I’m so happy for Jennifer Aniston! Her boyfriend, Jim Curtis, recently shared something really sweet – he basically said that age is just a number when you find the person you’re meant to be with, and I love that! It’s so refreshing to hear, and it feels like a beautiful message about their relationship.
When asked about finding love at age 42, the wellness coach said the process is the same at any age – whether you’re 22 or 32 – but you approach it with greater self-assurance, life experience, and a stronger sense of who you are.
He shared in an Instagram Q&A on October 29th that the key is to love yourself and remember you’re at a great age, because life isn’t over at 42. He pointed out that you’ll likely look back on 42 with fondness when you’re older, wishing you were that age again.
He encouraged people to begin their search for love today, advising them to be open, smile, and connect with others. Most importantly, he emphasized the power of self-love, stating that loving yourself will attract more love into your life.
Jim has seen it up close. He was first spotted with Jennifer Aniston, 56, over the Fourth of July while they were on vacation in Spain with her close friend Jason Bateman and his wife, Amanda Anka. The following month, the four of them had dinner in New York City, and Jim later joined Aniston at the launch event for her haircare line, LolaVie’s new dry shampoo, in Los Angeles.
She’s also been a source of support for him. In May, Aniston – who has been married to Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux in the past – helped promote his book, Shift: Quantum Manifestation Guide: A Workbook for Coding a New Consciousness, and mentioned that she used hypnosis to overcome a long-term issue.
Although the actress, known for her role in Cake and previously married to Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux, and her companion haven’t publicly addressed their relationship, she has offered some clues. In May, she promoted his book, Shift: Quantum Manifestation Guide: A Workbook for Coding a New Consciousness, on Instagram, and mentioned that a hypnotist helped her overcome a long-term health issue.
She shared with Travel + Leisure in April that she has a severe fear of flying. To cope, she used to tap the plane with her right hand and always step onto the aircraft with her right foot, believing it would bring good luck. However, she’s recently been undergoing hypnosis, and part of the process involves letting go of those superstitious habits.
Read on for more facts about Jennifer…
She shared with Travel + Leisure in April that she’s terrified of flying. She used to tap the plane with her right hand and step onto the plane with her right foot, believing it would bring good luck. However, she’s recently been undergoing hypnosis, and part of the process involves getting rid of those kinds of superstitious habits.
“I have not been doing the right hand, right foot,” she continued, “and now it’s shockingly good!”
What else is shockingly good? These fascinating facts about the Friends alum…
Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11, 1969, in Sherman Oaks, California, to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Actor Telly Savalas, a close friend of her father, was her godfather. Her family originally had the last name Anastassakis, but they changed it after moving to the United States from Greece.
In a 2015 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Aniston shared that she was diagnosed with dyslexia in her early 20s, after years of difficulty in school. She admitted she used to think she wasn’t intelligent, explaining, “I just couldn’t retain anything.”
In a 2018 conversation with her friend Molly McNearney, Jennifer Aniston shared that she was bullied during middle school.
In an interview with InStyle, Jennifer Aniston shared that she was bullied as a child, and she wasn’t sure why. She said kids would single her out for teasing during fifth, sixth, and seventh grade, likely because she was a bit overweight at the time.
Before becoming a famous actress, Jennifer Aniston had a rather unglamorous childhood job. She revealed to Parade magazine in 2009 that she earned her allowance by cleaning toilets, and surprisingly, she was good at it! Despite facing some financial struggles, Aniston said she was content with her life regardless of how much money she was making, and she always enjoyed her work.
And before landing the role that would make her a household name, Aniston worked as a waitress.
Oh my gosh, she admitted she totally dropped Alpine burgers – like, more than once! – right into people’s laps! Can you imagine?! She said Swiss cheese and mushrooms everywhere, and you definitely wouldn’t want that in your pants, haha! Apparently, she wasn’t the best waitress, but everyone said she was so sweet and charming that they didn’t even care! I knew it! She’s just naturally adorable, even when she’s accidentally ruining someone’s lunch. It just makes her even more endearing, honestly!
While at LaGuardia High School, the famous performing arts school featured in the movie Fame, Jennifer Aniston participated in volleyball and basketball, all while focusing on drama studies.
Jennifer Aniston was also friends with Chaz Bono, Cher’s son, as they went to school together. In a 2011 interview with Allure, Aniston shared that a group of them would go to Chaz’s house every day after school.
