box office draw

    • lower-case deb says:

      despite her continuous flop on the big screen, she’s like 4th on the Forbes Biggest Paid Stars of 2012. i still think she should probably try TV again. TV has brought her so much, and i think at the moment, TV is having a huge renaissance. so many great things there, while it’s getting harder and harder to find gems on the big screen. (especially true in my country where the film distributors are less adventurous, while cable TV opens up the living room to great serials).

      anyhoooo… the second picture made me stop. i thought it was Jennifer Lawrence for a second there.

      • Kim1 says:

        When you do multiple films a year and endorse several products not dificult to earn $20M .Most Lead Actresses only film one, at the most two, films a year.She
        will film 3 movies in 2013,I believe.

    • Gina says:

      Two out three of her last movies have been ‘hits’. People wouldn’t hire her if all her movies bombed like people keep saying.

      • Evyn says:

        Her “hits” have been the movies of bigger actors or they just had a huge box office run. Any movie where she is the bigger star has bombed. She cannot carry a movie.

      • Jospehina says:

        Aniston has never CARRIED a baby, a movie, a production company, a perfume, a make-up line, a fashion design maker or clothes line, or a sitcom …

        But she is the ultimate event planner! Maybe THAT is her true calling.

  11. Cece says:

    I’m not a fan of these interviews where the interviewer does not ask any actual questions — just fawns over the interviewee. They’re embarrassing to read.

    I get what she’s saying about deciding to be happy, but I have to laugh at her advice to rise above discomfort — she doesn’t strike me as a person who has had a single moment of discomfort in her privileged little life. She’s never been responsible for anything but her comfy little life – not exactly someone from whom to take advice!

    • John Wayne Lives says:

      truth.. shorthand version of the interview..
      Jason: you’re really so awesome!
      Jen: Yes i Am right!
      Jason: people in mean and they talk shit!
      Jen: IKR! I would never do anything like that I’m so above it.
      Jason: we’ve grown up so much and now look at how much better we r than everybody!!
      Jen: yeah we really have everyone should be like us. we know so much about life now!
      Jason: we’re so awesome.
      Jen: IKR!!!

      • Gina says:

        SO true, that’s what annoys me about these interviews. They just pat each other on the back, then literally high five.

  12. hadleyb says:

    I hate celeb on celeb interviews — pointless basically.

    The general media already kisses celebs asses and rarely asks them any hard or uncomfortable questions, they only blow sunshine praises up their butt. Why even bother Glamour? No wonder I stopped reading that mag years ago.

    They both sound like douches.

  13. Jaded says:

    She said Emma Roberts is ‘wise beyond her years’??? Jeez, I guess getting into a raging, drunken, drug-fueled fist-fight with your boyfriend, biting him, getting arrested, then later having a crying melt-down in public and displaying a bunch of bruises on your legs because you’re wearing booty-shorts is wise….*shakes head in disgust*

    • ThruRoseColouredGlasses says:

      +1

    • TG says:

      Agree @Jaded and was wondering when someone was going to pick up on that. And I will add that I am a huge romantic comedy aka chick flick fan but haven’t been able to either watch or finish most of them in recent years. Haven’t liked an Aniston film since Along Came Polly and The Breakup with Vince Vaughn. Same goes for Reece Witherspoon nothing good since Sweet Home Alabama and Walk the Line. I love a good romantic comedy but have ‘t seen a good in a few years. I don’t know if I am just aging out of it or the quality just isn’t there.

      • LAK says:

        May i recommend HEARTBREAKER starring Vanessa Paradis, Andrew Lincoln and Romain Duris

  14. bowers says:

    I doubt any celebrity is totally him/herself in interviews. Pitt always comes across as garbled words thrown together.

    • Iggie says:

      2013 called. Its no longer 2005, move on.

    • Shelley says:

      IKR…i always hope he is not as dumb or boring as he comes across in interviews. I can’t bear watching him on talk shows and on the red carpet.

  15. Kara says:

    She is so full of BS.

    She is BFF with the ultimate adult Bully, C.Handler and yet acts like bullying is so bad.

    Her BFF Handler has no problem tearing down the beautiful and strong AJ every chance she gets.

    • nicole says:

      K.

    • Iggie says:

      +1 Who you hang with (are friends with) is a mirror reflection of yourself. Aniston’s reflection is that of a trashy spiteful bully.

    • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

      That’s what I honestly do not get about Jennifer. I mean, if it was me-and I’m a regular person, if I knew someone who said the shit Handler said about children under the guise of “comedy”-do you think I would be seen in public with or talk to that person again? Let alone go on and on about how so and so is my best friend forever…..

      Factor in that these children are the children of her besties ex, AND this “friend” likes to go after the new Missus…well I see a problem. I just can’t believe that Jennifer, didn’t at least publically pull herself away from Handler-no going on her show, or going to public gigs with her, and so on.

      I also don’t understand why people don’t think that Jennifer, at the very least, doesn’t agree with it. If she had been as horrified as she should’ve been, she wouldn’t have been seen with Chelsea in public or private. The fact that she hangs around someone that brings MORE tabloid drama, drama that Jennifer says she doesn’t want, says something about her.

      I would be ashamed and embarrassed to be seen with someone who had said crap like that publically about children, let alone the children of my ex.

  16. MrsB says:

    That was such an obnoxious interview. They’re trying way too hard to make themselves seem deep. Honestly I think maybe they smoked a little something before they did this…

  17. Jilllu says:

    Her quotes on being happy etc. always seem straight from a self help book. She just goes on and on and yet does not seem to follow it in her own life.

    • Janet says:

      She said in an interview once that self-help books are all she reads. I believe it.

  18. OhDear says:

    Was the entire interview that self-congratulatory? The whole excerpt read like something that they could have done in private and kept private.

  19. lisa2 says:

    This was not in any way an interview. It was a chitchat. Which is what Jennifer has been doing for years now. I think her last interview was That pity me Vogue one. She has not done an interview with real life questions since then; or questions that require her to show she has an opinion or thought. She has been interviewed by “friends”. I think so she is not asked questions that require a real answer.

    In these chitchats she can do that self help talk and not really answer but answer. It is why she only does late night shows and Handler. Nothing where she will be asked really deep questions.

    Safe. No drama.

