This new National Enquirer story does not really mesh with yesterday’s In Touch Weekly cover story, all about how Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are having major relationship drama and the more Jennifer clings, the more she pushes him away. The Enquirer’s story makes it sound like Justin and Jennifer are okay, but that Jennifer has given up on fertility treatments and now she just wants to focus on her career. Which I guess I believe, considering Jennifer has been doing several projects back-to-back this year? Sure. What’s funny though is that instead of making this a story about “Jen giving up on pregnancy,” it’s a story about how she’s going to go topless in We’re the Millers 2.
JEN ready to bare ALL as pregnancy dreams just…fade away. AFTER failing to conceive with her fiancé Justin Theroux, Jennifer Aniston is finally giving up on her dream of getting pregnant and instead refocusing on her career, say sources.
In fact, the former “Friends” beauty is said to be considering going topless in the sequel to her hit comedy “We’re the Millers.”
“If Jennifer thought there was any chance that she’d be getting pregnant, there’s no way she’d prepare for a project in which she’ll have to strip down,” said a source. “The truth is that Jen and Justin have been trying all year to conceive with no luck.
“She tried every fertility treatment available, which is why she packed on the pounds over the summer and was sporting what some people thought was a baby bump at the New York premiere of ‘We’re the Millers.’”
Jennifer, 44, recently changed her looks by chopping off her trademark locks – and now she’s said to be wrestling with an image makeover.
“Jen’s completely torn over the prospects of going topless because she’s made $45 million from her ‘America’s Sweetheart’ persona,” a longtime friend of the actress told The ENQUIRER. “But with Justin encouraging her to go for it, she’s seriously considering revealing her breasts in ‘Millers 2’ before she gets too old!”
An insider says that Jen has all but signed on to reprise her role as stripper Rose, and that she wants filming to be done in six months – as soon as possible after she wraps “Horrible Bosses 2.”
“Jen’s in her best shape ever and can’t wait to show it off,” revealed the source. “She says she loved playing a stripper in her 40s, and Justin’s been urging her to get edgier with her roles.”
Still, Jennifer is said to be weighing various options to keep it tasteful.
“It’s possible the topless shot will be from a distance and Jen will be wearing a body stocking or even body art, but she’s also discussed with the studio the possibility of a close-up with her breasts pixilated or covered with a funny blooper motif,” noted the source. “She thinks that could be funny but still provocative.”
Meanwhile, Jennifer and Justin have not been seen together in public recently, sparking whispers that the two are drifting apart. But her pal says that they are just immersed in their careers and are still committed to each other – and even to starting a family someday.
“Since they haven’t been able to conceive naturally, Jen and Justin are now looking at adoption or hiring a surrogate,” said the source. “She’s not going to let anything get in the way of starting a family with Justin.”
How many times are we going to have to hear that Jennifer is in “the best shape ever”? I’m not shading Jennifer for keeping in shape – she works out and does yoga like a boss, and she’s super-toned and good for her. But she’s been in “the best shape ever” for going on 17 years, right? Ever since she lost weight in the first few seasons of Friends. And how many times are we going to hear about her “scandalous” and “sexy” scenes where she’s being so brave and showing off her body? She’s dropped trou in so many movies! AND photo-shoots! It would be like making a big deal about Kate Winslet’s nudity – we’ve seen it all before.
As for the pregnancy/surrogacy/adoption stuff… whatever they want. I’m not sure I believe that Jennifer was doing fertility treatments this year, but if she was and it didn’t take, that’s sad news for them.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
If she was preggers as many times as the tabloids have said she would have a least 143 kids! Lol!
Bwahahahaha!! Exactly!! +1000
My only question is WHY? Why make We’re the Millers 2? Was the first flick a raving success? I never saw it, so I’m clueless.
Yeah, I thought it was another box office bomb for her. Why do they keep putting this woman in films?
This film was a success considering it was made on a budget of 37million dollars it grossed 266 million dollars.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=werethemillers.htm she does only small budget movies.
It was a bomb, but Hollywood has got nothing else in the way of imagination so bring on the sequels and remakes!
PS Aniston has been promoted as going topless in films in order to sell tickets FOREVER, and never does. So this will just be the go to story as she ages out of the pregnancy possibility.
Read the above comment. It was far from a bomb. We’re the Millers was one of the most successful films of the summer (which is sad because it was awful). I’m no Aniston apologist, but she’s made some really smart decisions with her career, taking roles in comedies that other people carry and then getting the credit when that movie does well (because she’s the most famous person in it). Charlie Day made her look amazing in Horrible Bosses but did anyone talk about Charlie Day? No, it was all how Aniston is an R-rated comedy queen now. She irks me on many levels, but you have to give her props for the career decisions lately.
Algernon – I’m not an Aniston lover (she doesn’t bother me either), but here is a an article I remember reading in Forbes that speaks to your points.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2013/09/10/sorry-folks-jennifer-aniston-is-indeed-a-genuine-movie-star/
same reason as to why adam sander continues to make films…
@Hair, who wrote: “same reason as to why adam sander continues to make films… ”
The difference is this: usually, when Adam Sandler stars in a film, it’s an ‘Adam Sandler’ film via his Happy Madison Productions production company. And like Brad Pitt’s Plan B company, in addition to his ‘own’ films, Adam Sandler’s production company also releases movies produced by others … such as:
Steven Brill (Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds), Dennis Dugan (The Benchwarmers, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2), Frank Coraci (Click, Zookeeper), Fred Wolf (Strange Wilderness, The House Bunny), Aaron Rodgers (The Animal, The Hot Chick, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star), Peter Segal (Anger Management, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard), and Nicholaus Goossen (A Day with the Meatball, Grandma’s Boy, The Shortcut).
Let us know when Jennifer Aniston starts doing the same with ‘her’ production company. Until then, Adam Sandler rules! 🙂
I don’t know that you can call a film that did 7 times it’s production budget a “bomb”. Even the first POC film did a bit under 5 times and no one considers that a bomb.
The film may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but trying to pass it off as some sort of failed movie is patently untrue.
Thank you. I must have missed the wild success of this film.
