We’ve been all up in Jennifer Aniston’s womb this week, and I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of over it. I’ll say what I’ve always said: she’s a woman of significant means, time and connections, and if she really wanted to be a mother, she would have done so by now (in my opinion). But still, every time she has a movie to promote, we go through this same pattern again. The Jen-Haters claiming she never wanted kids and she uses the lure of babies to placate her fans. The Jen-Fans, placated, claim she always wanted kids and it’s just never happened for her and isn’t that sad?
Well, Us Weekly claimed this week that yes, it had finally happened for Jen and Justin Theroux and happy, happy days. Then Jennifer’s rep went ballistic, denying the story to every outlet who would quote him. So now what’s left? I don’t even know any more. But considering people are still interested in talking about Jennifer’s womb, I thought I would bring you this added wrinkle from The Daily Mail:
Hollywood beauty Jennifer Aniston is ‘irritated’ by constant rumours that she is pregnant – after secretly trying for a baby for more than a year, MailOnline can reveal. The blonde, 44, initially joked with pals every time there was a fresh rumour that she was expecting – but today a source revealed: ‘It’s starting to be a source of irritation for Jen.’
The source claimed that Jennifer and her fiancé Justin Theroux have been trying for a baby ever since they got engaged in August 2012, saying: ‘Jen purposely left her work slate clean for the next few months to prepare for motherhood. She puts a brave face on the rumors, but it masks her desperate desire to be a mother.’
After Us Weekly’s magazine cover declaring Jennifer’s ‘pregnancy’ yesterday, a representative for the actress told MailOnline: ‘Jennifer is not pregnant.’
Meanwhile, the friend said that that pals are already pondering whether Jennifer and Justin may push back their wedding yet again – as it looks likely that HBO will opt to order a full series of Damon Lindelof’s HBO series The Leftovers which has Justin in his first high-profile leading man role alongside Liv Tyler.
Planning in fall for the wedding – which was looking set for Christmas – has gone out of the window and now the couple are discussing a date for spring 2014. MailOnline had previously how the pair cancelled a summer wedding as both their work schedules became overwhelmed.
The source said: ‘Jen’s completely understanding of Justin’s opportunity to elevate his career to another level and prepared to wait though friends are starting to question whether they’ll never make it down the aisle!’
Last month, Jennifer insisted: ‘We just want to do it when it’s perfect, and we’re not rushed, and no one is rushing from a job or rushing to a job. And, you know, we already feel married. There have been no canceled weddings. There have been no postponed weddings. There have been no arguments about where to get married. Just clearing all that up.’
“It’s STARTING to be a source of irritation for Jen”? But these rumors – some (not all, but some) of them by her own design – have been around for literally DECADES. And she’s just now starting to be annoyed? Also – that’s very interesting about Justin’s show probably getting picked up. If it gets picked up, HBO’s standard “season” for an hour-long drama would probably be ten episodes. Which means a significant amount of time for Justin in New York, where the show is filmed. And while Jennifer might be supportive of Justin’s career, she’s not going to be happy about spending that much time in NYC. So, what will come first for JustJen? A baby or a breakup?
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Leave her vagina alone!!!!
Tell her rep to leave it alone. He’s the one who puts all those rumors out there.
+1
If she and her PR team do that, people will do it.
They have not been trying for a baby since August 2012. Stop with the 20 year pregnancy nonsense already.
They will never leave that vagina alone the paps and their minions are gonna milk at least another twenty years out of it. At 65 Jen will be one of the oldest stars ever to give birth.
if she could just say…” i don’t want children….the end.
Leave her uterus alone might be a more accurate thing to say!
Please. She’s irritated by the rumors? I call BS on that one. The rumors keep her on the covers of multiple tabloids which is just what she wants. Agree on the fact that if she really wanted to be a mother she could have done so by now, adoption being one possibility among others.
+1 ITA!
+1 to infinity. All she has to do to end the speculation is state either, 1) she doesn’t want kids, will never be pregnant, likes her life the way it is, or 2)state for the record that she is trying to get pregnant, is having difficulties in that regard, but hopes to be soon. If she would say something other than the vague, noncommittal responses we normally get – “if it happens, it happens” then this would all end. Ah, but she doesn’t want it to end. This is the strategy that’s kept her on the cover on magazines long after the rest of the ‘Friends’ cast has been largely forgotten.
+1000
I agree Nicolette! I’m so sick of this woman and her incessant need to be in the public eye!! She can poopoo it all she wants, she’s keeping this going! If she wanted kids, she’d have them. I don’t think she wants any, that’s perfectly fine. I don’t recall Justin ever talking about wanting kids? Jen… Go away!
agreed! Jen is the one that gets the rumor mill started when she purposely wears loose clothing, puts her hand on her belly, exactly like someone who is pregnant would do, hides her stomach with a coat draped over her arm or a giant purse. I’m not saying she is not allowed to own a big purse, but the way she holds it, like she is hiding her stomach, is all her doing. And believe me Jen is very, very, media savvy!! Good for her! She knows what keeps her relevant! However, the phony irritation and aggravation is a bit much! She is not that good of an actress!
Let the circus begins….
I am talking about the comments, of course. I am guessing they will make my day or even maybe my weekend. I am always LMAO when I read most of them.
+1!
I don’t think she ever wanted children and that’s fine. But she should just come out and admit it – I will have more respect for her if she did.
But she has been living this baby thing for almost a decade alongside the poor dumped woman tag – created by herself to make sure she got the public sympathy. Now that she wants privacy she attacks the same media and fans. It doesn’t work like that in show business and someone should tell that you Jennifer.
Maya you are So right! I think her camp is freaking out because the reaction they are getting from people isn’t what they were expecting people are no longer excited, shocked or thrilled about this pregnancy stories anymore rather people has seen through it and are calling BS on it. She needs to sit think and come up with another plan! Since my years on the internet never have people reacted this bad to her pregnancy stories people are sick of it!
