Millionaire Matchmaker reality star Patti Stanger has some advice for Jennifer Aniston that probably wouldn’t sit well with her if she ever deemed to pay attention. Stanger tells Aniston in the latest edition of The Enquirer that she needs to cut out some of her friends because they’re bad influences when it comes to modeling successful relationships. Neither Sheryl Crow nor Courteney Cox are examples of what Aniston wants to achieve with a mate and they won’t help her find the right guy claims Stanger.

We reported on earlier advice Stanger gave Aniston through the gossip press, telling her that she needed an older successful businessman, someone “high up on the food chain” in his 50s. Stanger repeats that claim and recommends that Aniston avoid Hollywood guys with a couple of exceptions. Jason Statham would make a good match for Aniston according to Stanger, and newly widowed Liam Neeson is another possibility:

Jen’s biggest problem, says Patti, is that she “picks the wrong people.”

So what’s Jen’s first step? Dating detox for 90 days, insists the matchmaker.

Patti also has a long list of dos and don’ts for the 40-year-old former “Friends” star. And topping that list is to cut out some of her closest friends!

Courteney Cox is out because she’s married “to a younger man and has a kid.” Sheryl Crow should go because she’s “single with an adopted kid” – and that’s exactly what Jen should not become, says Patti.

Ex-boyfriend John Mayer needs to get the ax because Jen “needs a real man and not a boy with ADD,” adds Patti.

Patti also has tough words for Jen about the continuing animosity with ex-husband Brad Pitt and his new love, Angelina Jolie.

“Sorry to break the news to her, but Brad and Angelina don’t care, and she needs to realize that she’s not even in the equation,” says Patti.

As for what Jen does need, Pattit’s got a list for that, too.

Jen should be looking for a wealthy businessman, media mogul or sports star – someone who doesn’t need her fame. He should be older, in his late 40s or 50s.

While Patti thinks Jen should consider steering clear of Hollywood types, she believes British “Transporter” star Jason Statham is one of the exceptions. “He is a man, not a boy,” says the matchmaker.

Another possibility, disclosed Patti, would be the TLC channel’s “Take Home Chef” star, Aussie Curtis Stone. Sensitive Irishman Liam Neeson, who recently lost wife Natasha Richardson in a skiing accident, would also be good for Jen.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, May 4, 2009]

I don’t know about this dating detox. As cheesy as it is, I like the over-simplified advice from John Gray of the “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” books. Gray recommends that men and women go against their instincts when jumping back into the dating pool after a relationship ends. He tells men to take their time because they’re more likely to seek out another mate right away and women should date without getting serious as they tend to hiberate after a breakup. Either way, it’s not bad advice to either gender to take some time to yourself and find fulfillment before looking for another partner.

Friends are invaluable and you shouldn’t cut them out of your life because they have different lifestyles than you aspire to. Cox and Crow may not have the best relationships for Aniston to model, but she can find her own path and that’s a crappy reason to dump people who have been there for you for years.

I do agree with Stanger’s advice that Aniston should date a successful non-Hollywood type who is ready to settle down. She needs a guy who doesn’t seek publicity but can handle the media spotlight when necessary. Salma Hayek found love with an industry mogul and maybe Aniston can find a confident, successful man who loves her for who she is and not for what she can do for him. We’re rooting for her, but she needs to keep her friends close. They told her dump Mayer long before she did the deed, after all.

Here’s Jennifer Aniston on the set of The Baster on 4/21/09. Credit: Edward Opinaldo, PacificCoastNews.com. Patti Stanger is shown on 4/13/09. credit: WENN.com