I think it did quite well — it’s a comedy, and they don’t take as much to make. And I say that as someone who is not a fan and did not see the movie. But I vaguely remember it being a pleasant box office return for an August release.
I wish this middle-aged woman who couldn’t act her way out of a paper bag, would go away! I’m tired of these baby storys. If this chick wanted a child, she would have had one anyway she could. She will never marry until Pitt does. She’s still hung up on him & thinks he’ll come back. Not happening! Go away!!!
Agreed Janie!
Janie
You can’t possibly know if she’s still hung up on Pitt. If her behavior and the company she keeps (Handler) tells us anything it’s that she’s bitter of another woman’s success and her ex’s happiness.
Her acting is pretty bad and if it wasn’t for how her management exploits her previous marriage she would have no career in hollywood.
And I say this as a fan of Aniston – the business woman.
I’ve read that her films do really well overseas. It looks cringe-worthy so I can’t be bothered to see it.
I really wish the tabloids would drop the pregnancy stories already. It’s much more fun to read about her hair.
Yes, because, sadly, this is what foreigners think Americans are really like. The movie was trash, but it did turn a profit.
That’s what I was thinking–I’m sure the movie made money, because it had a decent budget, but no way was it a raving success. The only person I found funny in the trailer was the guy who’s engaged to Olivia Wilde (can’t remember his name). It definitely seemed like a movie I would watch once and probably wouldn’t buy it.
Maybe they’re trying to strike the iron while it’s hot.
I enjoyed the two young people in the movie, but not Jen and Jason as much.
A lot of people raved about the scene of Jen and the young girl kissing the boy, thinking it was hot and hilarious.
Could you imagine for one minute the uproar and disgust if the scene was the boy and Jason (dad) kissing on the young girl? But since it’s Jennifer, it’s ok?
i had no idea anyone saw it
i think id rather set $20 on fire but hey, different strokes
Lol this!
The movie was indeed a raving success – it was modestly budgeted and it made a lot of money.
And I will finally give J. Aniston credit. She takes a lot of generic female lead roles in movies that are typically driven by thr men’s showy, flashy parts and big personas (Your Jim Carrey, Ben stiller, Vince Vaughn, etc). But 1) she doesnt screw up the movie, and 2) while she’s not necessarily the one getting butts into the seats she’s generating a ton of awareness about the projects. Like it or not, if she makesa movie we’re at least going to know about it. It doesn’t necessarily mean that people are saying ”oh, lets go to that new Jenifer Aniston movie” but it may mean ”oh yeah, that movie – hey it actually looks funny, maybe I’ll see it this weekend.”
Who buys National enquirer? They need new material
Pretty sure to get pregnant you have to be in the same city for a bit? Yawn. Maybe stop drinking or putting formaldehyde on your head?
She’s a bit long in the tooth to make toplessness a virtue, isn’t she? Who’s the audience for this?
@The Original G, who wrote: “She’s a bit long in the tooth to make toplessness a virtue, isn’t she? Who’s the audience for this?”
Maybe they’re planning to use the same ‘body double’ they used in the first “We’re the Millers” film.
I’m just saying that market who watches comedies for a boobie shot are in high school and a middle aged woman is not a good fit for them.
@ Orig G
I beg to differ. The guys I know, no matter the age, are always looking for a good boob shot. Boys will be boys.
Right Cecilia. I never met a man who who didn’t love boobs. But the comedy movie going market is not shelling out bucks to see their mother naked.
Don’t laugh, but I seen an online petition signed by guys cause Jen fails to deliver the goods as advertised (the naked goods)…..some commented she was a c**ktease and they were sick of her shenanigans. I was surprised of the men that took the time to sign up. Might be why she keeps um, * teasing.
You forget, in HER mind she’s still the 25-year-old ingénue that ran into a coffee ship in the Village wearing a wedding gown.
I think it was supposed to be more funny when she played the stripper in
The MIllers, not that she looked good. There seems to me to be a time when it’s getting a little too late for a person to being showing off their naked body parts. Unless, of course, she wants to be made fun of. Don’t do it!
I don’t believe she’s ever done fertility treatments. I don’t think she’s ever wanted children and if that’s the case I wish to hell she’d say so and tell everybody to butt out and mind their own business.
I don’t believe she wants children either. But to publicly say so would be detrimental, people are so f’ing judgmental!!! (oh, the irony, I know). The tabloid pregnancy mill keeps her front and centre. Why kill that?
I don’t know if she wants children or not but I do know that I noticed a distinct difference in her this past year. I think she did try fertility drugs. She has looked bloated with noticeable weight gain — even in her always toned arms. She also has looked moody & less than happy. I don’t know how any one can state with absolute certainty that she has not tried any above & beyond treatments or methods. If she wants children, I hope she succeeds but it doesn’t really matter to me. I am quite happy with no children. I do have a new puppy though. Happiness.
@Cecilia: If you’ve noticed, she looks bloated every time the tabs run another “baby bump” photo. I think she bloats up every month. Lots of women have the same problem. As for her looking moody and unhappy, I don’t think that was due to fertility drugs; I think it’s more likely because her relationship with Theroux has been going south.
I’m not buying it either, but she would never come clean about not wanting to be a mom because as @feebee said, it keeps her in the tabloids. The rumors always put her on the cover, which is what she wants.
Agree, Janet! She’s never going to have kids and her stupid little publicity game of teasing the public over it got old a long time ago. Very uncool, Jennifer — very uncool.
VERY, agreed!
I feel like with her situation, in the tabloids, if she really was honestly trying to get pregnant, she’d ignore the rumors about her being pregnant. She wouldn’t have Huvane out denying every single pregnancy rumor about her. I wouldn’t want to know how many magazines were saying that I was pregnant, ESPECIALLY when I’m in my thirties and forties. I would hope that I would be mature enough to ignore those kinds of things. But I think she does encourage at least some of the speculation.