On another note I agree with you about the pity party thing and I found this article quite interesting its a take on her pity party http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/1836944
There is nothing wrong with not wanting children. It doesn’t make you horrible, cold or selfish. It’s knowing what’s right for your life. I wish more people would stand up for themselves instead of being made to feel like there’s something “wrong” with them. Normally I can’t stand this woman but God her fans need to accept reality. Their princess is just not interested and you can still like her.
If she wanted children – she already have one by now. I would love to see more celebs standing up for themselves and admitting that they have no interest in becoming parents. But unfortunately thats not how the hollywood machine works. If they want to have a box office hit, they have to pretend they´re family friendly
Cameron Diaz has said it, and she does plenty of movies. There have been other celebs, but I can’t think of them this early in the morning! Of course, Cameron Diaz has done some quirky roles, and does not rely on the mini-van set to go see her movies. I think that IF Jennifer Aniston is stoking the baby rumors to appear more family-friendly, it’s more for her endorsements than her movies. It behooves her to look like just a nice, average girl, and having babies is usually part of that equation.
Maybe at one point she did want a baby. But now, at 44, if she STILL wanted one she would have one — whether invitro, adoption, surrogate, etc… All those who think she can “naturally” have one point to Halle Berry and her age, but Halle already had a child before this pregnancy. Much easier to get pregnant later in life if you’ve already had a child. Look at Sandra Bullock, Charlize Theron, evne her friend Nia Vardoulous, all went the adoption route and are younger than Jen. I join those who say if Jen really wanted a child at this age, she would have one.
But Cameron Diaz isn´t really the embodiment of the mini-van.
Jen Aniston has been playing the same rom-com characters for years. She build her career around those characters, more so after her divorce, nice girl next door waiting for her prince charming and finding her happily ever after. And some of the audience got “invested” in her – thinking that this is really her. When they found out that she couldn´t care less I think she would have a PR-Problem.
But her fanbase is primarily made up of the mom brigade. It’s a group she courted and has strung alone with these “I want to be a mom, it just hasn’t happened yet” rumors for nearly twenty freaking years. At this point, she’s too entrenched in the narrative. Can you imagine the backlash if she came out and said, “You know, I never wanted kids, which is why Brad checked out on our marriage”? The mommy blogs would horsewhip her.
I do appreciate your comment about more people standing up for not wanting kids. As a woman who does not want kids, I wish more people would respect that I have made that decision for myself and no amount of “oh but kids make everything better” and “you’ll love *your* kids” is going to change my mind. I have my reasons, and that should be enough for people.
I wish more people could be honest with themselves and admit that BEFORE they have the kid! I’ve seen too many people who had a baby because they were “expected” to but didn’t really want to. The kids are basically ignored and left alone with any and every one who wants to babysit so that mom doesn’t have to deal with it. So sad. A parent feeling trapped and a child feeling unwanted.
And the way some of our idiotic politicians are acting, family planning and choosing when or if to have a baby are choices that are quickly being removed from our control. Soon there will be many, many unwilling parents, because they were left with no alternative but to have unwanted children.
I totally agree with your assessment of Jennifer’s fan base. There are actresses out there who don’t want kids/marriage, and are up front and honest about it without it affecting their career, Cameron Diaz being the most famous one.
Jen’s fans aren’t fans of her work, necessarily. (I mean, Cate Blanchett’s personal life has nothing to do with her fanbase, since people are fans of her talent more than her personal narrative- quick, can you name Cate’s kids off the top of your head? Or even her husband?) Jen’s fans are fans of HER, the whole story of the sweet, girly, funny tv actress whose movie star husband left her and flaunts his 6 kids and sexy partner in poor, heartbroken, childless Jen’s face. Her fans are invested in her happiness, and for years she has told them that her happiness depends on a husband and kids. Personally, I think her happiness depends on yoga, Mexico vacations, hair care and margaritas.
If she wanted kids, she’d have them. If she wanted a husband, she would have married some nice guy years ago.
Algernon you are totally right with everything you said.
I just hate it, when women get judged for not wanting kids. Everyone has to make their own decisions and knows whats best for them. Just because I don´t want kids, doesn´t mean I judge your decision to have one – it´s just not the right thing for me!
I am not disputing what you wrote, I’m just curious. Who are these fans who want her to have a baby?!? I don’t think I’ve ever thought “Oh, I hope so-and-so has a baby.” It’s so weird.
You obviously haven’t read other Aniston stories on here. At least 4 of her fans on a recent one said they hope she is pregnant. And go to other gossip sites many of her fans want her to have a baby. They’re everywhere. And want it so badly.
A lot of them are on People- when they run a story about Aniston, they come out of the woodwork.
Secretly trying? That’s some secret then… I’m calling bs on every Jen pregnancy story I see until it’s on the cover of People. I’m going to comment “BS” and that will be it. This is such a tired story.
I know. Worst “secret” ever.
Well, I said yesterday that I thought shes had some pregnancy issues. This piece lines up with that theory. Either way I am officially getting out of her uterus.
I’m not up-to-date on the conspiracies, so I’ve assumed for a while that the “Jen is pregnant” stories started with folks who’ve seen the side-effects of infertility treatment and jumped to ridiculous conclusions.
I won’t be upset or disappointed if I’m wrong. If this is just more of the same old movie promotion BS, fine. It seems like Aniston leads a great life, doesn’t remotely need a baby, and should only try to have one if it’s really what she wants.
So it’s either just more of the decade-long womb-watch shenanigans, or it’s a sign that she really did wait for a solid relationship to try to have a baby and then had troubles conceiving. Either way, it’s fine with me. I’m not even bothered by the idea that Aniston’s just messing with us. Go for it! Ride the crazy-train of celebrity world for all it’s worth.
@ Ellen
What a fresh & healthy attitude you project.
+1
Great comment!
“Either way, it’s fine with me. I’m not even bothered by the idea that Aniston’s just messing with us.”
