Did Jennifer Aniston say her split with Brad made her “superhuman”?

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File photo from January 2, 2005. Credit: Fame

There’s a story running in News of The World that claims to be a new interview with Jennifer Aniston ahead of her 40th birthday this weekend. The thing is, they cobble together old quotes from the actress and present it as a complete interview without revealing that they’re doing this. I could find some of the quotes online from earlier interviews, so I’m inclined to believe that the whole thing is just a cut and paste rather than some unique fresh parts mixed in there with some spoiled leftovers from the back of the fridge. I hate when the tabloids do this and the British rags are caught in this deceptive practice the most. One quote that’s news to me is that Aniston supposedly said she was “superhuman” after her split with Brad. Did she say this to News of The World (doubtful), in a television interview that’s unsourced, in an old magazine interview, or was it completely fabricated and shoved in there with the old stuff? It’s hard to tell:

Yesterday Jennifer admitted: “My split with Brad was the hardest thing I ever went through. But it made me strong, superhuman. Now I’m turning 40 and I’m very excited. When they say youth is wasted on the young, it’s so true.

“Oh my God, what I wish I’d known when I was 30!”

And Jennifer openly admitted that when it comes to men she has been right through the catalogue.

“Over the years I’ve gone for each type of man,” she said.

“The rough guy, the nerdy, sweet, lovable type, the slick guy. Men in general are a good thing, I think—as long as they’re not crazy!”

Eager to share her joy at finding new love with John, nine years her junior, Jennifer added: “Being in love makes you happy. Definitely. I deeply, deeply care about John. We talk, we adore one another. And that’s where it is.

[From News of The World]

Again, this story is an irresponsible hodgepodge of quotes from Aniston from various sources. The quotes about Mayer are from her Vogue interview, the quotes about the different kinds of guys she likes are from a 2006 interview, and the shoddy way they’re presented makes the “superhuman” thing seem completely suspect too. Good job at stirring the sh*t, News of The World, but there’s no way I’m buying it. Should she have said all these things? Probably not, even at the time, but she didn’t say this all at once and it’s not new. Happy Birthday, Jennifer Aniston, have a piece of stale ass cake that’s been sitting there for ages. News of The World, learn to source. If you do have some unique new quotes from Aniston it’s hard to tell which ones they are among all the repeats.

Photos are of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt after a party in Hollywood in August, 2004 and in January, 2005 on their last vacation together with Courteney Cox and David Arquette on Anguilla in the Caribbean. Credit: Fame

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24 Responses to “Did Jennifer Aniston say her split with Brad made her “superhuman”?”

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  1. Dorothy says:

    Remember when she didn’t comment on her personal life? I long for those days!!!

  2. geronimo says:

    CB – I read that interview and, honestly, it sounded made up from A-Z. A mish-mash of so many old and recent quotes. They no more interviewd JA than I did.

  3. vdantev says:

    The superhuman gift to milk sympathy from it like it contains the cure for her mediocre career.

  4. Kim says:

    I disagree. It has made her psychotic! She should learn to do a interview with out bringing up Brads name. It makes John look like chop liver.

  5. heima says:

    She may not be a supehuman but he – Brad Pitt – in these pictures looks almost alive and not a desperate man, a human being at least.

  6. Gemma says:

    I am more interested in those Anguilla vacation pics than the interview, nothing new here.Still wondering though, what was the point of this little getaway when they officially split one week or so after?

  7. snappyfish says:

    if she is now superhuman, I can only hope she obtains the power of invisibilty and uses it

    She was midly entertaining as Rachel, a role she got by torpedoing her roommate. Nice girl. Seems like the rest of her career has been karma for that.

    Her movies all tank and she is bland. I still think the John Mayer crap is for PR just like the Vince Vaughan “relationship”

  8. xiaoecho says:

    It’s pretty obvious she doesn’t actually know what superhuman means. If she did she wouldn’t have embarrassed herself like that

    Either way, it doesn’t reflect well on her

  9. Lee says:

    I think it really made Brad Pitt superhuman!
    I have never seen a man that ex’s go crazy over, even the new boyfriends and husbands are after Brad. What powerfull stuff Brad has..Wow.

  10. Kat says:

    Brad is the Superhuman!!!!
    She gives him more power each time she opens her mouth saying his name and a ends up looking even more desperate.

  11. Anon says:

    Lee:

    I think it really made Brad Pitt superhuman!
    I have never seen a man that ex’s go crazy over, even the new boyfriends and husbands are after Brad. What powerful stuff Brad has..Wow.
    —————————————
    LOL

  12. Tess says:

    Heima nails it!

    Look at the 4th shot where they’re walking and he’s pointing.

    JA looks human, too. She’s got legs, real legs just like a regular person. Not those body dysmorphic, rail-thin toothpicks AJ teeters around on.

  13. Chiara says:

    Two words come to mind when I think of Pitt … narcissist and sycophant.

    For Pitt, it’s always been, “All about me.” This was a man unconcerned about the feelings of his wife while beginning an affair with another woman.