Like I said yesterday–she’s made it clear to the world that Brad is still the nice guy that she fell in love with years ago (even though they’re divorced)—it’s Angelina, the woman she doesn’t really know, who’s the “uncool” one. Tabloids pick up on that. Part of it’s sexism, the other part is that Jennifer made it clear who the “enemy” was. Or the fact that she’s letting Chelsea Handler read tabloid rumors about her, on her show, when she’s there. That’s giving those rumors a wider range. That’s not behavior that I would encourage.
+1 Her bloatedness is from sustained alcohol abuse, and perhaps a lapse in her exercise regime. That’s all.
Jennifer doesn’t want children or that what it seems like. She is 44 years old and hasn’t tried anything to become a mother be it IVF, adoption or surrogate – her own words. Jennifer also once said children are messy and to much responsibility. Most if her ex partners have gone on to have children with other women so obviously they wanted children but Jennifer didn’t.
I am waiting for the day she will man up and admit that she has never wanted and will never want children. But that day will never come because she is afraid of losing her fans and the pregnancy rumours are the ones that is keeping her in the news.
As for her going nude – she already did it in Breakup and Wanderlust. In breakup she made the director cut the scenes because that’s when she played the victim in the media and it would have ruined that good girl image she created. Same with Wanderlust – Jennifer was naked during the shooting but Justin has it removed from the movie. Since Justin and Jennifer were sleeping with each during the filming of that movie (cheating on Justin’s then girlfriend of 14 years) he must have felt possessive or something.
PS: yes many of us are tired if listening about her banging body. Give me Halle Berry, Christy T, Cindy Crawford, Penelope Cruz etc they are women who are naturally gorgeous even after childbirth changing their bodies.
I commented above you, when I should have read you first and just gone “+1”.
its usually a sign of desperation when an actress sheds the cloths after so many long years of stating it wasnt necessary. Not sure why hollywood folks thinks going topless is some sort of brave rite of passage into oscar territory. How will she be taken more serious as an actress by shedding her cloths? But then again, it worked for Berry. I still havent been able to figure out how in gods name she ever won an oscar for anything, especially in that movie. She was atrocious in that one. But she ‘took the risk’ and went naked, so instant oscar nomination i guess.
@Jojo, who wrote: “its usually a sign of desperation when an actress sheds the cloths after so many long years of stating it wasnt necessary.”
Yep, she ‘jumped the shark’ into desperation when she did that naked “GQ” cover in 2008.
Finally! A Jennifer Anistion article for which I can actually say … I don’t believe a word of it, y’all.
This …
“Meanwhile, Jennifer and Justin have not been seen together in public recently, sparking whispers that the two are drifting apart. But her pal says that they are just immersed in their careers and are still committed to each other – and even to starting a family someday.”
… is the PR spin we’ve been talking about for years, and her fans claim to never see. THIS whole article is the fake ‘Soap Dishish’ “I know what will make you feel better. Let’s got to the Mall … so my fans can ‘Look at me!’ kind of thing that leads me to believe Jennifer Aniston is desperate for attention.
“It’s just a rag, some so-called reporter made it all up” you say? Just who do you think her ‘pal’ is in the paragraph I’ve noted above? It’s Huvane and/or his PR team. When has ‘any’ tabloid been concerned about squelching whispers of a break up on their own?
In my humble opinion, If she would just be real about who she really is, what she REALLY wants in life (no husband and NO kids, but booze,weed, friends, and Cabo) she would be a lot happier and less needy for attention.
And she should ‘really’ paid closer attention to what her PR team is doing. Constantly playing on her hair, body, and spa visits makes her seem incredibly shallow–especially when they fail to give her the current PR script, like what they spun in the “People” magazine ‘Jen’s Getting Married’ edition that superseded the Oscars–and strongly suggests that there is nothing of substance to her at all.
Huvane’s really been dropping the ball this past year. Those PEOPLE covers were the beginning of the end. It was ridiculous. I guess he thought it was still 2006, with everyone feeling bad for Jennifer because Angelina was pregnant. I guess he thought they’d have the same reaction–you know–good for Jen! I’m glad she’s happy!(which she did look happy in the pics), and so on….
I do have a pet theory that if 12 Years A Slave is nominated for Best Picture (i.e. Brad and Angelina are going to show up to the GG and Oscars), that she and Justin will definitely put their “we’re a giddy happy couple” on for the red carpet. Just like she did with John Mayer–except for some reason they didn’t go on the red carpet. Know why? But if Brad and Angelina show up for next year’s awards season, then I do think we’ll be seeing Jennifer and Justin, and then maybe after that they’ll break up-officially.
@Vrigilia Coriolanus, who wrote: “I do have a pet theory that if 12 Years A Slave is nominated for Best Picture (i.e. Brad and Angelina are going to show up to the GG and Oscars), that she and Justin will definitely put their “we’re a giddy happy couple” on for the red carpet. Just like she did with John Mayer–except for some reason they didn’t go on the red carpet. Know why? But if Brad and Angelina show up for next year’s awards season, then I do think we’ll be seeing Jennifer and Justin, and then maybe after that they’ll break up-officially.”
I agree. We’ll also probably be treated to another ‘Presenter Jen,’ who will conveniently forget her line and have to look helplessly at Brad with puppy eyes (“Oh Brad! I just can’t do this in front of mean, ‘uncool’ Angelina. Help?”). it seemed SO contrived when she did that at the Oscars the year Angie and Brad were both nominated.
Emma,
I don’t understand why, despising JA so much, you track, analyze, and memorize her every move. I guarantee Brad and Angelina are over this garbage, so why don’t you move on?
And I’ll spout the usual mantra of self-protection …… I don’t even like JA, I really like Angelina, and I’m not on Females First – a site, by the way, I only know exists because if someone says something not 100% slavish about AJ, they are accused of being from there.
BTW, I popped in over at FF because I just couldn’t believe they were as anit-Angelina as people claim. Wow. There was a story that claimed Angelina kissed her brother at the Oscars because she was feeling out the public’s view on an open incestuous relationship between the two. And there was a thread entitled, “Maddox is ugly”. To be fair, every commenter other than the originator, called the author disgusting, and called for the thread to be shut down.