    • lisa2 says:

      OK I skimmed this crap the first time then went back to read it. So Justin had to “become the parent” what is that sayin about his mother or father and what his life was.. Kind of threw the parents under the bus a bit. Wonder what his parents think. Maybe that is why they are not seen together. Because that picture early on this site was not his mother.

      then she is pissed when the “beautiful people are attacked and bullied”.. now I am really curious about her friendship with old nasty Handler. Does Handler offend her or “piss her off” when she attacks and bullies the “beautiful” people. Does she Jennifer take a stand then or does she laugh and remain silent.

      Maybe she only gets pissed when that Beautiful/Powerful woman is not… well we know.

      • Emily C. says:

        I wonder if she cares if the women being attacked and bullied aren’t “beautiful”.

  20. Fea says:

    The photo shop is intense. What a difference from her plain candid pics to nice lighting.

    She has a habit of trying to hide her chin in pics as well.

  21. HappyMom says:

    Wow-interesting that she manages to throw shade on Justin’s parents. What’s the story there?

    • Jospehina says:

      She does not have a filter.

      If she did we could erase SEVERAL of her past interviews to include:

      2005 Vanity Fair – August
      2008 GQ
      2010 Architetural Digest
      2010 Peoples Magazines “Fives Years After Brad”
      2009 Vogue -“Angelina is Uncool”

  22. Jackson says:

    It looks like Photoshop morphed JA and an Olsen twin for the cover and the second pic. Reality reared it’s head in the candids, however.

    • Janet says:

      Holy simoleons, did you check out that first pic of her in the striped t-shirt? Her face is falling apart.

  23. Greata says:

    I beg to differ, I think that Ms Aniston is a very good actress/hypocrite who has succeeded in playing the role of the victim. She has indeed made a career out of it. I often wonder how long Brad will have to be punished for divorcing her. Sadly, she does not seem to realize that her antics, and those of her friends/Ms Lately only serve to reveal her obsession with Mr. Pitt.

    • epiphany says:

      Largely, I agree, with this exception; I don’t think Jen is obsessed with Brad – I don’t think she gives 2 hoots abut him. I think she’s obsessed with the attention she gets as ex-Mrs. Brad Pitt. She and Huvane work overtime to make sure the media remained fascinated with the poor little girl next door who married the hunk, then got dumped by him, and just can’t find true love.

      • Annie says:

        Which is, of course, exactly how you take a rotten, very public situation and get something positive out of it.

        It always kills me to hear these sorts of “poor Brad is being punished” comments. The reality is that he very publicly left her for another woman. As of that point, her loyalty needed to be exactly where it is… In herself.

      • Jospehina says:

        @ Annie-

        OR —

        Aniston could have focused on what the possibilities in life are and the future has just for her and NOT focus on what Brad is or is not doing, saying, screwing, or whom he is having a baby. The chance for her to grow as an artist and as a healed woman could have occurred.

        But instead–

        She decided to keep up with the Jolie-Pitts.

        So now we can read scores of eye-cringing, character exposed interviews, see slurred speeches, hear about the Goddess Circle of Women all of whom have cheated, scorned ex-wife bashing, tasteless dating (John Mayer and Gerard Butler), and bullying friends (Chelsea Handler). If there are other female celebrities who have handled post-divorce just as poorly, they are not in the news and tabloids like Aniston.

        Aniston does not know when to speak her mind and when to remain silent.

      • Annie says:

        Josephina,

        I truly don’t think she cares about what Pitt does and hasn’t for a long time. The point was that she was very publicly put into the position of the jilted wife.

        If she chose to take that image and use it to her advantage, well then good for her. While the Brange fans obviously feel she should have just quietly disappeared into oblivion, she doesn’t owe Pitt, Jolie or their fans anything. The only person she owes is herself.

      • Janet says:

        Annie, she put herself in that jilted wife position with that VF weepfest. And she has been milking it like a prize cow ever since.

        Any sympathy I ever had for her went right out the window after I read that article. Whine, whine, boo-hoo, sob sob sob… she acted like she was the only woman on the planet who ever got dumped by a man. And that comment she let out — I was shocked! the world was shocked! — had me on the floor in stitches. I was like, who the hell are you? The world has a lot more important things to be shocked about than the failure of your crappy marriage. I have never seen anyone so full of herself.

      • Iggie says:

        Annie, repeating a tabloid lie won’t make it come true any more than it was the firs time. She was not left for another woman. She was not publicly jilted. Those are the facts. In fact, Brad was the one publicly villified for something he didn’t do, all because Aniston threw him under a bus for attention. At that point, Brad’s long-standing loyalty to her was gone. It always kills me to read these oh pooor Jen comments, when the reality is the victim was Brad. Not her. Wake up and stop being conned by Aniston’s manipulations. Support the victim, not the instigator and the one who threw her marriage away for a career then threw the husband under a bus. Wake up.

      • Emma - the JP Lover says:

        @Annie, who wrote: “I truly don’t think she cares about what Pitt does and hasn’t for a long time. The point was that she was very publicly put into the position of the jilted wife.”

        No, she wasn’t. Jen knew before they separated that Brad wanted out of the marriage because he didn’t have what he realized he wanted in life with ‘her’ and thought he might be able to have it with Angie. Jen actually filed for divorce a month before the ‘scandal’ hit the Tabloids … so how was she “very publicly” put in the position of the jilted wife? Jilted implies a sudden departure, leaving the partner puzzled and angry.

        Jen got her tears out of the way in late December 2004 and January 2005. There was no puzzlement, because Brad explained why he wanted out of the marriage, which also eliminated the question of “why did he do this to me … America’s Sweetheart!”

        The truth is, Jennifer Aniston played you and her other fans by pretending to be ‘shocked’ in April and May (and still in August, two months after she started humping Vince Vaughn) when it all hit the Tabloids.

        No, Brad didn’t put Jen in the public light as a ‘jilted’ wife … she put herself there for the attention.

      • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

        @Annie
        Did you actually read the VF article? In this article, that was obviously approved by Aniston, Courtney Cox said that Brad told Jennifer he was interested in pursuing something, a relationship with Angelina. She knew this before they were separated. They separated because of this. So for her to say how shocked she was at those pictures on the beach is a straight up lie, disproven by her own words.

      • Annie says:

        If your husband tells you that he wants out of the marriage to pursue a relationship with a woman he’s developed feelings for, you’ve been left for another woman, haven’t you?

        Considering that there were tabloid rumours swirling for months about Pitt and Jolie on the set of MAMS pre-separation, (hence Aniston asking him directly about them), the fact that they were seen publicly as a couple shortly thereafter rather cemented the “jilted for Jolie” public perception.