Although Jennifer Aniston is now famous for her relaxed California look, she revealed she went through a rebellious phase in high school. She told People magazine that her teenage years were awkward and she experimented with a dark, “goth nightmare” style. She wasn’t trying to be pretty; she was aiming to be deliberately unconventional and unattractive.
Jennifer Aniston began her acting career with a small, uncredited role in the 1988 film Mac and Me, where she played a McDonald’s dancer. Before landing her famous role on Friends, she took over the part of Ferris Bueller’s sister, Jeanine, from Jennifer Grey in a short-lived TV series inspired by the classic movie. She also appeared in the 1993 horror-comedy Leprechaun which gained a cult following.
Jennifer Aniston has often spoken about the difficulties she experienced in her relationship with her mother, Nancy Dow, starting in childhood. She also witnessed her parents’ divorce, which finalized in 1980.
Jennifer Aniston recalled that her former roommate was highly critical of her, telling The Hollywood Reporter in 2015 that the roommate, a model, was beautiful and she felt she never measured up. Aniston said she’s always felt this way and is okay with it, but she also described her roommate as someone who held onto small grievances for a long time, which she found unnecessary.
I was so relieved to hear her talk about this! She shared with WHO that therapy was truly the key for her – it helped her finally understand and accept why her mother acted the way she did. She said it took a lot of work, but she did get past it, and realized her mother’s behavior wasn’t about her at all – it was her mother’s own issues being projected onto her. It was incredibly empowering to hear her say that.
Before her death in 2016, Jennifer Aniston had a long and difficult relationship with her mother. They were estranged for many years, and her mother publicly criticized her, even writing a memoir in 1999 titled From Mother and Daughter to Friends. Notably, Aniston did not invite her mother to her wedding to Brad Pitt the following year.
In a 2018 interview with Elle magazine, Jennifer Aniston shared some thoughts on her relationship with her mother and explained what she believed motivated her mother’s actions.
She was focused on the wrong things,” she explained. “I believe she was simply trying to cope with a difficult situation – financial hardship and a broken marriage. Being a single mother in the 1980s must have been incredibly challenging.
For the role of Rachel Green on the hit NBC show Friends (1994-2004), Jennifer Aniston competed against several other actresses, including Jane Krakowski (known for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Tea Leoni, Tiffani Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkeley, and surprisingly, Courtney Cox! That’s right – the actress who played Monica Geller was also considered for the part of Rachel!
Marta Kauffman, one of the show’s creators, shared that they initially considered Courteney Cox for the role of Rachel, but she preferred playing Monica instead.
Courteney Cox famously played Monica on the show, and she and Jennifer Aniston actually became close friends in real life – Aniston is even Coco Cox’s godmother! For ten years, the two, along with Lisa Kudrow, ate lunch together daily on set. Cox revealed in a 2016 interview that they consistently ordered the same thing: a salad Jennifer Aniston customized. It wasn’t a traditional Cobb salad, though; Aniston added turkey bacon and chickpeas, among other things.
Jennifer Aniston carefully chose roles, and ultimately found success with Friends. This meant turning down other opportunities, including a position on Saturday Night Live. She explained on The Howard Stern Show in 2019 that she didn’t believe she’d fit in with the show’s atmosphere and considered herself a dramatic actress rather than a comedic one. Interestingly, she did eventually appear on Saturday Night Live as a host in 1999 and 2004, and even made a brief appearance in 2016.
Remember “The Rachel”? Jennifer Aniston’s iconic haircut from the 90s had everyone rushing to the salon to copy it. Surprisingly, Aniston herself later admitted she thought it was awful, even calling it “the ugliest haircut I’ve ever seen” in an interview with Glamour. And here’s a fun fact: her hairstylist and close friend, Chris McMillan, revealed he was under the influence when he first created the now-famous style!
As a huge Friends fan, I was shocked to learn that Jennifer Aniston almost didn’t come back for the final season! Even after she and the cast became the highest-paid TV stars ever – a million dollars per episode – she had real doubts. She talked about it in an interview years ago, saying she worried about the show ending while we still loved it and it was still great. She also wondered if she had anything left to give to the character of Rachel. Thankfully, she decided to return, and we all got to see how her story ended (even if it meant a few tears when Rachel almost didn’t get on that plane!). It’s amazing to think she won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe during her time on the show, but almost left it all behind.