Perhaps if those like bird and Cecilia left Angelina and Brad alone on here, and stopped making horrible comments about Brad and Angelina and trolling on here, we would leave Aniston alone on here. Thought of that, no of course not, no one ever thinks of that. Cause and affect. Action and reaction, and all that. Anistonloons make people hate Aniston, more than Aniston does herself. Anistonloons started all the viciousness, hate and spite, its up to them to stop trolling, leave us alone and go somewhere else. If they stop, we’ll stop, at least I will. Its up to them.
Okay, seriously Sal–I tried to ignore you for as long as I could, but I can’t take it anymore. Not everyone on this site has to agree with you, or with each other. It’s gossip. We’re humans. We’re all going to have different opinions. You calling people ‘loons’, ‘hateful’, ‘spiteful’, ‘pathetic’ and any other equally offensive terms because they don’t agree with you about whether or not Brad and Angelina cheated, whether or not Jennifer and Justin cheated, IS pathetic. I don’t care if Cecilia, or anyone else who doesn’t agree with me, is trolling–there is no excuse to call people those things, to make personal attacks against them. We’re all ADULTS here–it’s not high school. PLEASE act like it. I’m tired of reading a Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt thread and have to read your comments. I want factual and insightful gossip that makes people THINK twice about a certain celebrity–good or bad–NOT censorship. If you don’t like it, go to an Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt fansite–this ISN’T it. So please, stop coming onto this site, if all you’re going to do is try and censor people with a different opinion.
Sal,
I guess I understand what you’re saying, but it seems stressful to be so vigilantly monitoring what people are saying, and reacting to every comment that’s not deemed acceptable. The other day, someone posted they were so angry Angelina was being called skinny, they were going to make sure to follow Melissa McCarthy threads and call her fat. The logic escaped me. I don’t know how that makes sense to anybody. All this tit for tat is exausting, and becomes silly when mixed in with all the posters commenting on how women tear each other down.
Ok, it took me awhile to decide whether to dignify your rant against me Virgilia, but I must clear up your naivette. Firstly, I have been here for years logner than you have, so don’t you dare tell me to stay or go. Secondly, loons and hens have been used on here for years, even by the mods themselves in their articles, its part of the vernacular on here, so if YOU can’t handle it, YOU leave. Thirdly, you have NO IDEA what us long-term regulars on here have seen. People accusing Angelina of running a child prostitution racket, calling her children black ******* etc etc, so if we’re jaded and super defensive, you’ll have to forgive us for being made that way. Lastly, can you tell me just WHAT about Bird’s post, for example, suggesting Angelina faked the breast cancer issue to get implants to promote Brad’s movie, isn’t pathetic, hateful and vicious? Are you wilfully blind? Have you not seen some of the posts these haters post? Some of them are so hateful and evil, it defies human belief. You have a problem with me pointing out the blatant freaken obvious – why? If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck, acts like a duck, its not a bloody cat, ok? I call it for what it is. I don’t call a spade a teaspoon like you. If someone is being hateful and spiteful, well, what the flip do you want me to call it? There is a big difference between attacking an actor’s looks (I never bother with the posts attacking her looks) or attacking her acting, accents in movies, movie choices etc. There is a difference between snark about an actor/actress and their work, and attacking their family. As someone who comes from a family with multi-ethnic adoptions, and who is extremely closely related to someone who had a double mastectomy, I will fight injustice where I see it, and before YOU try to censor ME, if YOU don’t like that, don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out of here.
So if you can’t stop and think and try to understand where some of us are coming from, and if myself and others fighting fire with fire and calling a spade a spade upsets your delicate self too much, do me a favour, and ignore my posts, or leave. You can click on that cross on the top right hand corner any time, no one is forcing you to stay you can beep off any time. As I said, don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out. I won’t be saying anything further on this.
I don’t know why you assume that I am “naivette” on this particular subject–although I only started posting in the last two years, I’ve been reading this site for four years. I am one of the “regular long term posters”. No one on this site has ever accused Angelina of running a child prostitution ring–on this site. I know it happens on others. But not on this site. Not even in the early years of this site i.e. 2006-09. The worst it ever got was people calling them fake, famehos, and calling Angelina “skankelina”. In fact, the majority of the people who were saying all of those things left (or at least stopped posting), after it came out that Justin was cheating on Heidi with Jennifer. I would know–I started reading the site just before that all came out. So no one who holds those views are on this site–in fact these are a lot of new people that you are attacking.
The post that eventually turned into a bitchfit over Angelina’s weight was stupid—no one (to my knowledge) was saying that Angelina had an eating disorder. They were saying that she was too skinny, and would look way better if she gained weight. I agree. That doesn’t mean people need to attack each other. The post that Bird put up–I agree was offensive to women who have had a double mastectomy. But I’m not calling Bird names. If you really and truly disagreed over her post, then you would’ve reported the comment as spam or abuse. Or get your point across without getting personal. I get that you’re sensitive over the issues of adoption and mastectomies, but it isn’t going to help your case when you’re calling out everyone as loons and despicable people because they don’t agree with you, and then getting angry when they say you’re emotionally invested.
If you’ll notice–I rag plenty on Jennifer Aniston. But notice I’m not calling her “Maniston” or a despicable human being (I’ve called her a hypocrite, and have said that her behavior at times was pathetic), nor am I calling anyone who disagrees with me a “loon” or “vicious Jen-Hen”. I’m calling her out for her behavior, in a respectful way that opens a discussion with everyone (I hope).
And forgive me, but I don’t think there’s an “us”. There’s just YOU. And since I’ve been on this site, I know that you’ve been banned at least four different times–so it’s not just me.
That’s the last thing I’ll say on this subject either.
@Mayamae, who wrote: “I don’t understand why, despising JA so much, you track, analyze, and memorize her every move. I guarantee Brad and Angelina are over this garbage, so why don’t you move on?”
I don’t despise Jennifer Aniston at all. I just dislike the Huvane driven ‘PR Gamesmanship’ and the way she wears the ‘I was once married to Brad Pitt and nothing about our split was my fault!’ image like a cloak.
I must admit to be a bit surprised at being singled out from all the other posters here by someone who ‘doesn’t REALLY like Jennifer Aniston’ as I mostly post links to facts supporting my comments.
