Jennifer Aniston gave an exclusive interview to People Magazine for this week’s issue. Is she promoting a film project? No. She is not. Considering there’s a prominent photo of a SmartWater bottle within People Mag’s story, and considering Aniston is referred to as “the smartwater sparkling spokesperson,” I suspect this is just a small, paid shill/infomercial, although Aniston herself doesn’t name-drop SmartWater in the interview. There’s also another possibility – Kung Fu Panda 3 came out this week. I’m just sayin’. And it goes both ways – both women like to do some thunder-stealing when the other one has a film out. Anyway, this People interview. Aniston’s big life goal: she wants to wear bikinis into her 80s.
She’s nearly 47 years old, but Jennifer Aniston isn’t planning to hang up her two-piece bathing suit any time soon.
“If I can be the first 80-year-old to go out there successfully in a bikini, then I’ll take that on,” the sun-loving actress tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week’s issue.
And why not? “I don’t think anybody needs to rein in anything because of an age,” says Aniston. “That is absolute BS. To each his own! Everybody needs to stay in his own backyard.”
Not to mention, her 40s are shaping up to be the best decade ever for Aniston, who wed longtime love Justin Theroux last August. And newlywed life is “awesome,” says the smartwater sparkling spokesperson. “I love it!”
As for her upcoming birthday (Feb. 11), Aniston might just let that milestone pass without much fanfare.
“Is my birthday happening soon?” she asks with a laugh. “Oh, that’s ridiculous. It’s too soon for that. I’m going to pass this year.” Or, maybe not. “I might just quietly celebrate,” continues Aniston. “But I do love any excuse for a party!”
I think the whole “you can only wear a bikini until you reach a certain age” thing is mostly an American construct. I see European women wearing bikinis at any age. I see European men wearing Speedos at any age too. While I think that some Americans, mostly long-time beach residents, surfers and the like, feel like “anything goes, who cares,” there is an obsession in America with being “bikini ready” or whatever. So on that, Aniston can do what she likes. I agree, who cares? But just the fact that this was the big takeaway from her exclusive People interview is a bit weird.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Holy crow, she really thinks she’s the only person on the planet. SO many old ladies go out in bikinis. Live with not being the ‘first’ for anything, Jennifer, I do.
I love how she’s all “oh, sure,everyone can wear a bikini” and then “I’ll be the first to wear one successfully”
Yeah, and is she really the one to judge what “success” (eyeroll) she attains in this pursuit? Seems vain.
Lol! Exactly what I was thinking. “Anyone can do it, but I’ll do it successfully”.
Yep, made me gag.
But she can’t pull out a nice dress.
“How to get a bikini body”? Buy a bikini. Put your body In it. Job done.
HA! Love it 🙂
When you’re right, you’re right
So deep, so intriguing
Aim high, Jennifer
Isn’t that what Ruth Bader Ginsburg originally set out to achieve?
Exactly!..Such a role model for young woman…
Excel in your craft?..Excel as a good person etc?
Not everyone can be clever ,sporty or even get to the top of the career ladder..but surely within her own area there is more she could wish for than this?
I don’t know if the LA culture or the TV culture has messed with her priorities but her advantages in life and opportunities have not seemed to give her any sense of gratitude
Compare with all the stories coming out about Alan Rickman and his support of the Drama School he attended ,of young talent generally and so many things he did …and it makes you just loose patience with this woman and her superficiality
She has cotton wool stuffing in her head.
Just SMH. There are no words.
Good grief, we’ve seen enough
Already.
She is the most boring woman on the planet. 47 years old and the most interesting thing she has to say is she likes bikinis and her birthday is coming
She’s just a simple girl… Beauty aside, when you compare her to Jolie it’s really a no-brainer. For Brad, spending most of his life with her must’ve been like what stay-at-home moms describe so often – you just crave anything that would challenge you intelectually. Unless he’s stupid, can’t say I’ve seen/read many of his interviews.
As an older person, gimme boring anyday. Jolie seems very, very complex um to say the least. Yeah, no thanks.
Missy
Are you saying the thinking and depth is best left to us youngins?
Echoing Missy’s sentiment. Sometimes “deep” and “complex” translates to crazy and dramatic.
I’m 63, and I think boring is boring no matter what your age.
Lol Grant. I’ve never heard that translation before.
All the same Aniston thrives like she’s still living in the 90’s. There was a different set of rules with how to conduct an interview and how to promote.
She is what she is. I do think if complex means dramatic Aniston is certainly complex.
Still, boring is dull and dull well if that works for you god bless.
Didn’t Jada Pickett mom already go out for best older woman in a bikini? Or was that going to the oldest female body builder chick who’s like seventy or something?