        Regardless of how it went down in private, publicly, very very publicly, Aniston was put into that position. Rumours -> Separation -> Separated husband seen publicly with woman who rumours were about = A situation that needs to be “managed” in some way when you yourself are in the public eye.

        As for Aniston grieving the end of her marriage… Who are any of us to deny her that? Her comment about “getting it out of your system” would tend to make me think that she expected them to be able to work through it. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be sad and hurt that your husband has already abandoned the marriage in his head and has no desire to work things out. I don’t get why that bothers people so much. Anyone with friends who have divorced under similar conditions ie: one partner has checked out already, has seen the other partner go through exactly the same thing.

      • Annie says:

        Emma,

        It’s interesting to note that recently Jolie’s stunt double and godmother of Shiloh has filed suit in the US against Murdoch and “News of The World” for hacking into her phone messages in 2004 and 2005.

        You can find a copy of the lawsuit by Googling “Eunice Huthart lawsuit” on RadarOnline, who have a PDF file of it up. In it, (pg 20), she details how on April 1, 2005, the newspaper ran a story about Pitt and Jolie checking into a hotel as a married couple the weekend before, information that was hacked from her phone. As that would have been the weekend that Aniston filed for divorce, I’d say that it’s pretty likely that her agent was given a heads up or called for a comment. What the public knew a month later doesn’t really matter, it’s a pretty safe bet that Aniston did know.

        I’d also point out that although the stunt double doesn’t go into specific details prior to April 1, she does say they were hacking her phone during the 2004 portion of the filming of MAMS. Whatever rumours the NewsCorp papers were publishing about Pitt and Jolie at that time were probably lifted from this lady’s phone.

      • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

        @Annie
        I’m not saying that it wasn’t a shitty situation. It was. I firmly believe that they shouldn’t have ever gotten married. Ever. I don’t think they were right for each other. Their marriage was over way before Angelina came into the picture. I would say that she was the catalyst-he wanted to grow to do more things, Jennifer is a creature of habit-that’s neither good or bad.

        When she said that she told him to “go and get it out of his system”-that, to me shows that there’s something wrong. The fact that she thought he could just go off and have sex with someone for a month or two, then come back, THAT would fix their problems isn’t a healthy marriage.

        She is already on record saying that she knew her marriage was over by the summer of 2004. Who goes and lets his/her significant other go to a different country for months, and only visits once? Especially since she has the money and inclination to work whenever she wants. Why didn’t he visit her on the Friends set? Why didn’t she go visit him on the set of MAMS if she was so worried about their marriage?

        The ONLY reason she was even upset is because he was serious about Angelina. What it looked like to me was that Brad spent at least half of 2005 proving to Angelina that he was going to step up and be a partner and a father to ALL of her kids.If he had slept with Angelina for a month or two, then spent the rest of the year crawling around for strange, then I doubt we’d even be talking right now.

        I don’t mean to sound like a total loonie-I hope I don’t come off as one. But I have thought and read a lot about this (as I had no life during spring break from school), and this is my conclusion. I think that Brad wasn’t happy and wanted to do more and knew that he wasn’t going to get that with Jennifer. The main tabloid rumors about her and Justin are about the fact that she doesn’t want to compromise on anything…take it with a grain of salt, but still…there’s something there.

      • Annie says:

        Virgilia,

        I suspect that the comment about “getting it out of his system” was probably based on her thinking it was a mid-life crisis thing. He was 40, the classic age for it to hit. The age where they suddenly realize that half their lives are over and as we all know, that’s fairly often manifested by an attempt at “proving to themselves” with younger women that they’ve still got it. THAT is probably what she meant about getting it out of his sytem, because they do. And many of them look at the wreckage they’ve made of their lives during that period and regret it. Destroyed marriages, families and careers.

      • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

        @Annie
        So we’ve already established the general sketchiness of leaving your unhappy marriage and wife to be with someone else. I get it. But when you’re presented with how she reacted to it, do you at least understand it? They are two people who shouldn’t have gotten married because neither of them did what the other wanted. She wanted him to stay the same, he wanted to grow-not saying whether that’s good or bad, just fact.

        Isn’t it interesting that when he told her he wanted to go start seeing someone else, she told him to sleep with Angelina. I can’t fathom telling my husband to go sleep with some other woman, as if that will fix our problems. It won’t and it didn’t. I think her telling him to go and have some “fun” with Angelina for a month or two reinforced his decision to leave.

        I think his was a mid life crisis of a better kind, as he didn’t want to compromise who he was and what he wanted anymore. Neither of them had to anymore.

      • Annie says:

        Virgilia,

        It’s hard to say whether they never should have gotten married or not. People want different things out of life at different times in their lives.

        Pitt, by his own words, spent much of his time for a decade or so, hiding out from fame, getting stoned on the couch. I don’t think there was anything stopping him then from doing what he’s doing now, that was his choice then, not that of his wife.

        It may have taken him hitting 40 to realize that he’d been wasting his life getting stoned and deciding that he wanted to leave a positive mark in the world that he would be remembered by. While Aniston does charity, she does low key charity. I suspect that Pitt rather prefers highly visible charity, particularly if he wants to be remembered for being more than just an actor.

        As for Aniston’s reaction, well I do get it. She may say now that the marriage was dead in the summer of 2004, but that’s retrospective thinking. I doubt she felt that then, at the time it was probably “a rough spot” that they’d get through in her mind.

        I don’t know how old you or your husand are, but men in mid-life crisis are going to do what they want, whether you’re ok with it or not. Personally, I think it’s a “side-effect” of much longer life spans. The average life span for most of history was about 35-40, and one day they’ll probably figure out that there is some hormonal or evolutionary reason for the behaviour you see in men at that age. And then, a few years down the road, they get over it. I actually do get her remark about getting it out of his system. As odd as it may sound, it was a form of saying “We’re a team, I understand you’re going through something, get it over with, but we’re a team”. Brad’s response was “I’m team Brad”. So yeah, when that happens, it’s painful. I’m not saying that I would say the same, but I get where she was coming from.

        Aniston, if anything, was far too understanding. Taking the “You’re a grown man, I’m not here to tell you what to do” approach. It’s likely if she’d have less trusting and more controlling, Pitt and Jolie never would have gotten off the ground. But then again, maybe she didn’t really feel as if she wanted to be that person or that she should have to be like that if she trusted her husband. And maybe that’s the sort of woman Pitt needs, Paltrow is certainly like that. He does tend to fashion himself to the image of whoever he’s with.