But I admit to being flattered by the attention from someone who just ‘happened’ to stopped by Female First and managed to read all of those ‘Gasp! … did you know?’ stories about Angelina Jolie … ‘oh, my!’ … just for the heck of it.
Thank you! 🙂
Emma,
I apologize that you feel singled out. It wasn’t really this post only that I was referring to, it was more like what I’ve read in your posts in general, and the general tone of those who are so invested in the back and forth.
Since you’re questioning what I posted, I’ve been here for 2-3 years, and if you have the time and inclination, you can go back and read my posts. I’ve only been reading Jennifer threads the last few months or so, but I’ve posted in Angelina’s threads over the years.
As for Female First, I certainly can’t prove to you that I’m not a member. If I was, it would be pretty counter intuitive to point out storylines accusing Angie of incest, and their stories that attack Maddox.
This is the only gossip site I read, and I do so daily. I think we all pick up on our fellow posters’ opinions over time, and that’s why I directed my question to your post. It is interesting though, that it’s claimed that it’s vicious attacks on Angelina/Brad/the kids that get the ugly going. I have not attacked them, and I phrased my comment to you as respectfully as I could. My comment wasn’t intended to get both sides fired up, and I hope you realize that. My apologies that all I stirred up was skepticism and suspicion.
The ‘Jen is topless in her next movie’ is textbook Huvane B.S. that has been recycled by her team since The Breakup. It always works though so good for them.
ofcourse she can’t get preggers, she’s old. Why can’t people let it go?
Don’t be ridiculous. Halle Berry had a baby when she was 46.
Well it is not the norm to have kids so close to 50 and it is not easy.
Just because Halle had her 2nd child at that age does not mean Jen can!
And if Jen did want kids, she can’t take the wait and see approach. It really is now or never.
Well, it was pretty blunt and mean to state it that way, but it’s also somewhat true.
Plus, I don’t see any real interest on her part.
I wonder when people will realize that some women actually do not want children? I hate that it’s a general agreement: To be a real woman, you have to get pregnant. And if you don’t there has to be something wrong. You are the uterus of the nation, it’s not a personal choice, no way.
I can’t roll my eyes hard enough without having them permanently facing backwards and into my brain.
I also believe that she can’t just come clean and say straight out: I don’t want children, when asked about the issue. It would damage her image, and I find it immensly sad that this would be the case. It should be a non-issue, nothing any women should have to talk about, confess or make a statement. Who wants, can, will, doesn’t want, can’t or won’t have children is nobody’s damn business.
Thank you for this, I totally agree! As if not wanting children makes you a horrible woman. Men can say that and not lose a single fan, but she’d be considered selfish! We’re all different and some people simply don’t want kids, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I have a child, but I understand that it’s not for everyone, I think no less of a woman if she chooses to not have kids.
+1
She made it everyone’s business with various interviews and sound bites over the years. She has made many comments about how babies are coming etc.
She could end the speculation very easily by saying kids are not for her. But then she gets a whole lot less attention.
There is nothing wrong with not wanting kids, but she and her pr team think there is.
She could just say….
“I think being a mother is something that just isn’t in the cards for me,” and stop with the bump baiting.
@Veee, who wrote: “She could end the speculation very easily by saying kids are not for her. But then she gets a whole lot less attention.”
Oh SO very much this! Well said.
Yes, true but the question is: why does whether Aniston has a baby or not get her attention in the first place?
Why are people so invested in whether a woman chooses to have children or not?
I think Lilo’s point still stands. Men don’t constantly get asked when they’re going to impregnate their wives, but society seems to have a very strange preoccupation with women’s uteruses—the underlying insinuation there is that women procreating is an inevitability, instead of a choice.
The idea that women are somehow worth less or defective if they don’t bring life into the world is insulting on a lot of levels.
Many of her fans seem to want Aniston to be a certain kind of person – settled, married with kids – and she seems to want to be something else, sort of a wealthy semi-free spirit latter day Stevie Nicks.
It’s such a weird dynamic. But she and her wonder PR team perpetuate it so it’s on them.
It’s not that they think it’s wrong, it’s just that they know it would reduce her media cover age by half.
Lilo, I completely agree. I am one of those women happily enjoying my singledom and declaring to all my happiness. Granted, I don’t have to contend with the glare and scrutiny of celebrity but you know, Jen A and Huvane have been in this business long enough to know how to play the game and there are many celebs/actors who decide to whether to play the game or not. Aniston is playing the game.
However, Aniston’s little problem is that she set herself up for this ongoing nuissance. Vanity Fair 2005:The Unsinkable Jennifer Aniston- http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2005/09/aniston200509
“A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children,” she says. “That really pissed me off. I’ve never in my life said I didn’t want to have children. I did and I do and I will! The women that inspire me are the ones who have careers and children; why would I want to limit myself? I’ve always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for a career. I want to have it all.”
That interview is incredibly revealing and really set the stage for what has transpired since. Personally, I never thought that the lack of children was the only issue there but as with most marriages it probably was one of several rather deep and complex ongoing challenges they simply could not overcome. Nonetheless, the child issue was a major focus at the time.
IMO, no reasonable person would have given Aniston a hard time had her priorities shifted in the years after the divorce but damn, after that declaration “I’ve never in my life said I didn’t want to have children. I did and I do and I will!”, it’s no wonder the tabs (not to mention her fans) have been on baby bump watch ever since.
And one could argue that perhaps she wasn’t thinking straight at the time, still emotional and reactive. ok, I’ll buy that. But Anistion has not backed down despite endless opportunities to say, “You know, my life has changed alot since my divorce and with those changes so have my priorities. I’m really more focused on my career (or whatever else she does).” And if she cannot say that for whatever reason, she certainly does not need to actively participate in driving the tabloid narrative. But as previously stated, Aniston is playing the game. Instead she churns the waters whenever she has a film to promote – http://www.celebitchy.com/212237/jennifer_aniston_thinks_youre_very_narrow-minded_to_assume_she_wants_babies/. She and Huvane know what they’re doing. The elusive “happy ending” for Rachel Greene/America’s Sweetheart keeps her relevant.