During the filming of the Friends series finale, Jennifer Aniston’s husband at the time, Brad Pitt, made a surprise appearance and asked to watch the episode when it aired so he could experience it like everyone else. The cast and crew also celebrated with three wrap parties, one of which was a formal dinner hosted by Aniston and Pitt at their home. Producer Kevin S. Bright provided a special touch, serving vintage Haut-Brion wine he’d originally purchased back in season one.
Around the middle of the popular show Friends, Jennifer Aniston appeared in the comedy film Office Space. The studio hoped having a well-known actress like her would attract more viewers. Her part in the movie was actually expanded to include the now-famous “flair” storyline. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Aniston revealed she had two crushes while filming: one on a former high school classmate, producer David Herman – whom she described as both captivating and intimidating – and another on someone new.
Although Jennifer Aniston continued using her maiden name for her career, she legally became Jennifer Pitt when she married Brad Pitt in 2000. After filing for divorce in 2005, she requested to revert to her original last name. The divorce became a major celebrity scandal, largely due to the widely publicized relationship between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, his co-star in the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith, who he later married.
During the peak of the highly publicized love triangle between Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie in 2005, the popular Los Angeles store Kitson sold t-shirts supporting either “Team Aniston” or “Team Jolie” for $30 each. According to a well-known profile of Aniston in Vanity Fair, the “Team Aniston” shirts sold 25 times better than the “Team Jolie” shirts.
Oh my gosh, you won’t BELIEVE the things those paparazzi put Jennifer through! She’s had to sue them so many times just to have a little privacy. I remember reading about it back in 2000 – they published topless photos of her, taken right in her OWN backyard! Can you imagine?! And then, get this, in 2006, she actually turned the tables! She sent copies of those same photos to a bunch of magazine editors herself to try and stop them. It was so empowering, but also just shows how desperate she was to control her own image and have some peace. She’s seriously a queen for dealing with all that!
Aniston stated in court papers that the photos caused her significant emotional pain, including feelings of shame, humiliation, and a violation of her privacy. She explained that the photos were taken inside her home, causing her distress and damaging her peace of mind.
In 2010, singer John Mayer famously said that Jennifer Aniston was the one who got away, following their breakup.
He admitted to Rolling Stone that the breakup still affected him deeply. He described it as a very difficult period and said he regretted that the relationship didn’t work out, even admitting he sometimes wished things could be different and they were still together.
For decades, Jennifer Aniston’s romantic life has been a constant source of tabloid attention. She’s frequently in the headlines due to breakups, relationships, ongoing speculation about her past with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and persistent rumors about a possible pregnancy.
In 2016, Jennifer Aniston grew tired of constant media scrutiny and wrote a compelling opinion piece for The Huffington Post called “For the Record.” In it, she spoke out against the way the media objectifies her and women as a whole.
Just to be clear, I’m not pregnant. I’m simply tired of it all,” she explained. “I’m sick of the constant, critical attention and body shaming that’s presented as news, justified by freedom of the press, and disguised as celebrity gossip.”
She also criticized the constant and often intrusive attention from the paparazzi, as well as the media’s tendency to portray her life as lacking fulfillment simply because she doesn’t have children. They seemed determined to define her story as incomplete or unsuccessful without them.
She beautifully stated that a woman doesn’t need marriage or children to feel fulfilled. We all have the power to create our own version of a happy life. Absolutely!
Jennifer Aniston has traveled extensively, but her favorite place to vacation is Cabo San Lucas. She frequently invites her celebrity friends, including Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Courteney Cox, Jason Bateman, and his wife Amanda Anka, to join her. If you’re looking to enjoy a sunny getaway like Aniston, she often stays at the One & Only Palmilla.
It seems Mexican food is good for you, or at least that’s what Jennifer Aniston suggests! She’s openly shared her fondness for favorites like chips, guacamole, and tacos. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she mentioned enjoying “fluffy crispy tortilla chips with guac.”
Oh my gosh, you guys, did you KNOW her perfect drink is a margarita?! I mean, of course it is, she’s perfect! She told Yahoo! Beauty it’s just tequila, lime juice, and a tiny bit of Cointreau. She said it’s delicious, and honestly, if she says it’s delicious, it HAS to be. I need to try making that right now!
It’s well known that exercise is good for your health, and Jennifer Aniston is always open about the effort she puts in to stay in shape.
I typically enjoy running, and I like to combine three exercises: 15 minutes on the bike, 15 on the elliptical, and then 15 minutes running. On the elliptical, I alternate between 90-second sprints and 30-second jogs, finishing with interval training. I also include a yoga session each week. Recently, due to an injury, I’ve been doing Barre instead, and I’d forgotten how challenging it is – it’s a really tough workout!