      • Ennie says:

        What a chant is that about Brad. He copying whomever he is with. I think that is not the case here. All we do here is especulate because we actually do not have much except for interviews and pictures.
        Aniston, IMO, due to her childhood upbringing was probably reluctant of a divorce because she suffered as a child of one. She probably did not want to “fail”, hence her “allowing” Brad to go and be with someone else, and still she would still be Mrs. Pitt.
        Brad does not have a history of cheating. He dated a lot, and seemed to want a long marriage, like the one his parents have. Instead, the marriage to Aniston was sinking for longs stretches of them not seeing eachother,in their own words. She said she was afraid of flying to see him in Greece, the Friends show was dragging along and the other two actresses had real children while Aniston did not (if she wanted to be a mother nothing would have come up in the way, surrogates, IVF, adoption, you name it.
        The marriage was long doomed, and yes, Brad preferred to move on instead of working more on it. Less waste of time for both, especially if they had grown too apart.
        You could see the differences on what they wanted in life from the paths they chose. He did not care in dividing the fortune he had with Aniston, then he became a father and explored other creative sides with producing, designing, making wine, etc. About her, well, she seemsto be doing the same as before, flipping houses, enjoying vacations, caring for herself and doing bad movies.
        Good for her she has her man now. No need for complaining about Brad when one sees how Justin got with Jennifer.

      • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

        @Annie
        My whole point about the whole “get it out of your system” comment was that she didn’t understand what he wanted. And telling him to go and have a fling with Angelina and then come back to her was not going to fix their problems. Neither of them wanted to work on their marriage.

        And I don’t get the whole Brad’s high profile with charity. First off, Angelina works with the UN to bring attention to the causes, which is why all of her charity is reported and documented. Brad does work with rebuilding homes in New Orleans. I have heard very little about that. Certainly far less than Angelina’s work. It’s not like he can hide the fact that he’s started this foundation.

        With Jennifer, I know that she gives money to St. Judes and that’s about it. My criticism with her is that she doesn’t seem like she has grown as a person at all. She seems like someone fun to hang with for a while, but then it gets boring. I mean I would not bring up charity at all, if it seemed like she was a charitable person. But it seems to me that she doesn’t do anything that doesn’t directly benefit herself.

        Like the only time that I have ever heard of her supporting St.Jude’s was on this site, when she gave Handler a swear jar. That’s it. So by doing that, it seems to me that charity is just a prop for her. She has a production company. How easy would it be for her to produce films about children with cancer? Or on a certain day, write an essay/article about what those kids go-maybe on a national day of cancer, whenever that is. Or she can throw big charity parties in mexico and have people pay a couple thousand to go get drunk on the beach and donate that.

        That’s my problem with her, and why I think Brad wanted to leave. She’s a nice, but superficial person-who didn’t care that her husband was unhappy until he wanted to leave HER. When she wasn’t Mrs. Pitt anymore, and she saw that someone else was seriously poised to take over that role-that’s when she got mad i.e. those beach pics.

      • Annie says:

        Virgilia,

        If there are communication problems in a marriage, it’s generally not the fault of only one person. And more, no one understands what a man in mid-life crisis wants, least of all themselves. They generally get hit with a dissatisfaction with everything. Their jobs, their lives, their relationships.

        We really have no way of knowing whether Pitt actually wanted these things before meeting Jolie or not, and whether he discussed wanting to do more with Aniston. They did take a trip together to visit some Bono project in Ethiopia in 2003 or 2004 though. It’s also entirely possible that when he met Jolie, he was a rudderless boat of general mid-life dissatisfaction who was swept along by someone who had a purpose. One that he latched on to, but was incapable of articulating beforehand to his wife, because he adopted someone else’s purpose rather than actually knowing it was something he wanted to do all by himself. He does seem to be the sort of man who tends to take his cues from whoever he’s with, as someone else here noted. I’d also add that married couples do not need to be joined at the hip. Nothing was stopping him from doing what he’s doing now, except for himself.

        Charity, Monuments and Ego… There’s a very long list of the rich and/or powerful that go out of their way to leave something behind bearing their names so they won’t be forgotten. Start with the Pyramids and work your way forward. These days it’s airports, buildings and charitable foundations. Gates, Buffet, Bono and yes… Pitt. In the end, it doesn’t really matter why you do it, but the trend is there.

        I wouldn’t really go by this site concerning what Aniston does, it’s not exactly her fan club. As far as I know, she supports an orphanage in Mexico, she’s directed a portion of a film concerning breast cancer (4 shorts, she did one of them), she’s been supporting St. Judes for a long time and has done publicity for them as well as (???) some sort of audiobook or two with her father on their behalf. In lieu of gifts at Xmas, she makes donations in her friend’s names. In lieu of gifts to her, she asks her friends to do the same. Did some sort of breast cancer campaign with a bunch of other celebs. Sat there and answered phones at Clooney’s Haiti telethon. There’s probably a bunch of others that I’ve missed.

        “Didn’t care her husband was unhappy until he wanted to leave her”. That’s a pretty big assumption. You can’t force someone to be happy, particularly by trying to do it at your own expense. It’s rather normal for a couple to sit down and try to compromise in a way that works for both, I’m sure you and your husband probably do exactly that. “My way or the highway” isn’t a very good basis for a relationship.

      • Annie says:

        Ennie,

        A small clarification. He didn’t divide his fortune with Aniston. And she didn’t divide her’s with him either. She was, from Pitt’s own mouth, earning more than he was at the time.

      • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

        @Annie
        I don’t want to leave a big long post again, although I suspect I will.

        I wasn’t trying to say that it was her fault that the marriage ended. I think that they are both different people with different ideas for life. The fact that he wanted six kids and she only wanted one or two should’ve been discussed before they even got married, and should’ve been a wake up call.

        If Jennifer has done all those things you said, then kudos to her. I like that. I mention her charity specifically because I hear all this stuff about how she does all these great, amazing things, but I don’t see that in her life. I’m not saying she has to quit the whole margarita fountain and tanning in Mexico. But whenever I read her personal interviews, that’s all she seems about. Which, when a person can’t act (in my opinion) that’s a double whammy.