*slow clap*
right on, Ellen. It’s weird that people are SO FOCUSED on whether or not she’s preggo, whether or not she’s playing the public and her fans, and whether or not her fans are “duped” by her PR “guru”. Once poster even wrote something to this effect yesterday…that she “won’t let Jen fans re-write history” or “let them be fooled by her PR shenanigans”…I mean, who really cares? they write these 5000-word essays on why her fans “should know the truth”.
meanwhile, their “truth” that they put out there is just speculation like the rest of us, but say stuff like “it’s well documented that…” with no “documentation” to demonstrate what they mean. for people who don’t like her, they sure seem to pay a LOT of attention to what she does, who she dates, what she says in interviews and when she said it. I don’t even know that much about actors that I LIKE. Sometimes it’s better to NOT know all that stuff otherwise their celebrity takes over any role they play.
yesterday’s post on this was EPIC, BTW. if you haven’t read it yet, go back a couple of pages for a good laugh.
Ellen + doofus:
Well written, folks.
@Ellen: What a great comment!
@Mindy Agreed.
I’ve never commented on a Jennifer Aniston post here now I know why.
I said what I had to for the first time on yesterday’s post. But apparently anyone who suggests we don’t know the mechanics or trials she has been through in trying for a baby is in denial and from the mom brigaide. Other posters however KNOW she does NOT want to have a baby, and NEVER HAS. Because she hangs with Chelsea Handler and has neither adopted nor used a surrogate.
Those 3 variables = fail
Thank you for playing
Jegede –
I’ve never commented on an Aniston story either. I’m actually Team AJ, but I also can be perverse, so I’ve developed some sympathy for Jennifer.
People do comment on her with absolutes – something that we don’t really know with any certainty.
I find her harmless, but if the people here hate her so very much, they would be better served by not commenting, and we’ll start seeing fewer and fewer Aniston stories.
If she really wanted a kid she would’ve hired a surrogate or adopted by now.
If the issue isn’t “she doesn’t want children” but rather “she can’t have children,” that’s a whole different set of emotional issues. It takes a long time to accept that you can’t get pregnant…and you’ve got to heal from that before you can even think about a different avenue to parenthood.
Again, not saying that’s the issue at all. I just found this comment kind of hurtful.
I’m sorry you found the comment hurtful, but I do see where the original commenter is going.
Jen is 44 years old, closing in on 45. To be blunt,
she doesn’t have a lot of time to heal from from emotional issues related to pregnancy.
At this point, if you really want a child (versus really wanting a pregnancy) you would probably explore every avenue. And given Jen’s financial and social resources, many options are open to her.
And I agree, we have no idea what the issue is here, or if there even is an issue. It’s all smoke.
I agree, and it’s hurtful to lots of people who do want kids and don’t have them. And maybe JA wanted to wait until she was in a stable relationship to get pregnant. Maybe she wanted to raise a child with a loving partner. I don’t understand why people don’t get that.
@Bird
I’m not trying to be unnecessarily mean or snarky, but from what I can see (just my opinion) she doesn’t really want a kid all that badly. Look at the guys that she dates. It’s not like she was a young woman when she got divorced–she was 36. That’s not a spring chicken, in terms of starting to have biological children. If she really wanted to “have it all”–she wouldn’t have dated the men she did in my opinion.
I could see dating someone like John Mayor for a year or two after your divorce–you just want to have fun. If you want to have fun, and put the marrying and babymaking aside, good for you. But don’t date guys like John Mayor , or Justin (I’m saying him because he’s 41 and doesn’t have any kids), for EIGHT years, all the while saying that you still want to get married and have kids–that it’ll happen eventually.
Besides Vince Vaughn (and Justin who she’s engaged to), none of the men she’s dated have (on a surface look) been father/marriage material. Which is fine. Just don’t go around proclaiming that you’ll be barefoot and pregnant eventually while doing so.
That’s my take anyway. If I had changed my mind, or wanted to wait a while, I would have released a definite statement on the matter, and then refused to answer questions about it from beyond that point–unless I got pregnant/married.
No snark detected, Virgilia. All valid points and well stated.
Bird, she had a stable relationship. She had a marriage and a husband who desperately wanted children. A loving partner who would have been/is a loving devoted father. Please when will the excuses for this women stop? I know her fans refuse to believe she never wanted children so find excuse after excuse after excuse, but sooner or later you have to face the facts.
I don’t know what to believe. A part of me believes it the public’s obsession with Jennifer carrying a child and another part of me believes her PR team plant these stories to keep her relevant. Hmmm….
If Jen doesn’t like the rumours she should stop having her people start them. LOL I for one don’t think she has ever wanted kids if she did she would off had them with Brad. Jen won’t ever admit she doesn’t want them it would ruin her girl next door image and her figure. LOL
I hardly think her PR people needed to start any rumors this time. I mean, LOOK AT HER! We all have eyes. We can clearly see that something is up. I highly doubt that she just up and gained 20 pounds. We have very similar body types and she looks exactly like I did at around 4-5 months pregnant. I can’t believe anyone actually DOESN’T think she is pregnant.
She could be pregnant. None of us knows. But there are lots of reasons for her looking the way she does. Because she has looked exactly like this since 2011.
She’s in her mid-forties and it’s much harder to lose weight once you gain it. Her natural figure is curvy and you tend to head toward where you naturally belong in your forties, despite discipline and hard work.
And it it would be very odd to have her rep come out and say – “Jen is NOT pregnant” – when she is. He would have been more evasive.
You realize her body has looked like that for almost a year.So her baby bump stays the same size for months? OK Well congrats Jen I hope its a Christmas baby.
(wrong place…)
I find it so odd that this wedding date keeps getting pushed back. Now it’s spring 2014?
If they wanted to be married they’d figure out a way to do it.
Yeah, sort of like if Brad wanted to marry Angelina, he would have done it by now.
Exactly!
I think the Jolie-Pitts are fine with being engaged forever.
“The time is nigh”
“We hope to do it within the children’s lifetime.”
Some people just don’t want to get married. They should just come out & say it.
What’s so odd to me about Jennifer and Justin’s engagement is the fact that they felt the need to have two People covers promoting it. The first cover was the day after the Oscars–in which Jennifer pretty much said that they were getting married this spring 2013.
That was weird, to me at least, because it’s not like she had some big exclusive. She didn’t tell us about her dress, or where the wedding was going to be, etc. There was no real, cover worthy exclusive. All she said was that they were getting married this past spring. That’s it.