Jennifer Aniston enjoys boxing, finding it to be a therapeutic outlet. She explained to InStyle that it’s a healthy way to release pent-up frustration and process daily stressors. It allows her to momentarily imagine confronting those who bother her, without actually harming anyone. She’s thankful she can express these feelings safely through the sport.
Because she leads a lifestyle that many people admire and strive for, Aniston has partnered with brands like Aveeno, Smartwater, and Eyelove. Forbes estimates she earns more than $10 million annually from these endorsements.
Jennifer Aniston credits her radiant skin to a simple routine. As she told The Cut, she constantly encourages her friends to prioritize hydration – drinking plenty of water is key! She also emphasizes the importance of getting enough sleep, exercising regularly, and eating a healthy diet whenever they can.
Jennifer Aniston surprisingly enjoys watching reality television. She confessed to People magazine in 2015 that she’s very interested in the Kardashians and Jenners, calling it a ‘guilty pleasure’.
Jennifer Aniston also admits to enjoying The Bachelor franchise. She even shared her predictions for Nick Viall’s season on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2016, and she correctly identified Rachel Lindsay – who later became the Bachelorette – as a frontrunner, proving she has a good eye for potential couples.
The actress admitted she loves the show, even though she describes it as ‘guilty pleasure’ viewing. She called it entertaining but also a bit of a mess, saying the characters often bring trouble on themselves, but that’s part of what makes it so captivating. She told Access Hollywood you almost can’t help but watch, even when you know things are going to go wrong.
Jennifer Aniston famously said she would never use social media, but she surprised everyone by joining Instagram in 2019, causing the app to temporarily crash due to the surge in activity.
I’ve always admired Jennifer Aniston’s straightforward approach to things, and this recent interview really resonated with me. She confessed she used to check out people’s Instagrams (who hasn’t?), but now she’s all about keeping things tidy. She’s incredibly proud of maintaining an empty inbox – seriously, zero emails! She says every morning she tackles her emails, answers everything right away, and that’s it. It’s so refreshing to hear someone so famous prioritize a clean digital life. I aspire to be that organized!
Jennifer Aniston shared a story about first meeting Dolly Parton, whom she collaborated with on the Netflix film Dumplin’. She explained that she was already a huge fan when she was introduced to the singer eight years prior.
You know, I’ve been a fan of Dolly Parton since I was a little girl – I used to sing into my hairbrush pretending I was her! It was so exciting when I finally got to meet her. I actually told her I’d named my dog after her – a little tribute to someone who’s meant so much to me for so long.
Besides Dolly, her white shepherd named after Dolly Parton, Jennifer Aniston also cherished a dog named Norman, who passed away in 2011 at the age of 15. She honored him with her first tattoo, his name on her right foot.
She famously shared with James Lipton on Inside the Actor’s Studio that “Norman” was the word she loved the most, a moment that often brings tears to fans’ eyes.
Since then, Aniston, along with her former husband Justin Theroux, has adopted two dogs: a pitbull named Sophie and a terrier named Clyde.
Even without a show currently airing in 2018, Jennifer Aniston was still one of the highest-paid television stars that year, according to Variety. She and Reese Witherspoon were expected to earn $1.1 million per episode for The Morning Show, which debuted on Apple TV+ in 2019. Both actresses are also executive producers of the show.
Everyone always asks celebrities about their celebrity crushes. It seems Jennifer Aniston is a popular choice among men in Hollywood! Both KJ Apa and Cole Sprouse, stars of Riverdale, have admitted to having crushes on her.
Apa confessed to Cosmopolitan that he’s had a crush on Aniston, surprisingly even though he’d never watched Friends. Meanwhile, Sprouse fondly remembered working with her on the show – he and his twin brother Dylan played Ross’s son, Ben, on the sitcom.
He admitted to the New York Post that he struggled to work with Jennifer because he was deeply in love with her. He described being infatuated and so smitten that he would become flustered, forget his lines, and completely lose his train of thought, making the experience very challenging.
Those popular young actors aren’t the first to express interest in Jennifer Aniston – several other well-known men admitted their feelings for her years ago.
Jake Gyllenhaal admitted he had a long-time crush on his “The Good Girl” co-star, Jennifer Aniston, and found it difficult to work alongside her. In an interview with People magazine, he stumbled over his words trying to describe his feelings, eventually saying it was a “lovely” experience, but not always easy.