        I want more from her professionally. She talks a good game about empowering women (from an interview like five years ago) in film, but does nothing but produce her crappy romcoms. And it’s not like she doesn’t have the money to do it. She has her own production company.

        As far as your last paragraph, I think that’s true, from what we have been told via Vanity Fair. Their marriage had been in trouble for years-Brad was in therapy for the first two years of their marriage. Again, I think they both cared about each other, but I think by the end, she was more into being Mrs. Brad Pitt than being his wife. And I think that she was fine with him being on the couch, getting high, until he wasn’t fine with it. And with the rumors now about her unwillingly to budge on her wedding plans w/Justin says something.

        I don’t think they should’ve stayed married because neither made each other happy, truly happy-and their quotes about their marriage reflect that. I guess that’s all I have to say. I didn’t start disliking Jennifer until that crap with Chelsea Handler, Angelina, and their kids came up-until then I was neutral on the whole triangle crap.

        Btw, I don’t know what I said to make you think I was married, but I am not. I’m too young-18.

      • Annie says:

        Virgilia,

        You mentioned something upthread about “can’t fathom telling my husband that”, I didn’t realize you were speaking hypothetically. Hard to tell when it’s just printed words sometimes.

        I kind of have to wonder if the difference in kids wanted was due to a different view on parenting. Again, he’d spent much of his time getting stoned on the couch. First, if that had been my husband, he’d have had to have gotten his sh*t together first before I’d have even considered starting a family. You know he’d be zero help at changing diapers, he’d sleep through all the night feedings and who wants to entrust your baby to a guy who’s high all day?

        So, if you’re ok with hiring nannies, which it seems Pitt is, then fine, you have someone else who is responsible and not just yourself. Or a bunch of someone elses.

        If you’re not a “hire a nanny” type (no idea if Aniston is or isn’t), then 6 kids with a husband who is no help is wayyyyyyyy too many. Even Pitt has said that they can only handle three at a time when they’re out alone. Just something to think about that may or may not be relevant.

        Concerning her professional life: She’s actually started moving away from the lame Rom-Coms. Horrible Bosses was so not her usual sort of role. Maybe Justin is a positive influence on her choices lately.

        I tend to think that she probably wasn’t so ok with the “high on the couch” thing. I suspect that it was one of the factors that led to the demise of their marriage. Kind of hard to have any sort of meaningful discussions in that sort of a situation. In fact, I’m having a hard time imagining anybody who’d be ok with it unless they were right there with them, doing the same thing. Which, since she was filming Friends for much of their relationship, she obviously wasn’t.

        Gawd, it would be like having a perpetual teenager as a husband. Sleeping away half the day, wasted the other half, laying around on the couch and ordering pizza when the munchies hit. Makes me shudder just to think of it.

        You know, it’s one thing to sit down and say “our marriage is dead, let’s end it”. It’s honest, over and done with. It’s quite another to draw it out until you’ve lined up a replacement and then go public with said replacement shortly thereafter, while the new girlfriend lets “slip” that she was only a shoulder to cry on because Aniston wasn’t giving him kids when he wanted them. That was an incredibly sh*tty thing to do, and a complete breach of trust. It’s way out of line to be discussing your maritial problems with another woman while you’re still married and living with your wife. And even more out of line for her to repeat it to the press. Assuming of course, that it ever was an issue since Brad eventually got around to denying it a couple of years later.

        Either way, she must have spent a great deal of time wondering what happened to the guy she thought she married. Trust broken, hurts. Not feeling able to trust your own judgement on people anymore, hurts. Battered pride hurts too. While yountend to think she recognized her marriage was over, I tend to think that at that time, she didn’t. So yes, having her marriage fail must have hurt too.

        He’s probably a very lucky man that Aniston is a nice person. Otherwise, she’d have pulled a Kidman on him (remember the miscarriage caused by the stress of the separation from Cruise story?) and made the two of them look horrible after that “no kids” remark. I can’t say that in her shoes, I’d have let that one pass so easily.

      • Sal says:

        Annie as Iggie said at the end of the comments page, you are making the mistake of assuming Aniston is the victim. She isn’t. She is the instigator, she is the one who got involved with someone first, why do you want so much for her to be the victim, when she is so clearly not? She is a nasty spiteful and vindictive piece of work and she is just lucky Brad is a gentleman because he could truly blow her out of the water and expose her for who she truly is. And she broke his trust and his heart. She had a really good man there. Lets face it, we all know it. She had a truly wonderful man. And she threw him away then threw him under the bus and lied and smeared him and his family. She is truly trash, and Brad was far far too good for her.

      • Annie says:

        Sal,

        Silly me…and here I’ve always thought that June comes AFTER April. What was I thinking?

        Just a note re: the lawsuit.

        If your friend and employer has an “official timeline” that they’ve established, would you start citing examples involving that person that contradicted it in documents that are public? Probably not.

        I’ll also add that he left his wife to pursue a relationship with Jolie. Do you think it’s very realistic to think that he waited three months and then they checked into a hotel as a married couple on their first date? I don’t.

        She’s clearly stated that they were hacking her phone during the first part of the MAMS filming as well, so early 2004. Obviously, they weren’t interested in what the stunt double was doing with her private life.

        I can’t be bothered to check on the stories they ran at the time, but if they were hacking into her phone early 2004, it’s a decent bet that they were printing what they found.

      • Sal says:

        It does Annie, thats the point. April and June are both AFTER the January separation. So Pitt and Aniston were already separated for months by then. And Aniston and vaughn were banging up a storm by then, so do you really think THEY waited 3 months? Or that Aniston and Theroux weren’t banging before the weekend they went public, the same weekend Heidi Bivens fled their apartment? So your point is? Again, nothing released from the phone hacking provided anything interesting hence even hardcore Aniston fans don’t even comment on it. I don’t know what you’re going on about because from a pro-Aniston point of view, it was a big disappointment. It provided nothing.

      • Annie says:

        Sal,

        When you say that Aniston was the instigator, that she got with someone else first, therefore poor Brad was a victim, you probably need to fact check,dates. June comes after April. Always has…

  24. MistyNinja says:

    Oh yes the gal’s gal who hates women who are not her sycophants.
    The maternal instinct that probably encourages her toadies to poke fun at a baby’s sexuality. Maternal instincts of a hamster who ate her own babies. Justin should have maternal instincts so he can be comfortable with an adult baby’s needs

  25. tiki says:

    jen, sweetie, you’re 44. it doesn’t matter if you ‘feel’ like you’re 14. your shorts should be longer than your pockets. that’s all.