Then when spring came and went she had another cover (early summer, I believe–maybe June?), saying that she was putting her wedding off–because she was busy, had a lot going on–a vague answer like that. THEN she got mad when people were speculating on why her wedding was being pushed off. If she didn’t want the speculation, she shouldn’t have said anything.
There was no need for a second cover–especially if you don’t want people/blogs/tabloids wondering and speculating online about potential problems in your relationship. And to be honest, I didn’t even recognize the fact that they didn’t get married. I completely forgot about it, until that second cover came out.
And as for Brad and Angelina, they’re not promoting their engagement that hard. Angelina hasn’t given any interviews about her engagement–Brad has given two. One other poster, pointed out to me that Brad had an interview with People (for Killing Them Softly)–in which he talked about his engagement, his kids, family, and the movie. Then when he was doing promotion for WWZ, a reporter asked him about the wedding–he said something like he was in charge of napkins, or something like that. And that was in August, I believe. Neither of them have said anything else.
But I think that they’re waiting, is because he wanted to give Angelina an engagement period. Because before, she’s always gotten married very quickly in Los Vegas type situations. She’s never been just engaged.
I don’t want to argue the same points as before, so I’ll leave her womb alone for today.
@Virgilia, They’ve both had two People wedding covers, whether you wan’t to admit it or not. The first was ‘Finally Engaged!’ in April 2012, then ‘Brad Pitt talks, Angie, The Kids, and Our Wedding.’ in September 2012.
“But I think that they’re waiting, is because he wanted to give Angelina an engagement period. Because before, she’s always gotten married very quickly in Los Vegas type situations. She’s never been just engaged.”
I think you know that’s a pretty lame argument. ‘The time is nigh!’ November 2012.
@Lauren
I found two covers, with almost identical titles–one word switched.
This one was in 2009
http://www.celebitchy.com/65476/brad_pitt_we_wont_get_married_until_george_clooney_his_partner_can/
This one was in November 28, 2012
http://www.celebitchy.com/265551/brad_pitt_covers_people_mag_refers_to_angelina_jolie_as_mama_hot_or_try-hard/
Okay, I said December, instead of November. Same cover. I also said it was an interview, in promotion of the the film ‘Killing Him Softly’ (which it says on the front cover)–which they didn’t talk about much. And as for the actual wedding all he said was they were going to keep it simple.
My point with contrasting the two covers was that Brad talked about their engagement, while he was (ostensibly) being interviewed for the film. Okay, it’s a gossip magazine–they want the wedding scoop, not the film. Jennifer’s people covers came out of nowhere. She wasn’t promoting anything–and so by doing that she’s opening a narrative that didn’t really need to be opened.
So any speculation from those two covers, she can’t be mad about. Because SHE chose to do those covers–there wasn’t any (direct) advantage to her work at all. She wasn’t doing it to promote a film she had out–she put it out there.
This is the first one–after the Oscars. In the article she says that she’s chosen her ring, dress, and has set a date–which will be after March 8, 2013.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20677544,00.html
This is the second one. This is in June. The story gets cut off (they want to get a subscription) but the gist of it is–she’s putting off her wedding for whatever reason.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20708476,00.html
I didn’t include the engagement covers (in either of them) because that’s par for the course. My entire point in contrasting them is that Brad and Angelina aren’t running to People, telling them that they’re getting married at such and such time. Brad gave ONE interview to People about the engagement, while promoting a film. Jennifer gave two covers–of which weren’t all that necessary.
If she wants to leak tidbits about her wedding, fine. But don’t get upset when people start wondering what’s going on. Especially with that second cover. Or like with that interview when she did that tv short. The interviewer asked her if she had picked out her wedding dress or anything like that, and she looked confused—yet she said in February that she had all of that picked out already.
And my “weak argument” about Brad and Angelina’s long engagement is me speculating. All they have said is they’re getting married “soon” (according to whose definition of soon, who knows?)–that is virtually all they have said on the subject. They aren’t leaking details to People–when they start doing that, announcing when their wedding is, then months later, pulling back, then yes–I will side eye them too.
And here is the article about her getting annoyed with the speculation that her wedding is put off.
In it she says that the wedding wasn’t cancelled–they didn’t have a date set, or anything like that. That is a direct contradiction to her first People cover, in which she gave details that she had some things picked out (dress, ring, location, and the date–after she wraps her movie)…..
So I don’t understand why she got all defensive–she put it out there.
http://www.celebitchy.com/312662/jennifer_aniston_already_feels_married_to_justin_says_wedding_isnt_postponed/
Sorry, it’s not letting me edit my comments–
The last thing I wanted to say is that she said this in July of this year…
I don’t get it. So your trying to say that because he used his personal life to promote his movie, that his magazine covers are more justified? That her covers invited speculation because she wasn’t promoting anything at the time?
Just out of curiosity, what do you think of all the covers the Brange have had about their kids? The first baby photo covers, and the ‘Growing up Jolie-Pitt!’ and ‘Big Happy Family!’ and ‘All About the Twins!”
Don’t get me wrong, I think they are all guilty of selling an image and manipulating their narrative. Jennifer probably did have a hand in that first cover, but then things changed and they needed to do a second one. They wouldn’t have put her on the cover if people weren’t interested though, and what’s sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander.
I’m going to borrow your own words to make my point.
All the baby covers.
The big happy family covers.
The engagement ring details leaking.
Brad’s Devotion.
They weren’t promoting anything– and so by doing that they’re opening a narrative that doesn’t really need to be opened…
Because THEY chose to do those covers–there wasn’t any (direct) advantage to their work at all. They weren’t doing it to promote a film they had out– they put it out there.
Do you not see how it’s the same, but you only find it distasteful when it’s someone you don’t like?
@Lauren
The question I was answering was in response to why few people are making a big deal about Brad and Angelina being engaged and not married, for over a year now–but it’s not “okay” for Jennifer (as in we’re questioning if she’s even going to get married, etc)
I am pointing out that she started this narrative. If she hadn’t put out those two covers–giving an approximite time for her wedding, the stuff she had planned out, then saying that she was putting it off in another cover for a vague reason, and then getting mad when people think there’s something going on i.e. there isn’t going to be a wedding (or whatever else).