Helen Mirren might have something to say about that. Aim high, Jennifer, aim high.
Helen Mirren did it and she rocked it. Without yapping about it as a life goal. Candid shot.
And she didn’t starve herself or work out to get a perfect body beforehand, so JA can shove “successfully” right up her oh so firm derriere.
Jennifer may have had a “banging body” when she was younger. Her body is nothing to write home about now. Look at Goop, the mother of two children. Her body is better than Jennifers.
GoOnGirl – I agree with you.
JA might have nicely toned legs but that’s about it. And her face…*shudder*.
Exactly, GoOnGirl and Camille. I have never gotten the fuss over Aniston’s body (unless it is by default, to detract from her face?). Her legs look short and stocky to me. And her arms are flabby. And who can forget that thirsty plunging neckline red suit outfit she wore a year or so ago? Her breasts were near her belly button, and that is barely an exaggeration.
Fwiw Helen Mirren isn’t 80.
@FingerBinger …
70 is close enough. 🙂
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2040108/Helen-Mirren-Bikini-photo-haunt-rest-life.html
66 when the photo was taken.
Still, wow!
Helen Mirren indeed. She rocks. She rules.
God, she’s dull.
Amen. And vapid
Really vapid. I completely understand why she got tossed over.
She goes on all these tropical vacations but she’s never seen an 80 year old in a bikini? That says a ton.
They are everywhere! Every island, every resort, every time. An older woman is in a bikini. And some of them make me hope I look that good while others are flaunting their latest touchups.
Her bodyguards make sure they are out of her line of vision. 😉
I don’t think she ‘vacations’ anywhere other than Cabo. She has rarely been out of the country (America).
She is the most boring vapid dumb celebrity to exist. This is all just wasted media space.
This reminds me of the quote, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
Also three Jartrashian threads and Palin/Trump! Talk about waste of space!!!
*confused face*
Hey! Haven’t seen you commenting much recently, neither have I, anyway missed you. Hope all is well with you and yours 🙂
I’m adulting. It’s horrible. Lol, not really. I still have it easy, compared to some. But I’m no longer 16 and posting–just turned 21!!!!!
🙂
OMG VC!
You’re that young?! You speak like you have more life experience!
Adulting doesn’t get any easier so Good Luck to you and Happy 21!!! It’s that last bithday worth celebrating this side of 70! 😉
A www, VC, sorry about the adulting! The transition period is usually the most difficult. I’m 44 so I’ll let you know when I feel I’ve fully gotten there 🙂
@FLORC
Lol, I thought you knew. I’ve been posting since I was 15……..since about mid 2010.
And I have a portrait in my attic, that’s why.
I had all of two drinks on my birthday, and they were girly ones, so I survived without puking my guts out.
@Tulip
I still live at home, so I know the worst is to come, lol.
Are you Kidding?! The BEST is yet to come! First apartment… Thrilling in both an awesome and scary way.
30, accomplished by most standards. Still no hang on it imo. I’m just winging it and no one has caught on.
All the same… Time to learn how to drink wine out of coffee mugs like an adult! No more fruity drinks!
Congrats, happy birthday, and good to read you again, Virgie.
Happy birthday, good of you to drop in.
That woman is as deep as a puddle. I never understtod her appeal 20 years ago and still don’t.
Hair, Her ex hauband and all that by extension, promoting her current husband, and Smart Water!
When broken down she’s discussed wanting to be a producer, but only lip service and during her Oscar campaign.
Personally, She’s vapid and boring as an actress. I do admire her eye or her teams eye that is always ready for the latest grass root investment or realestate flip. On those she makes her fortune.
We see why Justin stays in New York.
Deanne – I’ve never understood her appeal either. It completely baffles me.
You and me both. As deep as a sand bar, is she.
I’m all for nixing the notion that it’s poor taste or unacceptable for women beyond a certain age to continue doing the things they’ve always done simply becuase they’re “too old” but what’s with the word “successful?” So, only hot 80 year olds should be in a bikini?
*sigh* I know she doesn’t mean to be, but she is so frickin’ shallow and stuck on her body. Isnt’ there anything actually important in her life? I’m thinking “No”, there’s not and that is sad. It’s like she’s stuck in her teen years when clothes and body issues really affect us. She’s in her 40s for God’s sake! Who cares?!
How do you “successfully” wear a bikini? Like, put it on and it doesn’t fall off? Lots of women of all ages do that …
Oh Jennifer…. I want to like you. really I do. But come on now. There’s so much more to life than bikinis. And I’m sure there are some 80 year old who can rock a bikini right now. How about aspiring to something greater?
You mean like getting the perfect manicure that lasts a full week?