    • sala says:

      I’ve never been a fan of her style (all those wedges!) but why should her age have anything to do with the length of her shorts?

      • Sullivan says:

        Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. When she dresses like a teenager she looks desperate. “The beautiful Jennifer Aniston” is painfully insecure.

      • Thiajoka says:

        LOL@ the wedges thing. They were greatly popular in the seventies and I wore them all the time. I still love them, but can’t even wear wedgy heels anymore so I don’t own a pair. But I wish I did. And then I’d disgust you, but I’d be happy. 🙂

    • Joanna says:

      uh-huh. nope. there’s nothing wrong with wearing short-shorts with an appropriate top. and she doesn’t look desperate like how Brandi dresses. but if brandi was wearing that, you guys would be like, oh, it’s ok, she’s got great legs! jen’s not that old, damn! It looks fine. what are you, 20?

  26. Paige says:

    She is 44, in those shorts. She looks silly.

  27. jamie says:

    The beautiful Jennifer Aniston is a beautiful strong woman who dates a beautiful open person. When it comes to her poor word ‘beautiful’ gets virtually molested.

  28. Alexandra says:

    Her boyfriend will always be to me. The guy at the short comings episode in Sex and the City.

  29. pwal says:

    Jennifer Aniston: defending the rights of ex-wives to publicly bitch about and malign their exes with no consequences since 2005.

    STANDING OVATION…

    Olivia’s monologue about the ex was self-serving at best, especially since she was more than happy to march the hubby around and play up his royal title for her own benefit. Remember, back in the day, when Olivia seemed exotic? Well, that was largely due to her seemingly pulling a guy with a title. Since then… not so much. Naturally, the ex-bashing was torn from the Aniston playbook, since every divorcing, aging female celebrity with questionable talent/staying power has borrowed from it for years. I also want to group Klum in the same category as Aniston and Wilde, who seem desperate to prove that they are more than they are, especially when a guy ditch them like they are roadside waste.

    And since when has Aniston been a powerful woman who spoke her mind? She has outsourced her bitchery to her Handler hellhound several years after the divorce. The time to talk smack was back then, and even better, she should have told Angelina how she felt about her to Angelina’s face, if she was that pissed off.

    Speaking from experience, it’s better to shed the blood yourself than having some random johnny come later do it retroactively.

    And finally, IMO, I think the comedy contingent (Stiller, Bateman, Aniston, Sudeikis, etc.) is trying desperately to usurp the power that many others (like the Brange) in HW have by ‘selling’ their friendships/social connections to each other. Unfortunately, these people are hardly Buster Keatons, Charlie Chaplins, Laurel and Hardys, etc., who were capable of sustaining public interests and relatively enduring careers. Seriously… work on the comedy, not the image that you’re cool because you are invited to the cool parties.

    • Emily C. says:

      Tina Fey and Amy Poehler know how to do it. The way Lucille Ball did it: be funny and know what you’re doing regarding business.

    • Iggie says:

      +1 It kills me that so many people still can’t see through Aniston’s manipulations and continue to malign the victim Brad. Reality is a stranger to these people. So clueless you want to smack sense into them and wake them up from their idolatrous celebrity-obsessed brainwashed stupor.

  30. Holden says:

    Dude, have a kid already, its not that hard.

    • anneesezz says:

      It’s very hard for a lot of people. In fact, impossible for some.

      • Holden says:

        Sorry, I didn’t mean that to come across so flippantly for people who have real problems conceiving. I meant that for someone with her means, even if she has trouble naturally, adoption or some other means would be much easier than for the rest of us.

    • lenje says:

      As a childless person, I am offended by this comment.

    • Emily C. says:

      First of all, it is that hard.

      Second, many people want to and can’t.

      Third, many people (I’m one of them) don’t want to at all. Imo Aniston is in the third camp, and is simply pretending with this “maternal” stuff to play to her fanbase.

      • Thiajoka says:

        I agree with you about her not really wanting kids. I just don’t understand what is so wrong with knowing that about yourself and owning it. It’s not like we’re expected to pop out babies to work the farm nowadays or because multiple diseases are a danger for mortality rates, so you have more kids because you’re likely to not have many reach adulthood.

        Own it and be an example to other women and girls who know this about themselves, Jennifer. Stop playing coy just to satisfy Mommy tyrants.

        I also don’t believe she really likes being married and I don’t see this wedding ever happening. I think the biggest thing that she’s done–if, indeed, she did it, but I suspect fans and media really did–publicity-wise is to fool people that she’s heartbroken over Brad. I think Jennifer Aniston just likes to be Jennifer Aniston with little responsibility. And really, there’s nothing wrong with that.

        And I guess she doesn’t really owe the world to make a statement about not wanting kids, either, although it’s my personal wish that she would.

      • Thiajoka says:

        I’ve just gotta say, I am truly bored to have decided to hang out in a Aniston thread and make several comments. 🙂

      • Iggie says:

        They were telling JUSTIN (Dude) to have a kid, not Jennifer. Unless a guy has problems with his swimmers, its not difficult for a guy to father a child.

    • Amanda says:

      Well in Jen’s case I’m sure that’s true. If she really wanted one, she could have adopted.

  31. The Original G says:

    Who will speak for the beautiful, socially sought after millionairesses who employ agents, publicists and lawyers and are intimately connected to media professionally and personally?

    They ALL should feel fine about discussing dead vaginas over dinner.

  32. Bijlee says:

    lol emma is wise beyond her years. I guess Anniston’s impressed by Emma’s knowledge and experience with so many drugs at a young age. That must be wisdom to her.

  33. Runs with Scissors says:

    “I related to that f–king feeling of people just wanting to rip down the powerful, beautiful woman who [speaks her mind].”

    She talking about JOLIE, right?

    “We’re just grown-up bullies…”
    tell that to Handler and your other minions. Aniston bullied Jolie for YEARS.

    “You’re in charge of your own happiness…”
    yeah scream it at the ocean…that’s why she approved covers like ‘Jen, Five Years After Brad’

    The accidental HYPOCRISY in this entire article is hilarious!

    • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

      +1!

      All I have to say is that it is entirely ironic that she’s spouting about bullying, while at best being friends with a bully, and at the worst is no better than the bully, or is in fact worse than Handler. Because let me tell you, I thought that whole “oh, Jennifer still loves Brad, she’s not over him” was complete bullshit until that shit with Handler started.