I’m not some super Brangelina fan–anything that gets printed in People is with the celebrities permission. So all the covers you mentioned–yes, they’re selling you something. That they are a happy family–nothing wrong with that. There’s nothing inherently wrong with Jennifer having her covers too. People are going to respond, either way–positive or negatively. But she was ticked off because people/blogs/tabloids thought that she and Justin were breaking up, BASED ON THE INFORMATION SHE GAVE US.
There was absolutely no need for that second cover. And it was made worse by the response that she gave, when people started questioning the content. If she didn’t want us to speculate about her wedding, then she should’ve said vague answers.
My point with Brad and Angelina’s long engagement, is that they’re not going around telling everyone when they’re going to get married–all they’ve said is “soon”–and that info was repeated in two interviews by Brad. Angelina hasn’t said anything.
That’s what I was talking about. How Brad and Angelina are “playing” their engagement vs. Jennifer and Justin.
And how is their engagement ring details leaking any different than any other celebrities? She was pictured wearing the ring–they called to confirm, it was confirmed, and People got an interview with the jeweler and a statement from Brad’s rep. If anything, you should be snarking on Jennifer’s engagement roll out–she announced her engagement, and then spent the next three months hiding her engagement ring hand in her pocket.
To make it even clearer–my comments about the People covers were in response to the questions about the ENGAGEMENTS, not in general.
@Virgilia. I agree with your posts. What was really the point of Jen Aniston having two magazines cover for wedding plans and postponing a wedding.I can see having one for the actual wedding. Brad and Angelina haven’t even really discussed their wedding plans, but Brad joking he was the napkin planner, that is all. Those covers were unnecessary and for publicity, that is all.
“my comments about the People covers were in response to the questions about the ENGAGEMENTS, not in general.”
Ok, so your point is that she shouldn’t be ‘mad’ or ‘ticked off’ about the speculation, because she started it, right? But when has she said she’s mad or ticked off by it?
I don’t think she has, she’s only said that she never had a date set, which she never confirmed, and that she hasn’t picked a dress, which again was never confirmed.
Here’s a quote from Brad on the paparazzi and his kids, just for fun-
“I mean, yesterday Angie was taking Maddie off to school. There were 30 paparazzi outside. One guy sticks a video camera in Mad’s face, yelling, ‘Maddox! Maddox!’ He doesn’t get a response. He doesn’t know my boy. Mad is already savvy to this,unfortunately.
But my 2-year-old dreads being anyplace there are cameras. It scares her. They’re all in her face. My kids are faced with this every day! It’s disgusting. So we’ve been run out of L.A., all the major cities. We just can’t live there. You don’t understand — this is the hunt, the hunt, the hunt! I thought it might be over a year ago.It’s gotten worse.’
Sounds like he’s complaining about a narrative that they arguably started. Just using this as an example of them “playing” their family.
Now I don’t have anything against Jennifer, or Brad and Angelina using the media, I do get annoyed by how biased the fans on both sides seem to be.
Lauren, the links that I put up back up what I said–when any info gets put in People magazine, then at the VERY LEAST it was okay’d by the celebrity. On Jennifer’s first cover (after her engagement) she said that she was planning her wedding to be after March 8th (the day her film wrapped)–she said that she had her dress, her ring, and the location picked out, and that she was still planning it out.
This is information that her PUBLICIST okay’d for People to put in their magazine. Same with the other info I put up–that last link I put up is where Jennifer/Huvane said in People magazine that her wedding wasn’t cancelled, wasn’t put off, there were no issues with her and Justin.
I’M saying that if she didn’t want us to think that, then she shouldn’t have put out that second cover saying that she was holding off on her wedding–she should’ve just said whatever, i’ll have my wedding when I want to. I wouldn’t care, and I don’t think too many other people would either–it’s her wedding.
But since she did put that info out, then of course, being on a gossip site, I’m going to question some things.
So to be extra clear, I am talking about how both couples are playing their long engagements with the media–one isn’t shutting up about it, and the other has said very little.
And what in the world does your quote have to do with anything I was talking about? Do you know what narrative means, in this context? I’m talking about their engagements, not the fact that the paparazzi like to stalk the JP’s. And your quote says that they caught Angelina and Maddox at school–so by your reasoning, Brad/Angelina should delegate any activity that their kids want to do in the real world, so that the paparazzi won’t catch them? He was at school–all the paps have to do is send someone to follow them ONE TIME, and they can all wait at the school for them. And they are hardly ever photographed–I think this year I have seen maybe four sets of pap pics on this site.
So what’s your point–I’m talking strictly about their engagements, when I talk about the narrative–one narrative is that I’m going to have my wedding when I feel like it, the other narrative keeps changing–which I’m going to question. It’s gossip; it’s what we’re here for.
You said, “So any speculation from those two covers, she can’t be mad about.” because she started it.
I said, I don’t think she is, and then used a similar instance of a celebrity being mad about a narrative they started.
“And what in the world does your quote have to do with anything I was talking about? Do you know what narrative means, in this context?”
Uh, I think I do, but thanks. Again, I see a parallel, but maybe you don’t.
Finally- “I am talking about how both couples are playing their long engagements with the media– one isn’t shutting up about it, and the other has said very little.”
Both have dropped enough quotes to create an interest, in my opinion.
Brad to People magazine- “I am getting more pressure from my kids, and it is something I want to do within their lifetime, but I also feel like the time has come,” Pitt said Monday night at the premiere of his new film, Killing Them Softly, hosted by the Cinema Society in New York.
“The time is nigh,” he added. “It’s soon. I got a good feeling about it.”
Then-
“While he stopped short of confirming a wedding date, he did reveal what the couple have in mind for their big day: “Just family,” Pitt says. “Keep it simple. Keep it simple – really.”
“We’ve had a family, we’ve raised the kids,” he says. “I am surprised how much [marriage] meant to me once you had that.”
