Jennifer Aniston Once Opened on the “really hard sh*t” of Her Life After ‘Friends’

Published 01/27/2024, 11:11 AM EST

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For the longest time ever, Jennifer Aniston has remained America’s sweetheart following her debut in the hit sitcom, Friends. In the years following the show’s end, the actress kept herself busy with numerous projects and outings and remains a regular on the Hollywood screens. However, behind the scenes, after the turn of the millennium, things started to shape up for her rapidly, both positively and then laden with overwhelming downturns before rekindling once again to heights.

In those few tumultuous years, the actress experienced a roller-coaster of emotions on what she found incredibly hard to deal with but opened up to speak the truth.

Jennifer Aniston once spilled the beans on the hardest phase of her life

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From doing several odd jobs to becoming one of the most recognized faces globally, Jennifer Aniston charted a career trajectory for herself that many dream of. However, for the poster girl of the sitcom genre, things started to spiral out of control close on the heels of her 2005 divorce from Brad Pitt. Speaking to Allure magazine, the Rachel Green actress opened up in a December 2022 interview on thenarrative that I was just selfish” taking commonplace in the media following the separation.

Although Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt fell out mutually, an unwanted consensus fanned out that her reluctance to bear kids was a major factor. Ironically, the truth came across as the polar opposite. “I was trying to get pregnant,” the Friends star spoke out. Shedding light that she tried everything from IVF to “drinking Chinese teas,” the false narrative crossed and hurt her. Rather, she outright labeled those moments in her “late 30s, 40s” as one where “I’d gone through really hard sh*t”.

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Regardless of the spurious allegations, the controversies fell out in time, and as of now, at 54 years of age, she still stays en route to success.

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Interestingly, she also put another foot forward in her flawless fashion legacy. Opting for a black Dolce & Gabbana jumpsuit, she brought out the best of her looks by pairing it with a satin pleated belt and satin heels. Adding the bling with De Beers jewelry, including diamond earrings and pearl rings, her look stood out again as a testament to her legacy.

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Imteshal Karim

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Imteshal Karim is a Hollywood News reporter at NetflixJunkie. With a penchant for writing in multiple forms, he is a published writer with his works published in anthologies. A star at his college’s writing competitions, he loves telling a good story and hopes to tell impactful ones about the unexplored side of the Entertainment industry.

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