IMO, that’s why she tends to date guys who will never marry. Again, the elusive “happy ending.” Aniston knows what she is doing. Cause let’s be serious, if you are a woman who is serious about marriage and family then you look for those traits in potential partners.
With the exception of VV, Jen A dates men who seem to be looking for a good time, but not necessarily a committment of marriage and family. Just like she is. I think that is quite suggestive about her relationship priorities.
She’s also got friends like Sheryl Crow, CC and others who took charge of their situations and made motherhood happen, so she knows it’s possible. The same “whatever happens, happens” approach she is now publically taking to pregnancy seems to also be how she approaches relationships. Because Aniston is living an almost never-ending vacay in Cabo, with a few short breaks to film. And absolutely nothing is wrong with that – if only we all were so lucky. Except that does not jive with the narrative that she created in 2005 that she supposedly “never [in my life] said I didn’t want to have children. I did and I do and I will!”
I think if Aniston was seriously interested in remarrying and kids, she would have made far more sensible choices in her partners. But likely, she isn’t all that interested in those things but knows she can use the tabloid narrative to her advantage by appearing to be “unlucky in love” when really these short-lived encounters are exactly what she seems to prefer.
So yeah, while I would otherwise agree with you that women are unfairly burdened with these expectations. Aniston sealed her fate with that interview despite (or perhaps to gain) the overwhelming sympathy on her side. She’s only fed the monster in the years since. She cannot escape it now.
IMO, despite this minor annoyance Aniston is likely rather happy with her current life as are the JPs.
@Abby …
Wow. You have just posted one of the most explicit, well-written and coherent comments I’ve ever read at ‘Celebitchy.’ Well done! 🙂
The only comment I’d like to make after this excerpt you pulled from Jen’s 2005 “Vanity Fair” interview:
““A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children,” she says. “That really pissed me off. I’ve never in my life said I didn’t want to have children. I did and I do and I will! The women that inspire me are the ones who have careers and children; why would I want to limit myself? I’ve always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for a career. I want to have it all.”
Is this: I agree that Jen was pissed as hell after learning that Brad ‘had’ followed his heart and head and got together with Angelina Jolie (when those photos from Africa hit the fan). I also agree that Jen was ‘reactive’ to the point that IF she had EVER miscarried, or had experienced trouble conceiving, she would have SO said it in that interview. I believe she would have do so for more sympathy on her side, and to cast further shade (with the minivan Moms) at Brad and Angie … well, as it turned out, mainly at Angie. Though Brad would have gotten a bigger ‘Cad’ label as well at such news.
Like I said yesterday, I would pay good money for someone to ask Leslie Bennets about that interview. Because she really went to bad for Jennifer.
Also just wanted to say that I read that CB link that you put up–two things I noticed for the first time. Leslie Bennets was definitely on Jennifer’s side. She wrote in the article that basically Angelina going out and continuing on with her UN duties AND adopting Zahara was a public relations bit to keep people from reviling her as ‘the other woman’. WOW. I mean even if it was cut and dry i.e. Brad/Angelina caught doing the dirty—that doesn’t mean that continuing on with your charity work is a PR move. It’s not like she’s KimK, who volunteered at a soup kitchen for ONE year on Thanksgiving, and then expected people to pat her on the back like she was Mother Theresa.
Second, Jennifer’s pr team definitely tried to throw Brad under the bus. I noticed that all of Jennifer’s named friends didn’t say one word about the baby issue, but “a mutual friend” is saying that Brad’s the one who didn’t really want kids, while Jennifer is the one who wanted one NOW. And this “mutual friend” also insinuated that Brad was casting Jennifer as the “ultra feminist” and that he was casting himself as the poor guy who wanted a baby so bad that he had to move on.
WOW. Yeah, I didn’t notice before that she threw him under the bus like that. Which is really cold, after he took the time to shut down the whole “Jennifer didn’t want a baby, so that’s why we divorced” talk.
“A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children,” she says.
With that sentence, was she subtly saying that she WAS choosing career over children, and just upset that it was being widely reported in the tabloids because it would tarnish her girl-next-door image? Thoughts to think about (or thinking thoughts, lol!)
@Virgilia Coriolanus, who wrote: “I noticed that all of Jennifer’s named friends didn’t say one word about the baby issue, but “a mutual friend” is saying that Brad’s the one who didn’t really want kids, while Jennifer is the one who wanted one NOW. And this “mutual friend” also insinuated that Brad was casting Jennifer as the “ultra feminist” and that he was casting himself as the poor guy who wanted a baby so bad that he had to move on.”
And then Angelina became pregnant in the fall of 2005 … Priceless. 🙂
If you held every celeb to what was said in every interview, 100% of them would be liars, and everyone plays the game. Especially that interview, at a bad point in her life and career. Look, I don’t like JA at all, but I think everyone should stop discussing her womb. If you think she’s baiting you, stop taking the bait — if everyone did that, her PR folks would move on. I also don’t think she only dates guys who don’t want to get married – several very famously married soon after dating her. I honestly don’t think she or that loser Huvane is as clever as everyone is making them out to be.
Josephine, I think I’m starting to agree with you. I’m not a believer in the whole “Jennifer wears a bulky sweater–BUMP WATCH!” i.e. she’s trying to get us to think that she’s pregnant. But I do think that interview is what started it–and the fact that Huvane goes so hard after tabloids who say she’s pregnant. Maybe Celebitchy doesn’t focus on it, but the only celebrity that I’ve ever heard deny pregnancy rumors was Kaley Cuoco–a few weeks ago. Other than that, I don’t think I’ve ever heard as many pregnancy rumors and people asking when a certain celeb was going to have a baby. I know that it’s been said that female celebrities are always asked about whether or not they’ll get married, have a kid–I’ve actually never read an interview, where the topic was brought up by the interviewer. It’s only with Jennifer, that there’s this whole “ooh, when will she get married again? when will she make little Jens?”–that I’ve read.