Jennifer to People- Sources told People that Aniston, 44, and Theroux, 41, are expected to walk down the aisle soon after Jen’s latest movie wraps in Connecticut on March 8.
“It will be a small affair with their closest friends,” an insider told the mag.
Apparently, the pair works well together, according to another source, who said, “Jen seems more confident than ever and they’ve become a great team.”
Then-
“A few months ago, arrangements were in full swing, says a source who speaks to Aniston often. “Wedding bands were designed and Jen was deciding on a dress,” says the source. The actress had a date in mind, too – this spring.
Now, with both Aniston, 44, and Theroux, 41, overloaded with work commitments and a massive house renovation, “wedding talk has stopped.”
‘After March 8th’ is as vague as ‘nigh’ and ‘soon’ really, but I’ll agree it sounded like they had a plan. But plans do change, things come up, things get delayed, things get reworked.
Anyway, off to bed, but it’s been fun.
Lauren, I don’t think you understand my point. Either one of the couples can talk about their wedding all they want–it’s their right. But what they tell us is going to have a reaction–good or bad. So don’t get mad when something YOU put out provokes a reaction, especially not the reaction you wanted. That’s all. I’m not discussing interviews where the subject comes up (whenever a celebrity gets engaged, of course they’re going to be asked about it), I’m talking about deliberately putting news out there–which Jennifer did with those two People covers and the interview. That’s all I’m saying.
I gotta say, I ust tried to read whatever Lauren was stating, and I’m very confused. Suggestion: go basic. Choose a thesis and then a supporting statement or two. Attempting to poke holes in someone’s argument doesn’t actually count as making your own point. Virgilia actually laid out a thoughtful and supported argument.
I can’t believe I’m irritated in the logic being used on a Bermuda Triangle post.
Why are Aniston stans so obsessed with the JPs they have to drag them into everything? Its really sad.
@Bird, who wrote: “Yeah, sort of like if Brad wanted to marry Angelina, he would have done it by now.”
With family members (including Brad’s parents plus his brother and sister ‘and’ their kids) at an exclusive resort in Turks and Caicos last Christmas (2012), I wouldn’t be surprised if the Jolie-Pitts got married then. They’ve never officially denied the Christmas wedding either, have they?
@Virgilia +1
Virgila, you’re right. I can get your all point which is so reasonable and well-stated. *But Lauren seems not.
Why are people confused by what Lauren said? Virgilia’s entire argument is that Jen has no right to be mad or ticked off about the attention and speculation her delayed wedding got. She supported this by basically saying Brad and Angelina have never courted attention regarding their engagement.
Lauren’s argument is that the Brange HAVE courted attention regarding their kids. Every time they’ve adopted or had kids there is an exclusive interview and photos. Then they get mad or ticked off about the attention their kids get.
If Jen has no right to be upset about something she invited, why do they? Once you open that door, it can’t be closed. Both situations are examples of hypocrisy, in my opinion.
@KB
From what I’ve read, the only reason that they do the photo reveals with their kids, is so that they can control where that money goes to–when they had the twins didn’t they get almost 20 million for those pictures (might be exaggerating)? I can understand that–I don’t think I would do the same, but I understand it.
And beyond saying things like it’s so surreal for his kids to be used to the paparazzi, when has he ever complained about them? I think the only time I’ve ever heard anything was when a few paps (got sued maybe?) for trying to break into his property in LA (E! did that)–while they weren’t home, and also in their estate in Mirval.
And you can’t tell me that the JP’s aren’t big ticket items for the paps. I don’t think it’s a question of did they call the paps, or did the paps just catch them—it’s more of, do I really want to play avoid the paps EVERY SINGLE DAY. Remember all the crap they went through to give birth to Shiloh? They literally went to the middle of nowhere.
Or those pics on that beach in Kenya.
And the last time they sold pictures of their kids was five years ago.
@ Bird, Cecilia,Well the difference between Brad and Angelina getting engaged and Justin and Jen, is the first did not have two magazines covering announcing wedding plans and postponing the wedding. Were those covers really necessary? No they weren’t, especially with the first taking away from the Oscar winners. What was the point? Maybe some people don’t want to get married. The same could be said for Justin and Jennifer.
“Were those covers really necessary?”
Who cares & who knows. This is Hollywood we’re dealing with here & everybody’s got an angle — and I do mean everyone.
Carrie, I’d like to add that while both camps have had covers, only JA seems to be upset at recent publicity. I don’t hear Brange complaining.
And remember, Brange were dealing with some serious health matters, which would impact lots of things, like a wedding.
Having said that, I don’t care if any of them get married or pregnant. Hollywood is so wonky with few values, I’ve about given up. Hence, I enjoy Celebitchy!
I think the problem is responding to the rumors. Why even issue a statement. I’m not a PR person, but common sense states that if you issue a statement about every rumor then the Denial becomes another story. She is not the only person that has these stories on the mag covers. Yet many don’t respond. They ignore it and then the story dies. This story has legs because they are denying them. Why even acknowledge them. If they are not true who gives a crap what the outside world thinks. Obviously they are following every rumor and reacting to it.
if you want people out of your womb then don’t acknowledge the rumors. She just can’t stop. So now a NON story has gotten 2 or 3 days of coverage. But then maybe that was the ultimate point of it all to begin with.
(some mag had Angelina risk life to have another child).. no responses. That story is gone. Nobody is talking about it because it was BS and everyone knew it.
Stop reading the Gossip Jen and company. regarding the wedding she can get married when she wants. I don’t have a problem with that. NOT a fan, but I think people can decide to wed how and when they want. weeks, months years.
Exactly! The tab stories can be ignored and people will move on.
+100000000
Since her announcement on her mastectomy the tabloids have been running pregnancy stories but she just ignores them and they go away!
I have never come across any couple for whom tying the knot is such an apparently complicated business. His job, her job, this commitment, that commitment – always with the excuses and the justifications for why it’s yet again being postponed.
If they wanted to be married, they would be married. It takes relatively little prep if that’s what both people want to do.
It’s not going to happen. Never. Ever.