There’s that….
As some of the other posters have pointed out, Dame Helen has already beaten her to the punch.
I hope not.
Well at least she has some semblance of ambition in one area of life
Lol best comment of the day
Oh, brother.
Does she ever have anything to say about the world around her? And observations about Smartwater and tanning don’t count.
And not buying the “But this is what she was asked about” excuse–she rarely veers the conversation away from herself, her looks and other superficial sh*t.
She’s the center of her own universe. Nothing else matters.
Just because she is an actress, why would you expect any knowledge to fall from her lips? She doesn’t have any pretense of being more than who she is. She was an entertainer and she was very successful. She doesn’t have to try to impress anyone-she is who she has always been. Why all the judgements?
If she wants to wear a bikini when she’s 80, that’s all well and good, but I am very sure other women have already beat her to it. What does “successfully” wearing a bikini mean, anyway? I suppose having it fall off on a water slide might count as unsuccessfully wearing a bikini, in which case, I’d advise water slide loving bikini wearers of all ages to look for models with straps and solid construction.
She is so utterly and completely vapid. Just empty…nothing there at all.
You know what I love? The fact that the only thing she talks about or is asked about these days is related to fitness and beauty. Like, no one asks her about her “great” film career or anything related to acting in general.
Great film career! Good one!!!
That’s because she doesn’t have a career anymore and is only doing these commercials
Oh for the love of god…
she is so stupid. i saw a hotter lady than her who was definately 80 with a shaved head on the beach in kailua the other day.
Good lord, a ball of fluff has more substance than this woman!
I doubt she’s serious.
Yet she took the time to speak to (or arrange a statement) PEOPLE.
*confused face again*
You don’t need a MENSA level IQ to not come off as vapid, but Lord she tries HARD. Like if this had been a cute little ditty about Justin or her dogs….fine. But why, oh why, does she feel the need to inform us that she’s gonna be the first one to be bikini ready at eighty? WHY? There are lots of other things that she can talk about, that doesn’t make her sound like a shill and vapid. She elects not to.
It was a stupid thing to say but I’m sure everyone is guilty of saying something stupid at some point in their life. Big deal.
She seems to come out with stupid stuff every time she opens her mouth however. Wow.
Unfortunately she is serious, and she is that shallow. She really believes the hype that she created for herself, i.e. that she is beautiful and has a rockin’ body up to now. Lol, i bet you she doesnt have a mirror in her house nowadays. She cant see how old and fugly she has become and how chubby she looks. Her chin is even wider these days.
Now she even talks about her husband’s ripped body as being natural genetic and not a product of gym work. I bet she has not seen Theroux’ old picture beimg chubby and not fit.
Wow, you think she is “chubby”? Are you serious?
Taint necessary to body shame her. But being boring is an unpardonable sin here!
‘Body shame’? Are you for real? You obviously have never visited other actresses threads before…
She’s very serious. How mortifying that must be for her fans, showing how shallow and empty-headed she is.
Oh the Jen Hens will justify this as a perfectly legitimate goal of a modern female and praise her for being so strong. Gives me a great deal of entertainment TBH.
Oh, I think she’s perfectly serious.
Oh maggie, you know she is serious. This is not the first time she has made a dumb statement. She is infamous for them. Remember, ‘thinking thoughts’? Her idea of risk-taking in a film involves ‘not wearing mascara’. She is dumber than a box of cotton wool. The Kardashians, all combined, have more brain power than her.
Um. Nope.
Lol – Helen Miren already showed the world a banging body, the very same Helen, whose husband just fired Jennifer from his movie the Comedien.
lol I just read about that. There was some lip service about how they “couldn’t make the dates work” re: JA’s schedule, because, you know, she’s so busy. Right.
Leslie Mann is a real step up–she’s funny and effervescent.
I agree with everyone who’s already commented — this woman is so shallow and vain, it’s frightening — but I also have to laugh at her comment that she’s going to “pass” on her birthday this year. Doesn’t she go to Cabo for her bday, or throw herself a huge party, every year??? I highly doubt that’s going to change anytime soon!
Please, she is NOT Paris Hilton who throws multiple bday parties for herself in clubs. She goes to Mexico with a few friends…..ooooooh that’s really shallow!
I will never understand the hatred for this woman.
Me either.
Well she only talks about her looks, workout routine, and vacations…..how is that any different than what Hilton talks about??? They are more similar than different!
The “hatred” she gets pales in comparison to other celebs. She gets called boring & dull, big deal. Other celebs get much worse.
Do not forget the time she invited AccessHollywood/People mag to her birthday & did interviews & let them take pics.
It was very Paris Hilton of her to claim that going to a Mexican resort = charity work.