I think that the VF interview, subsequent interviews where she reiterated it–especially that PEOPLE piece a few years ago, when she said something like “relax! it’ll happen–fans just want me to be barefoot and pregnant, etc”, is WHY the tabloids go after her so badly. It also doesn’t help that she hasn’t found a long term partner, or had a kid.
I so agree with this. The backlash she would get from the mommy-shaming type of women who think you’re not a true woman unless you procreate would be palpable. We will never be truly liberated until all (or most) women start letting other women own their reproductive (or lack thereof) decisions.
If she wants a child, actually wants a child, then she would not end that dream just because fertility treatments did not work. There are so many alternatives, especially someone with nearly unlimited means.
I hope she doesn’t go topless. It is so not necessary, and in comedy, it’s almost always a cheap laugh rather than a natural part of the story.
And I take issue with the line about wanting to focus more on her career – that has always been her focus. Nothing new about that.
Why do actresses always feel as though they have something to be prove in their 40s? Babies, nude scenes, stripper playing ect? It seems desperate and quite frankly the public may get tired of it soon.
In her case it’s because her body is all she’s got going for her. Older women usually have other resources once their looks go south (talent, intelligence, personality etc.), but she has none of that to fall back on. Her face is already going. Once her body goes, she’s done for.
But that’s the thing about Hollywood — even if women do cultivate inner talents, after a certain age in Hollywood, women are not regarded as bankable any longer. It goes back to the age old adage of women are prized for their looks & not much else. You hear it from the ladies of Hollywood as to how roles just dry up. Of course, there are exceptions, but they are just that. If you are a woman in HW, you hear that clock ticking way before the alarm goes off.
Not that I don’t agree with you Cecilia–but she has a production company and a ton of money. So if the offers aren’t coming in, then she can actually use that production company for something other than romcoms. I hope she does.
Jens offers are still coming in as she has been working steadily, Her production company may be the back-up when the offers DO dry up. Remember…Jen is a very saavy businesswoman & has amassed a fortune with good decisions.
She been good with her money, but dismal as a creative. She’s played the same role for the last 20 years.
That’s what I was thinking, Cecilia–not sure if I said it right. But I wish she’d do it now. She could be a better director than actress, and God knows we need more women in that part of the industry.
Janet, looks are subjective. I happen to think she’s a very attractive woman. The body is not all she has. You’re not convincing me. And I’m not a diehard fan either. I come on here for the comments while waiting for my dog to do her business. Jeez women are nasty!
Maggie, I think Janet means that Jennifer isn’t very talented—the attention comes from her hair and her body.
Thank you, Virgilia. I’m rather surprised that went over her head. OTOH, I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised.
Virgilia, that’s exactly what she’s saying. Read the comment. And Janet how can you deny what you said. it’s written right there.
I don’t know the answer to your question, but sometimes women claim that it’s empowering to pose nude or do nude scenes. I’m a prude, so you wouldn’t see me doing it. But there’s a few actresses in their 50’s (Jane Seymour, Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, Allison Janney, Helen Mirren) who were already successful when they took these roles, and were presumedly doing them willingly, instead of desperately trying to prove something. They all were pretty much applauded (not so much Kathy Bates, and that’s another kettle of fish).
Kathy Bates is one of my favourite actresses. She and Jessica Lang are terrific in American Horror Story.
ann h, don’t forget Angela Bassett. What other show has three main characters portrayed by women in their 50s and 60s?
Thanks for the reminder mayamae. Yes, Angela Bassett is outstanding in the series and one of the best. Such a strong woman, love her.
Jen has been taking her clothes off (desperation and lack of talent) for awhile now. Could be the old bait and switch, planted by her guru thing. Anyhoo, their games are very stale.
Thank heavens Aniston is a good businesswoman and has stashed away millions because this phase of her career is winding down. The last gasp of pregnancy rumors is fading out, the last few rom com roles where she can play her usual self are petering out, and as she heads toward fifty, people won’t be as interested in her sex life. It’s just the way it is.
I don’t believe she has ever wanted children, either. I think that is one of the main reasons that Brad Pitt left her. He said in an interview that he had wanted kids very badly.
If Jennifer Aniston doesn’t want kids, she should just say so. There is nothing wrong with it.
The minute she admits it, then she loses the rest of the minivan mommies out there who are still wearing their “Team Jen” shirts with the dried baby puke on the shoulder.
I can’t remember where I read this (maybe her Vogue piece), but they said at the end of the day, they sat down and talked and put everything on the table. I don’t think Brad left Jennifer for Angelina, as much as he had an attraction to her, knew he was susceptible, knew they were compatible, and realized that he wanted his life to move forward. So I do think that he and Jennifer talked about their future together. How their lives would be in five years, ten years. And I don’t think that it matched up. Everyone should’ve known that they were in trouble when he said he wanted six kids, and she said he’d be lucky to get two.
So I think that for once in their marriage, they decided to stop kidding themselves, and cut through to the crap. I’d say this is especially evident because (via People), Jennifer completely through herself in her work. She had to film, I think, six movies that year?? I read in PEOPLE that Brad spent a lot of time hanging out with his friends, going out to his beach house with his dog, etc.
Because I do think that if Jennifer really wanted a kid, she’d have one by now. By any means necessary. In fact, I’m surprised she didn’t want to adopt–because then she could still keep her figure, if she didn’t want to gain weight.
@Virgilia Coriolanus, who wrote: “I can’t remember where I read this (maybe her Vogue piece), but they said at the end of the day, they sat down and talked and put everything on the table. I don’t think Brad left Jennifer for Angelina, as much as he had an attraction to her, knew he was susceptible, knew they were compatible, and realized that he wanted his life to move forward. So I do think that he and Jennifer talked about their future together. How their lives would be in five years, ten years. And I don’t think that it matched up.”
And let’s not forget about Jen telling Brad to just “go ahead and get it out of his system,” to which he replied that “he couldn’t do that and still be married.”
Again @Virgilia Coriolanus …
Is the linked “People” article below one of the articles you posted links to yesterday?
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20146636,00.html
And have you read this “People” article from April 11, 2005 (especially the ‘More from This Article’ section at the bottom of the page)?