I think pushing the wedding back has more to do with either being pregnant or the weight gain from infertility treatments. She probably wants to look her best and wait until she can get her old body back before she walks down the aisle.
She’s almost 45. Her “old body” isn’t coming back.
She’s had the body that you see in the photos for several years now. And she looks good, if not exactly the way she looked in 1998.
She has access to designers who could design something to flatter her current figure.
I think this would be a very odd reason to push a wedding back.
LOL Poor Bird, you are grasping at every straw in sight.
I know, Janet. I’m just a pathetic Jen Hen who can’t accept that Jennifer Aniston is just an old, barren fatty mcfattypants now and that no man will ever love her or want to marry her. I’m just so desperately sad over it! I sob all day. If only I had a firm grasp on reality like Brangelina fans.
Why do you want her to be pregnant so bad?
Bird, she’s not fat, she’s not old, and your choice of the word “barren” is your own, not anyone elses.
Saying she’s slightly heavier and her body holds weight differently from her younger years does not equal “fatty”. Good grief.
And pointing out that she’s 44 – or in her mid-forties – doesn’t mean she’s OLD.
Hell, you could be right – she could be pregnant and this last tabloid hullabaloo just an elaborate way of both announcing and concealing it. It’s Hollywood and weird things happen.
@ Bird
LOL…sarcasm well played. Now, go dry your eyes & try to carry on. You can do it!!
Carrie asked you a fair question, Bird — why do you want her to be pregnant so badly? I hope you’re not like her other loopy fans who think her having a baby would be the ultimate revenge on Brad Pitt. He’s got six kids of his own and wouldn’t care less if she has one baby or a dozen. So what’s your interest in seeing her pregnant, since she hasn’t shown any interest on her own account yet?
Hey Bird, what’s with all the weird Jennifer Aniston posts?
I have no question to answer. I never said that I wanted Jennifer Aniston to have a baby, let alone that I wanted it ‘so badly’.
I’m in Bird’s flock on this one. Lots of people work and have busy lives without the luxury of personal assistants, maids, drivers, publicists, loads of money, etc., yet they manage to plan and hold a wedding. I’m not buying the we’re so busy and we already feel married crap.
I wonder if the fact that California is a community property state has anything to do with this foot dragging?
That’s a source of irritation for me as well. I call BS on her desires to start a family. Nevermind. I just wanted to add that Justin’s series The Leftovers was picked up by HBO for a full season.
Can I get in on the baby pool?
Put me down for “Breakup. No baby.”
Same here. Justin can coast now, he’s successfully boosted his career.
Signed with CAA check, first major magazine cover (GQ) check, knocked up multi millionaire actress (child support for 18 years) check. Halle’s baby daddy gets $20K a month Im sure Justin will get more when they breakup.
I don, t want children , that was a condition before me and my hubby get married, Even when I choose I was looking for a man who already have children divorced or widowed, so he will not wakeup one day telling me he changed his mind and wants kids. I don, t hate kids but I, am scared to death from such a huge responsibility.thats why I think mothers are the top heros.
I have nothing against jennifer but as much as she seems harmless and nice she is not stright forward lady.
Toto, you sound very together. When I married my husband, I was ambivalent about kids. He was older than I and really wanted one. So I had my son and he was great. Then my husband wanted one more. I didn’t really, but after much, much discussion, I agreed, and I adore my daughter.
Do I love my children and have they enhanced my life? Yes. Are I going to worry about them until the day I die? Yes. There are pluses and minuses to motherhood. I could have been happy with or without children. I’m thrilled I have two great ones, but parenthood is not easy and not for everyone. Kudos to the people who realize it’s not for them and don’t give in to societal pressure to have 2.4 children just because it’s expected.
Well of course Lisa. You would know. You live a life similar to hers? She should react to how you think she should. It couldn’t simply be the tabloids trying to make a buck off this woman. Maybe she’s sick and tired of these rumours. It’s possible. I know I would be. Also since when is she obligated to announce to the world the state of her womb?
maggie I guess your comment was to me. First I didn’t say anything really negative. My point was if she is tired IGNORE IT and stop responding. If she wasn’t reading the gossip she wouldn’t know what they are saying. That is the point.
And while Jennifer might be supportive of Justin’s career, she’s not going to be happy about spending that much time in NYC.
I think the opposite. I think Jennifer loves her time alone and with her friends. While she seems to like having a boyfriend, I think after the first bloom wears off she prefers a lot of space.
And they’re not going to get married. I don’t think either of them wants it.
Mother of goddess – now the ‘infertility’ tour stars. 3-5 years of magazine covers at least. Poor Jen. Poor, poor Jen.
Mission accomplished.
I was thinking that maybe if she was pregnant, the tabloid triangle would finally be over. However, it would probably become, ‘Jennifer turns to Brad for parenting advice, Angelina furious.’ Or to make the minivan soccer mom majority happy and buying, the headlines would be ‘Brad realizes his mistake, wants to raise Jenn’s baby with her.’
I don’t buy this story that they’ve been trying for a year because it is standard medical advice that women over 40 who have been trying to conceive for over 6 months should see a fertility specialist. That means by now Jen would be on the next step: either fertility drugs or IVF preparations. Then again, maybe she is doing one of these treatments as that would explain some bloating. If she’s not, it’s a bit disingenuous to say you are trying and disappointed it’s not happening.
You made me spit soda all over my keyboard! Thanks for the best laugh I’ve had all week.
Ooops… the above reply was meant for Lady D.
It’s frustrating as hell trying to respond to the correct comment on the mobile website.
BULLroar! LOL.
Doubtful she’s been trying or will ever have a baby. It’s like USmag pulls the same story out of their ass bc sales are down and in the past those stories sold well. Pathetic sales ploy…
How do you tell of Huvane’s lying?
His lips are moving.
I think it was Virgilia that called Huvane a one trick pony. I thought that was a pretty apt description of him. He has spent the last 8 years in a she is, she isn’t pregnant, business module. I wonder how many clients this constant is she, isn’t she BS has cost him.
Does she have a dog yet? Could we get more coverage of whether or not she intends to rescue a pet soon?