He said to me, ’You come to Mexico all the time and Mexico is really hurting right now because of the swine flu and the drug trafficking and all of this sort of stuff but it’s not all of Mexico,'” she explained. “These people survive on us coming down and spending money and coming here to these beautiful places.
“It sort of made sense to sort of say ‘Hey, let’s help out Mexico,’” continued Aniston.
I don’t think it’s hatred to call someone dull or superficial.
When any of you has an actual personal conversation with her, then you can claim “this is all she talks about”.
She is very involved with Animal Rescue, and St Jude’s Hospital.
But yes, she is very shallow.
*eyeroll*
I know we all have our celebs we cannot stand (Lord know I have a few), but Jen seems so harmless and not deserving of the ragging she gets from people (mostly Brangeloonies).
lol if we only discussed celebrities that we have chatted with there would be no CB. Or any other site.
I’m pretty sure no one here has ever chatted with Kate Middleton.
Okay so if she is sooooooo involved with St Judes why in the world does she never talk about it? She seems to do a commercial & that is it. Does she go to their events & raise awareness? Nope, she goes to Mexico & tans.
More than 90% of her interviews in the past decade involve her hair, skin care regime, exercise regime, hair again, so yes she is quite shallow & Bland.
Brangeloonies? How mature.
At least Angelina lives her life to the fullest with non superfical things to talk about.
Like her visit with the Pope, being named a DAME, her honorary Oscar, her pilot license, her too many to count trips to refugee camps, her children…..oh how that list can go on for days.
Enjoy Jen & her talks about her hair & breakfast choices.
Me neither
She has done one or two 20 second ads for St Judes. Big deal. Apart from that, she has done nothing. Can you imagine if she put half as much effort into St Judes and animal campaigns as she does with how she goes all out for Smartwater? That would be admirable. She really does absolutely nothing for charity. Sorry, but it is the truth.
Not everyone uses their charitable actions as photo ops.
You have no idea how much time this woman spends, or how much money she donates to causes. Period.
I don’t know anyone who does use their charitable actions as photo ops. The fact is, Aniston does nil charity work except for a quick tv ad or donating a ratty handbag. Otherwise we would know about it. Period.
As for Paris Hilton. Please, Paris Hilton has more brain power than Jen Aniston……and that is really sad. I will never understand how every other celeb is fair game but say anything Jen Aniston and people go for your jugular. I also don’t think her 10 year vendetta against her exe’s wife is ‘harmless’. Most everyone else can see her 10 year obsessive vendetta against her, except for the Anistonloonies.
No sweetie, that will be Dame Helen Mirren.
I disagree. American women mostly have more awful/obese/ungroomed bodies, than European (have live 5+ years on both continents).
Not sure I believe a 10 year old’s comment.
Um, where did you get that she is 10 from? All they said was they lived 5 years in America, and 5 years in Europe. Maybe they spent 20-odd years in England or somewhere.
such a profound statement…… but NOT
she has the depth of 90’s baywatch
Justin is already back in NYC after the weekend per People mag. He arrived from NYC at LAX right before the award show ALONE, and is back there alone again while Aniston stays in LA doing what???
They seem to love being in separate cities.
I remember when she cancelled her first perfume debut date in London and moved it a week or two later on the same exact date where Jolie or Pitt premiered some movie. Looks like she’s still doing it. Lol.
Somebody did it first!
http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/FFN_Duchess_Bikini_GTRES_080413_51172373.jpg
Oh NO! My eyes, my eyes…
Why did I click on that link – why?
Kidding aside, Aniston and Madonna seem like good examples of celebs who arrested their development after they became famous. God help that douchebag Justin Bieber.
I think The Duchess looks good, she must have been way over 90 yrs in that picture.
I’ve always liked her & was team Aniston (when her divorce with Brad happened) but geez I wish she would talk about something deeper than moisturizer & Bikinis sometimes.
I’d rather see her aspire to being a better actress. She’ll probably “rock that bikini” before that ever happens.
She didn’t volunteer this, was specifically asked if she planned to still be in a bikini at 80. A light, silly answer to a dumb question, though with a correct point about ageism. The problem is she does way too much shilling, which apparently requires these puffpiece lifestyle interviews. Just say no, JA. Lord knows you don’t need the moolah.
Kaiser-the first word that crossed my mind was “life goals ” when a read the header, funny to read it a couple of sentences later!😉guess that really does some it up!
She acts like there’s no such thing as Venice Beach, CA. I’m certain, at this moment, there is an 80 year old body builder with fuscia hair rollerskating around in a bikini with a 6 ft. python draped around her shoulders.
Television is NOT America, Jenn.