Ashton Kutcher shared that when he was 17, he made a bet that he would date Mila Kunis – whose picture was his computer screensaver. He actually did get to date her, even while she was married to Brad Pitt.
Ashton Kutcher shared on The Graham Norton Show that he once asked Brad Pitt for permission to date his wife. Surprisingly, Brad was supportive and told him to go for it, but she ultimately turned him down.
Following her departure from Plan B, the production company she started with Brad Pitt in 2006, Jennifer Aniston and her close friend Kristin Hahn launched Echo Films in 2008. Echo Films, which has a partnership with Universal Pictures, has gone on to produce several of Aniston’s films, such as The Switch, Cake, and Dumplin’.
Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler often appear in movies together due to their close friendship, with their latest collaboration being the 2023 film Murder Mystery 2.
Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney became friends when their TV shows, Friends and E.R., did a special crossover episode, and they’ve stayed close ever since. Their friendship continued even after Aniston’s divorce from Brad Pitt, who often worked with Clooney. This past summer, Aniston visited Clooney and his family – his wife, Amal, and their twins – in Italy. In a December 2018 interview with Ellen DeGeneres, she shared how wonderful it was to see him as a father, saying it showed her that “anything can happen.”
Jennifer Aniston has often shared the story of being pressured to lose weight before auditioning for Friends. She remembers her agent bluntly telling her in 1996, as reported in Rolling Stone, that she wasn’t getting many roles because she was considered too heavy. While acknowledging it was a harsh thing to say, she also admitted it was ultimately helpful, as it revealed a troubling standard in Hollywood.
I was so inspired by her success with Nutri/System! It was incredible to see her transformation, and I remember being really touched when she shared her experience on The Howard Stern Show. She actually said something that really resonated with me – she talked about discovering a body she never knew she had, and it was just so empowering to hear!
Oh my gosh, it’s been over 20 years now, and it’s just amazing to see Jennifer finally talking about how crazy the pressure is on women in Hollywood! She’s always been so real, and I’m so glad she’s speaking out about those totally unfair expectations. It just feels so validating to hear her say it, you know?
In 2018, she told InStyle that it’s time to stop defining beauty by a specific size or body measurements. She felt that idea was outdated and that society needed to embrace a more inclusive view of beauty.
Following the #MeToo movement, Jennifer Aniston shared her experiences with workplace harassment. In an interview with InStyle, she explained that she’d faced inappropriate advances from fellow actors, which she dealt with by removing herself from the situation. She also stated that, thankfully, no one in a position of power had ever made her feel uncomfortable or used that power against her. Interestingly, she added that she’d often experienced more negative treatment – verbally and emotionally – from other women in the industry.
Jennifer Aniston struggles with a fear of flying, which is difficult given her frequent work travel and desire to take vacations.
It began when I was in my twenties with a really unsettling flight. After that, I started paying attention to news reports about plane crashes, and I became fixated on the fear of dying in a plane. It completely took over my thoughts. It’s something I really want to overcome, because it doesn’t make sense – it’s completely irrational.
Jennifer Aniston is the one who organizes things with her close friends in real life, according to her best friend Kristin Hahn. Hahn described Aniston as the “social glue” of the group, telling Elle magazine that they feel lost when she’s not around.
Although Jennifer Aniston has gone through two divorces, she doesn’t see them as failures. In an interview with Elle, she explained that she actually considers her marriages successful. She believes that when they ended, it was a mutual decision made to prioritize happiness, as both parties realized they were no longer happy together in that situation.
In an interview with Elle, Jennifer Aniston shared that the idea of becoming a mother still felt scary to her. She explained that while some people are naturally suited to being wives and mothers, it doesn’t come as easily to her. She’s open to what the future may hold, whether that includes a child and a partner, and how that might happen – or not. She also noted that advances in science now offer options for having children at different stages of life.
As someone who follows celebrity news closely, it was heartbreaking to hear about Matthew Perry’s passing on October 28th, 2023. Of course, the entire Friends cast was absolutely devastated, and I was particularly touched when Jennifer Aniston shared with Variety that she’d actually been texting with him that morning. She said he was his typical, hilarious self – just ‘funny Matty’ – which makes the loss even more poignant.
“He was not in pain,” she recalled. “He wasn’t struggling.”
She shared a screenshot of their text conversation, showing Perry telling his old crush, “Making you laugh just made my day. It really did.”
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