I am not sure, as I don’t follow closely but I think she & Justin adopted 2 dogs. Don’t know what kind, but I think they named one of them Sophie.
@Cecilia – Thanks for the info. I’d love to see her just chillin’ in jeans playing with her pups.
I think she recently adopted one dog–there was a story on here that she named the dog Sophie–because of Sophie’s Choice–because there were so many cute dogs and she wanted to have them all, but couldn’t. Or something.
I found some of the poster about Jen post very funny…
They invest so much energy to this woman who they admit they don’t like it.
And because of that,all the negative stuff throwing at her will be applaud and encourage but when it’s positive will be denied and discourage.
People magazine it’s still a tabloid. They might have more approval by the star but its not always direct source from them,
Just scan through all of it,it’s happen to both brangie and JA. Sometime they get it right but sometime they speculate also.
The funny thing is,when it’s about Jen, they all accuse she plant and denied the story to gain more attention. But never accuse the same to the other couple,even though they going through the same thing.
The tabloid and media who keep this pregnancy game on,either Jen wore lose clothes or not or happen to put her hand in the tummy,it not an excuse to blame the media speculation on her solely. She didnt order them to write about it,she already denied it so often and even tell all of us that if she have announcement she will do it on her own account.
Remember it’s still her body to decide either she want kid or not,the same with brangie is they want to get married or not. Did they use it for pr? Maybe,,but it still the media who take the bait and write about it,pregnancy /baby and wedding/break up is most interesting story for tabloid audience.
Brad and Angie don’t waste their time and money hiring someone to deny tabloid stories , that’s the difference.
Um, yes, they do. Brad and Angelina sued News of the World in 2010 when they refused to retract the story of their alleged separation agreement drawn up in 2009. They sued for libel and also for ‘misuse of private information’. Take from that what you will.
@ Brad.The story of them breaking up, was on almost every newspaper and magazines and impossible to ignore, unlike the stories In Touch or Star have. In Touch and Star weekly lies never get THAT BIG. Of course they went to the main source. They had every right to sue, and I’m glad they won. Same goes for any celebrity.
Yeah, that story was on every major newsstation/paper–I think one of them saw it on CNN–which is why they sued. Because for some reason, a news station picked up this story from a freakin’ tabloid, didn’t bother to consider if it were true, and ran with it. Then other news stations everywhere else ran with it.
I think the only reason they sued was because of that, and because they knew that they would win, due to the fact that the tabloid was based in Britain–it’s easier to sue tabloids there. If the tabloid had been here in America, I think they would’ve just released a short statement, rather than suing.
You know what you won’t find laughable? When I say that Brad and Angelina DID break up in 2009 and that they are merely co-parents. Really bad ones. Okay, thanks, I’ll be heading to my bunker now!
Buhahaha they are merely co parenting? And they got engaged? SMH
Bird, I don’t find your delusions laughable in the least; I find them pathetic. I sincerely hope you get the help you need at the earliest possible opportunity before they have to put you in a room with rubber walls.
Bird –
I really feel for you. I’m team AJ but I don’t like the pile on that happens sometimes to the other side. It’s hard countering arguments from a whole clique of people. Sometimes it’s not even worth bothering to comment.
Janet that’s a pretty extreme thing to say to someone who (I think) was (successfully) trying to rile people up. And uncalled for.
Bird, I honestly think it would take something BIG for them to break up–and they’ve already gone through her gene testing results and double mastectomy. Part of the reason that I think they’ll be together for probably the rest of their lives is because they go everywhere together. Their family stays together, and they are rarely apart for longer than a few days.
@Bird, who wrote: “The story of them breaking up, was on almost every newspaper and magazines and impossible to ignore, unlike the stories In Touch or Star have.”
Along with what Paige said, the ‘World of the News’ story was also covered by CNN and other main/major news outlets. It couldn’t be ignored.
Virgilia, she is either trolling or she’s delusional. Your choice.
Kim, a lot of people wondered why, after ignoring tabloid slander for five years, Brad and Angie decided to sue NOTW. I think that story NOTW put out was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I believe their older children saw it on the TV or on the internet and were extremely upset. Anyone can ignore vicious gossip as long as their children aren’t affected by it, but let it touch their children and it’s a whole different ballgame. You can mess with me any way you want, I couldn’t care less, but I will eff you up if you mess with my kids. I think that’s why they acted at that point. JMO.
Dear God, Universe, anyone that can make this happen in Hollywood,
MAKE HER GO AWAY!!!
I’ll fast, give money, pray everyday, never smoke or drink again, whatever it takes.
Thank you!!
Sincerely,
Michele
Poor gal. Can’t you just simply ignore her? Does she work at your office? She’s your neighbor?
Nope. Poor gal is not Michelec, bue JA…
JA puts herself in every place & on every cover. Ignore her? HOW? WHY? Gosh~
@odo: How? well, I can give you what I usually do. I dislike Glenn Beck so much. I don’t watch his TV show. If he shows up on a channel, I switch it. I don’t read his opinions, or any news about him, because I know it will irritate me.
Same with the Kardashians. I don’t hate them, but I find them so annoying. So I skip all articles about them, and of course I don’t watch their reality show.
I hope that helps. Let me know if you have further questions.
@Lenje
That’s your option. OK. But you don’t have to judge other ppl based on your own decision and have no right to call others POOR blah, I think. They are NOT poor. 😉 and J.anniston is pathetic, isn’t she?
It wouldn’t be unusual to not be bothered by the rumors when you’re not really trying, but have it bother you when you start trying and can’t get, or stay, pregnant. Lots of things don’t bother us until they hit a little too close to home.
I think there’s a difference between being bothered by the rumors, and having your pr person deny almost every single rumor (pregnancy ones included) for years. It’s not like it was this particular pregnancy rumor that was denied—it’s almost every rumor about her…..denied constantly.
Denying rumors (insignificant ones anyway) don’t do anything but inflame them.
Bird, you prove everything I’ve ever thought about Aniston fans. Virgilia Coriolanus, I have no doubt Bird really believes what they said.