The tabloids aren’t sure what to think about Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux these days. A few months ago, it looked like JustJen was headed towards a break-up, but after spending much of the holidays together (including an tri-annual trip to Cabo), Justin and Jen seem to be on solid ground. Or is this calm before the storm? I do believe that things are going to get rough, tabloid-wise, in the next few months. Justin is due back in New York, where he’ll be filming The Leftovers for months. It doesn’t seem like Jennifer is interested in doing the bicoastal thing anymore either. I’m just saying… there will be more rumors. For now, Star reports that Jen confessed all about her relationship problems to a spa aesthetician:
Jennifer Aniston appeared upset while getting a facial at the chic Mila Moursi Skin Care Institute in West Hollywood on Jan 19. In fact, according to an eyewitness, she broke down to the aesthetician who was treating her, telling her all about her troubles with fiance Justin Theroux.
“Jennifer told the woman, who appeared to be a good friend of hers, that she and Justin have been fighting a lot and that they’d had a huge fight right before she got there,” the eyewitness tells Star. “Jen said Justin refuses to set a wedding date, and his reluctance to marry her is taking a toll.”
After a year and a half of engagement, Justin’s unwillingness to commit to a wedding date must be particularly heartrending for Jen – especially now, with her 45th birthday rapidly approaching on Feb. 11. Sources say that at the time of their engagement, she thought they’d already be married with a baby the by time she turned 45!
“During the first year or so of their relationship, Jen and Justin were inseparable, and, at the time of their engagement, he led her to believe that a wedding was the most important thing to him,” explains a close insider. “But now, everything Justin does annoys her, and vice versa. He thinks she’s too insecure and nags him constantly, and she feels like he’s completely removed and doesn’t care about her feelings.”
Things have gotten so bad for the couple that sources say they’ve been sleeping in separate bedrooms – and Justin already has one foot out the door. “Jen said she feels like she’s losing him and doesn’t know how to fix their relationship,” reports the eyewitness at the skin care salon. “She’s been deeply heartbroken,” adds the insider. “At this point, she’s even given up on her dream of having a baby…”
By mid-January, Jennifer had finally confessed to best friend Courteney Cox that her relationship was on the verge of collapse… “Jen told Courteney about Justin’s reluctance to marry her and said she was desperate to keep him. Courteney couldn’t believe that they weren’t even sleeping in the same room!”…
Talking to Courteney must have made Jen feel a bit better because when she returned home, she took her friend’s advice and confronted her fiancé -which led to their biggest fight to date! “She tried to be as peaceful as possible, saying that they needed to figure out a way to curb their constant arguing and stop sleeping in separate rooms,” the insider explains. “But Justin was just very on edge and insisted that they not talk until he is ready.”
But after months of putting it off, Jennifer couldn’t wait any longer. “She pressed and pressed and began crying. Then she brought up the fact that he refuses to set a wedding date, and Justin blew up,” the insider reports. “He said that her constant badgering is making him reconsider marrying her, and all she’s done is just make him miserable. He then stormed out of the house!…
Justin is set to head back to New York City to film The Leftovers in February – which means he probably won’t even be there to help Jen celebrate her birthday. In fact, he’s made it clear to her that she is not welcome to join him. “He’s told Jen that he wants space, and if she shows up before he says it’s OK, he’ll end the relationship,” says the source.
Needless to say, Jen is not taking this well. “She can barely eat, and she calls Courteney in tears at all hours, asking, ‘What’s wrong with me?'” the insider says. “She just doesn’t understand why she can’t keep a guy long-term.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
A few points:
*“But now, everything Justin does annoys her, and vice versa. He thinks she’s too insecure and nags him constantly, and she feels like he’s completely removed and doesn’t care about her feelings.” So, basically, it’s like they’re already married.
*“He then stormed out of the house!…” OMG THAT’S BRAD PITT’S THING TOO.
*You might shade Star Mag’s assumption that Justin is the one who has backed out of the wedding plans, but that’s pretty much what Jennifer’s people confirmed to People Magazine last year. I mean, that People cover was done with her approval, and the “sources” were basically saying that Justin didn’t want to marry her until they had figured out if they could split time between NYC and LA, plus Justin doesn’t want to be “Mr. Aniston.”