    Pitt’s use of women to enhance himself and his career is exemplified twice … in his use of Aniston and Jolie to further his own career. Without either he would be just another LA pretty boy.

  14. lene says:

    aaaaaawww i loved them together. look at those pics…so alive. not the wax figure look he’s doin’ with jolie.

  15. NotBlonde says:

    Who thinks Kat and lee are the same person?

    Anyway, read the whole post, people. You are so willing to jump in the ring with your “desperate” crap that you don’t even notice that Celebitchy basically discredited everything in the article.

  16. Mairead says:

    NotBlonde… nail on the head my dear, nail on the head.

    I seriously doubt all of this pretend interview also. It sounds like they’re paraphrasing from a line that went – “After my divorce” or “After all I’ve been through over the past couple of years I feel superhuman, that I can cope with anything”
    Which is fair enough I think.

    But why are we giving any headspace to the News of the Screws? It’s made up right-wing shite, always has always will be.

    And you’re looking for accurate reporting from a red-top rag whose only asset are those on their Page 3 girls! (do they still have those?)

    oh and even in the 90s before JA came along Brad Pitt was A-list, I doubt he had to use anyone to further his career at that point – just like neither of them really needed him to further their careers. And please stop projecting nonsense at photographs. “Not human” indeed.

  17. Judy says:

    Brad used her to further his career??roflmao..other way around. He was already a big deal and she was then and is now just a slight breeze blowing thru gollywood. If anything she thought it would bring her careeer to be a real career lol It didnt work.
    I do think she is over Brad but she thinks it helps to remind people she was once married to him lol It has been 4 years..his relationship with AJ has lasted longer then JA nd BP marriage did.

  18. DD says:

    if i watched my husband play instant family in public with a beautiful woman while we were still married without jumping out the window… I’d be superhuman too.

  19. Diva says:

    If there were pictures of Pitt and JOLIE on vacation walking that far away from each other and seemingly not even acknowledging each other, the Ani-stoners would be screaming about how OBVIOUSLY UNHAPPY they are!!!!

    PUH-LEEZE!

    Jen is happy now, Brad is happy now, and Angelina and their children are happy now. What’s the rest of you guy’s problem?

  20. Cindy says:

    Chiara I can’t understand why you would say Brad is narcissistic when John Mayer is the king of that. You say Brad use women to advance his career well no one does that better than John Mayer yet Jen adore him. What ever you acusse Brad, Mayer is guilty of it 100xs over. I think Jen/her staff along with douche bag Mayer only purpose is to hurt Brad/Angie at any cost. That’s sad because instead of moving on she and her fans have turned old vengenfull biiter and nasty. This has made Jen ugly inside when she could have moved with her life and been more productive. Jen has drug her remaining fans down that sour hole of tossing lies at a man that has moved on with his life. Another thing.. it would be nice if she could open one movie without using Brads name.

  21. Josephina says:

    DD-

    “if I watched my husband play…”… Please.

    “I wish I would be obsessed with a man who did not want me, and carried a torch about it long after the relationship was over. I wish I would reveal that his new life upsets me. I wish I would allow people to think that my ex consumes my daily thoughts. I wish I would let people ask me questions about him, or dare ask me how I feel and DARE expect an answer. I wish I would obsess about the unfortunate details of the end, when the end is only the result of middle and the beginning. I wish I would blame another woman for “stealing” a man I had for 7 years. I wish I would tell the world that “Brad is free to do whatever he pleases” during the legal separation period, then cry when he demonstrates the maturity and courage to move on with his life…quickly. I wish I would allow the public to paint me as a desperate woman or an lucky victim of love. I wish I would tell a British reporter days within the 2009 BAFTA awards that ” I love Brad and I will always love Brad until the day I die” and then expect any future chances of true love to come in to my life, as I would have scared away any chance of a real suitor…”

    -Notes from a woman with self-esteem.

    Jen can do so much better for herself… if she would let Bradley go. And let go of him mind, body and soul. Keeping phone messages and letting the public know this? Continuing to bring his name up or answer questions about him? She is no longer his wife so she should not feel compelled to answer anything about him. No other ex in Hollywood is treated this way. No other ex would allow this drama to continue as long as it has. If she needs to pretend Brad is dead in order to move on, then do it. Soon after she would forget him and anything he does or says, with or without his family’s comments, would be irrevelant to her. That would be more in line with being “superhuman.”

  22. Anon says:

    Josephina: ITA
    Reese Witherspoon and Uma Thurman had children with their exes and they have managed to move on without whining and complaining that their man was stolen. So have many others with children and without have moved on. If she had real talent like the actresses mentioned and many others, or just some dignity, she would not have to constantly talk about her marriage and how it ended and on and on and on…. She had a lot of perks as Mrs Pitt and she misses that. She will be a woman scorned forever; it will be on her tombstone.” Here lies JA cheated on by her husband Brad Pitt who was stolen from her by an evil woman, and she suffered that loss until the day she died”

  23. boys says:

    JENIFER ANISTON IS TOO SHORT AND TOO UGLY FOR BRAD.

  24. Dan says:

    The real beauty in those pictures. Anguilla.