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20147317,00.html
I linked the ‘Separative Lives’ one–the one that was talking about how Jennifer was filming. But that second link you put up was interesting–that’s what I was looking for. They were both very friendly with each other, after they separated.
See – I think at one time she did want kids, or thought she wanted them. But time went on, years went by, things in her life changed, and she changed her mind.
Which is fine.
@Suze, who wrote: “See – I think at one time she did want kids, or thought she wanted them. But time went on, years went by, things in her life changed, and she changed her mind.”
Right. She wanted kids until she landed Brad. Then after they got married, she decided she wanted to ‘wait’ to have kids. First she wanted to wait until after “Friends” ended. But once the show ended, she signed that 5-picture deal. I think Brad probably got the sense that she’d changed her mind about having kids.
Being what her man wants and liking what her man likes seems to be her pattern, until she lands them. Just like wanting to be an ‘edgy’ New York girl, a kind of ‘soulmate’ with Justin. But as soon as she landed him, New York City was like a fish bowl and she missed Los Angeles.
I don’t get it: women hate when men call them whores (and they should!), but they all love to play prostitutes and strippers. What am I missing?
Apparently, not much. LOL
Aw. come on!
Aniston wants to be known as this hot, sexy, vixen that men get weak in the knees and drop their girlfriends/wives for. She wants to be loved AND adored by MEN, not just the minivan majority.
After she achieves that, THEN she’ll snag the hottest uber-smokin’ hot male guy in Hollywood. Then she will have lots of babies with him. Then she will travel the world with him and create lots of charity foundations. Then she will travel the world with him and their family. Then she will take on roles that are about empowering women, because only then will she be OFFERED to take those roles.
And it will be done in that order, if at all…
As annoying as all the baby rumors are/have been, I wonder if this isn’t the first part of a new phase of image management. Most of us agree she never even wanted kids, right? Well now she’s hit an age where it’s believable that she’s missed her chance. So the rumors go from “getting ready for baby” and “trying to get pregnant” and “yes, I really do want kids, even though I didn’t have them with my extremely hot baby-crazy ex”, to “it just didn’t happen” and “time ran out” and “Jennifer’s baby disappointment”. I bet we start seeing a lot of headlines and stories about how she tried for years and how brave she is being, facing a baby-less future. Blech.
@Algernon …
Well said … and probably true, too. Yep, they seem to be setting her up for another round of victim-hood. Only this time it will be “Poor Jen! She tried and tried to have the baby she SO desperately wanted, but it just didn’t happen for her. She’s heartbroken!”
Now, I wonder how they’ll pin the blame on Brad Pitt? Because it also seems as if she’s never going to let go of the Jolie-Pitt life line she’s attached to her career.
Nah, it’ll be Angelina’s fault.
True.
I can see this headline now.
“Angelina stole Jen’s man…and her kids.”
@Algernon, who wrote: “I can see this headline now.
“Angelina stole Jen’s man…and her kids.”
🙂 I think I just experienced deja vu.
Desperate attempt to stay relevant. Boyfriend got what he wanted from her i.e. more exposure in their industry now it’s time for him to move on to someone else.
Man, I am so tired of Womb Watch.
If she has a baby or doesn’t have a baby..who GAF?
This woman bores to me to tears.
No surprise here at all. I said it yesterday that the rumors of her going nude for her next movie would be out soon.
The checklist gets ticked off by her PR people every week. Baby rumor planted? Check. Relationship rumor planted? Check. Nude in a movie rumor planted? Check. Too busy to get married rumor? Check. Hair rumors? Check. Best body ever statements? Check.
Check from Aniston for keeping her lame ass in any rag who will still listen? That fukker better be in the mail.
I recall that she went topless in the Good Girl in that sex scene with Jake Gyllenhaal. I didn’t think it was all that memorable but a guy I worked with at the time it came out made a big deal out of it because he liked Jen. If she does do it for this movie I would go with the pixelation or blooper. That would be funny in that context. I didn’t see the first film and don’t plan on seeing the second one.
Yes she did – it was kind of filmed in the shadows so not fully out there, but still visable. Can’t believe I am doing Jennifer Boob Watch haha
Really try-hard and just an attempt to stay in the spotlight….last pic, a striper, then topless…I have no problem with nude/topless scenes, but I really don’t want to see her airbrushed tits.
Befor she gets to old??? with almost 45, to go NOW topless, is definetly to old and desperate. If you do it in your twentys ok, but in your fourtys? i dont belive it. She dont need that.
What a load of BS.
She’s already been there, done that. Several times over! Movies, photo shoots, GQ cover…
Topless, bottomless, front view, back view; she’s never been worried about harming her America’s Sweetheart image before, so why be torn over it now? But when your body is really all you can bring to the table as far as acting goes, I guess you just use what you have.
We rented We’re the Millers last night. The move was lame. Seriously can’t be leave Sudekis and Aniston signed up for it. Can’t stay Jennifer Aniston yet I truly felt embarrassed for her performance.
The Millers is one of those comedy films that I already know I will hate. I tend to prefer foreign films with more depth, anyway.
I thought it was hypocritical for Jennifer Aniston to diss strippers, when she has taken her clothes off in films. What is the difference?
God Manniston, please go away !!!!
Some of you ladies need to go on the Jennifer Lawrence thread. These comments are pretty nasty! Some funny but still nasty.
And you’d know ALL about being nasty, wouldn’t you.
+1 well said!
@ Maggie
+ 10 Totally agree
They say that like it’s news or surprising – “Jennifer Aniston to Go Topless…”
OF COURSE SHE IS!!! What else is there for her at this point? She was only ever naturally cute – girl next door – accessible type, but as with most aging actresses she is now obsessed with being a sex symbol. Stop! Just. Stop. The ‘try’ is completely unsexy.
Subtext: What this headline should really say is “Jennifer Aniston talks about going nude to try and steal some of the attention from Jennifer Lawrence who is really popular now”.
Doubt it will happen. Wasn’t she supposed to go topless in “Wanderlust”? Bleh so over Jennifer Aniston and her calculated PR stunts.
“Dream” of getting pregnant, my arse! lol
Just don’t Jen.. really. Dont.