      Because no decent person that I know would ever call someone their best friend or be seen in public with a woman, who not only continued this whole triangle crap, but did personal and racist attacks against her EX’S woman and kids, all the while saying shit like “I had a dream that Jennifer was going back to Brad, and I said don’t do it” or ” Brad needs to go back to Jennifer, where he belongs”-as recorded in cb’s archives.

      Because of that racist crap with Handler, that’s when I was less “meh, she’s a crap actress, so I don’t really care” and more “who is she? If she’s letting her friend say that kind of stuff about CHILDREN, her ex’s children, and doesn’t publically distance herself away from that kind of person, then that says something about Jennifer, and it ain’t good.

      I would’ve never been seen in the company of anyone who said such things about children, or even adults. I would be ashamed to call someone like Chelsea Handler my friend.

    • Becky1 says:

      I have defended JA many times because I think sometimes that the dislike for her on this site can be pretty extreme, but I have to agree. It’s very hypocritical to denounce bullying when she’s best buds with Chelsea Handler. If Chelsea doesn’t like someone she can be really vicious.

    • Iggie says:

      +111111111111111111

  34. KanyeKan'tKope says:

    I hate when people say that happiness is a choice. I get it, but at the same time it comes across (to me, anyway b/c I’ve battled depression my entire life) as a bit condescending (sp?) & ignorant. Not that JA would ever put anyone down when she has her friends do it for her. She just comes across as flighty & self-absorbed. That “interview” was idiotic & that movie looks freaky bad.

  35. Chicagogurl says:

    God that bike is sexy!

  36. Ginger says:

    Wow…okay…Aniston and I are the same age…good body or not…we are TOO OLD for booty shorts darling!

  37. Kim1 says:

    Did she actually use the word,INJUSTICE in referring to what happened to Olivia Wilde on gossip sites.

  38. Emily C. says:

    If you’re not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice.

    Oh yes, because it’s so easy for the rest of us who aren’t rolling in money and health to be happy happy happy all the time. I don’t care what she said about Olivie Wilde. THIS is what’s disgusting about Aniston.

    • MegG says:

      Exactly she should try living in The real world, with unemployment and Tge GFC, on a normal wage.

  39. Debbie says:

    OMG, Aniston, please shuuuut uuuuuuup.

  40. Amelia says:

    News flash Ms. Aniston and Mr. Sudeikis…44 is mid-forties, not early.

    Aniston talks tough when bantering with a friend but she hides behind Chelsea Handler’s skirts when the going gets rough.

    I saw a scene from her new movie, We’re the Millers. It was the scene where she has to “prove” to the drug dealer holding the pretend family hostage that she really is a stripper, so she performed a strip tease. There was no tease. I was embarrassed for Aniston. Her moves weren’t good and she just couldn’t sell it.

    Keep your clothes on and head back to TV.

  41. Anon says:

    Who was Justin parenting at a young age? Heidi? Or was Aniston throwing shade already at her upcoming in-laws?
    Jennifer Aniston double speaks more than a politician. Am wondering if Jason isn’t repped by the same PR Guru, Huvane. Same old, same old.

    • Kim1 says:

      Brother I would guess he is about 20 years older than his half brother

      • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

        Just to make a little aside, his brother, Sebastian, I believe his name is, is extremely hot. I mean, if I lived in NY I would seriously be trying to stalk him right now. Especially since he can’t be more than twenty…I’m the perfect age. As long as he knows to call adults Mr. or Miss…then he will be welcome at my house.

    • pwal says:

      She could be throwing shade; after all, didn’t one of Justin’s cousins kinda shaded her with the ubiqutious ‘We just want Justin to be happy…’ (and I think that statement was prefaced with sentiment towards Heidi).

      Of course, it could be yet another stop on the … until the day that you are me and I am you tour, orchestrated by Aniston. Maybe Aniston doesn’t care for a guy who is connected to his family. Maybe she wants a guy willing to make her think that she is all that he will ever need, which makes sense, since she seems to be seeking out someone who will be consumed with her- her needs, wants, demands.

      Or, she honestly doesn’t give a rip about the future in-laws since Jane Pitt will always be seen as the Holy Grail of in-laws, despite not being her in-law for 8 years.

  42. omgusa says:

    she looks beautiful and relaxed as always

  43. skuddles says:

    LOL… “you learn those instincts”. Somebody please define the word “instinct” for Jen-nay.

  44. ray says:

    Love the pictures. She looks gorgeous.

  45. Melissa says:

    I wanna punch Justin off that motorcycle. And Jason is a horrible interviewer – my 5-yr old could do a better job than him!

  46. Sandy says:

    She is such an insecure hypocrite.

  47. Toot says:

    Yep, her face looks really saggy.

    That statement put out there about Justin having to act like a parent when he was younger is a great way to have a good relationship with the future in-laws. I guess his parents were too busy with their careers.

    Messy Jennifer.

  48. Viv says:

    She’s doesn’t sound one bit maternal to me. I think she must be happy with that part of her life.

    In a way for her though I feel sorry for her because she must have had her heart ripped out on losing Brad Pitt. I hope she’s found happiness with her new man. If she had ever wanted children, she would have had them by now, (if physically she could), don’t you think?)

    • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

      Just from what I have read from her own mouth, from her actions, I really think that she was less angry over being left (because she had what, four months-between the separation in January and those pictures on the beach in April to do Vanity Fair or anything else like that), but more upset that it was actually serious. Read the Vanity Fair article. She wasn’t upset that he left her-in fact, when he told her that he wanted to see if he could find something with Angelina, she told him to “get it out of his system”, but he didn’t want to do that while married. So they separated.

      As she said herself, their marriage was over in the summer of 2004. I think that they both did care for each other’s wellbeing, but other than that-they should’ve never gotten married. Ever. And you can also tell this by the way that whenever she or any of her friends say something about the whole thing, it’s rarely bashing Brad. It’s Angelina. I think the only thing I can think of when they “bashed” Brad was when Jennifer said that he was missing a sensitivity chip in the VF interview for that photoshoot-which was for work, I don’t get why people were acting like they just up and decided to play happy family for the cameras for the hell of it.

      As for kids, who knows, maybe she wants them-but her lifestyle isn’t in any way good for kids, and her fiancé doesn’t have any kids, so…who knows? I think that having a kid, for her was like a distant dream that she may, or may not do. If she does it’s great, if not, it’s no skin off her back-which I would love if she would just have said, straight away that life takes you to different places instead of that “quit worrying about my womb, it’ll happen” bs.

      I could go on, but I won’t. Anyways, this entire interview was pretty much a promotion in each other’s asses-or so the first few sentences sounded…I couldn’t get through more than that.

      • Janet says:

        She had no problem with the marriage breaking up. As she said herself, it was broken long before he met Angelina. Her problem was — and possibly continues to be — that he moved on so quickly to another woman.

    • Janet says:

      Oh please. She said herself that the marriage had been on life support for at least a year before they finally separated. Her heart wasn’t broken; her pride was hurt. End of story.

    • Iggie says:

      Far from heart broken, it was HER decision, she chose a career over her marriage. I doubt she was heart broken, since she chose to throw her marriage away, not Brad. Funny how her finding happiness with Justin resulted in another woman’s misery, since she stole Justin from Heidi Bivens. A person’s happiness should not be built on the pain of someone else. Therefore, Aniston does not deserve happiness after homewrecking Heidi and Justin to get it.

  49. Viv says:

    As for sagging faces, I think if we’re all lucky we’re going to have droopy faces, too. It’s a part of life if you live long enough and you don’t want to have a facelift.

  50. Joy says:

    What gall!!!

    Of course Jen is absolutely fine with people being s***** to Angelina Jolie and her children on the internet and on their stage and talk shows since 2005 without nice e-mails — or comment — and why? Because Angie loved the man Jen threw away.

    For the record I don’t believe she EVER wanted a child and I would never intrust one to her for even an afternoon. She is scarey

    • Becky1 says:

      Please-I’m sure she could be entrusted with a child for an afternoon. She may be annoying but she’s certainly not “scary.”

      • Janet says:

        Have you ever seen a photo of her with her god-child (Courtney Cox’s little girl)? Neither have I.

  51. Thiajoka says:

    I don’t hate Jennifer at all–I find her kind of cute and refreshing during interviews. However, this quote from the interview sticks in my craw a bit:

    “I think when you have to become the parent when you’re a younger person, you learn those instincts.”

    I basically had to raise myself, my parents, and my younger brother, who didn’t come along until I was almost twelve years old. Even now, my parents and my brother depend on me as if I’m their parent. And it gets very old and is oppressive as hell. But it’s the family dynamic and, try as I might to set boundaries, I am eventually pulled back in to this dynamic.

    It is the primary reason I chose not to have kids–I felt I never got the chance to be a kid myself and don’t want more responsibility than I’ve already had starting at a very young age.

    • TG says:

      I don’t know what your circumstances are or if you are an adult yet and I understand you want to care for your brother which is admirable but your parents sound toxic and are a danger to both you and your brother so for your sake I hope you either fight for custody of him if you can actually prove they are unfit or at least as soon as he is an adult I hope you and he cut off all contact with your toxic parents. You have zero reasons to feel obligated them no matter how guilty they try to make you feel.

  52. savanna says:

    I’m always so meh on the Aniston-meter, but the lady pulls off those short shorts for somebody in her 40s. DAMN! If I’m lucky…

  53. Hpeeps says:

    Her face/head/chin just keeps getting bigger. How much crap does she have pumped into her face?

  54. Bea says:

    Wow, what a self-indulgent waste of space – both of them. I hope their chiropractors are on call so that they can recover from all that back patting.

  55. Iggie says:

    Oh…My…..God. 🙁 She is such a vain superficial ditz. She truly loves herself. I’d rather force bamboo shoots under my fingernails than read another self-praising self-absorbed interview with this trashy woman.

  56. Erm says:

    I was starting to like her for her unapologetically boozy, vapid ways, but this interview is like watching two clueless douchebags tongue-bathing one another. Gross.

  57. Sheba says:

    WOW —– ick!!

    And I used to sort of like Jason Sudeikis.

  58. hag says:

    photoshop and candid shots tell the REAL story. the chin is UGLY

  59. Shelley says:

    I actually like this interview. I totally agree with what she says about attracting what you feel you deserve.
    A lot of the time, people don’t realise that you have to love yourself if you are going to attract someone who genuinely loves you for you.

  60. Dagmar Unger says:

    on Twitter, POPSUGAR had these 2 tweets smack bang together, “AJ juggles a UN speech..” – “JA shows off her long legs on set”. That sums JA up.
    By the way “Justin has amazing paternal instincts” Huh? Kaiser “we already feel married” so there’s no need to rush!!! Famous last words of someone who will NOT make to the altar

  61. Ennie says:

    Did they photoshopped her feet? They are very ugly in candids

  62. Iggie says:

    Sorry, this would not post under #23 after several tries. Re phone hacking. Annie, Brad and Jennifer announced their separation on January 7 2005, months before April. Aniston was seeing Vaughn well before then. And of course there were rumors, that doesn’t make it true in fact they were proven false. You omit the fact that Aniston moved on with Vaughn, before Pitt did with Jolie, so therefore she had checked out first and moved on first, so for Brad to be publicly humiliated like that was bad for him. Aniston chose a career over her own husband and had emotionally checked out a year before they split. She then moved onto Vaughn while still legally married. She humiliated Brad. Not the other way around. Brad was and still is too understanding, patient and too nice to her, he let her walk all over him. Btw, where is your sympathy for Heidi Bivens who had her 14 year relationship publicly destroyed by Aniston and was publicly humiliated by her and Justin? Huh?

    • Ennie says:

      I find weird that she was probably ******ing Vince Vaughn when she did the cry-fest interwiew. In that article it was officially denied they were involved, she also denied it on Oprah, he was defribrillating her behind the curtains while she was playing the victim. Good publicitary move. And then they call Angelina a PR mastermind, ha!

      • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

        Yeah, I don’t get how there wasn’t a backlash when it was found out that they were dating OR all those pr games she was playing with the media. During my boring spring break, I reread her archive here on celebitchy, and one of the first articles was that Vince was pissed off at her because she was going up to reporters with a big canary yellow diamond, and when they asked her if it was an engagement ring she said something like “ask Vince”, or something equally coy. Yeah, and this is the dude that made sure that the world knew they were over by partying with some college chick in London.

    • Annie says:

      Iggie,

      Correct me if I’m wrong, but Vaughn and Aniston starting dating on the set of their film, which started shooting in June 2005.