What’s our current over/under on whether this wedding will actually take place?
Special thanks to CB for transcribing this!
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN.
He was with his last girlfriend for 14 years without marrying her, why does Jen think she will be “the one”
Because they’re engaged? It does stand for something that he asked.
I don’t know the normal time between an engagement and a wedding (18 months to 24?) but if there are no plans then it’s not looking good.
In the end, the fact remains that they don’t have the problems non-rich people have. They have money and freedom to work whenever they want so there is no excuse if they’re not even planning the wedding after talking about it in magazines.
I don’t know the normal time to be engaged either and I’m sure that it can vary widely but I do side-eye anything past 24 months. Like, is this one of those things where the actual marriage isn’t even in the picture and if one partner or the other started picking out cakes/dates/honeymoon destinations, the other would say “WTF”?
Maybe it’s just because I’m young–but if I ever got engaged, I would have the wedding within a year later (after dating the dude for probably 20 years, just to make sure I’m sure 😉 )—–unless you never plan on getting married, which sure. I get that being permanently engaged gets some of those ‘when are you planning to stop living in sin’ people an idea that your relationship is REAL, even though you’re not married.
But they pushed their wedding–well Jennifer did, because PEOPLE articles barely mentioned Justin. I think either they’re broken up and milking it (as they’ve done for the past year), or Jennifer’s dragging her feet (she seems perfectly content in being single–with the way she lives her life–not the bs in interviews–or with someone)–I don’t see Justin giving up his margarita fountain and chickens just yet.
Traditionally an engagement period goes for 6 months, but these days the time can stretch up to (in one case I know of, my bestie’s sister and her now husband) 17 years!
@Tulip: Hmm, I guess it depends then. Personally, I would never wait long. The point of being engaged is to get married, I don’t get that perma-engaged stuff.
@VC
I would also try to get it done within a year.
JT is a social climber imo so I think it might by JA that doesn’t want to get married but that doesn’t stop her from using it as a PR talking point. I also think she’s happy with living the good life (see George Clooney). Seriously, those 2 would be perfect for each other!
Even if JT isn’t mentioned, he knew the life he was getting into, I’m sure he benefits from the wedding talk. He’s quite smart though because he’s not the one doing the work (nobody cares anyway) and it will always be JA in the spotlight (except with BP of course) so if they’re not getting married, nobody will blame him.
@Sal:
That short? I assume a big wedding would at least take 8 months to plan but then again, that’s not necessary. A civil wedding takes 2 seconds so to speak.
The traditional [nee Emily Post or any etiquette guide book] of engagement time frame is 6months.
Most people stretch it out because of various reasons that make it impossible to marry within that timeframe.
@Artemis,
I’m with you on the perma-engagement front! I don’t really care what people do if it makes them happy but the word “engagement” has a meaning and sometimes I don’t think that it means what they think that it means! 🙂
Perma-engagements seem to be the thing now. A woman in my office has been engaged for seven years. When I asked her when they are getting married she said “Never. Why mess up a good thing?”
This is a dude who doesn’t want to get married, period. HIs m.o. is to string them along for years and then find a jumpoff.
Exactly!
No. No. No. If this couple can’t make it, then love is dead.
HA!!
so, the gerbils of doom are now hanging out at spas to get their dirt?
apparently so…
(If this is true) I would say that if someone will not set a wedding date, cut your losses and move on, because they’re really not interested in getting married. Maybe he just proposed to buy himself some more time?
Bingo!
I’m glad someone pointed this out! If a relationship is troubled before the couple even makes it to the altar, it doesn’t bode well for the marriage. If she truly wants to have a baby and be in a stable relationship, she should move on and try to find a man who loves her just the way she is, and is more than willing to set a date.
Why do her fans assume she truly wants to have a baby? Everything in her life suggests just the opposite.
Aaand water is wet
She got a facial, huh? So much for the natural Aveeno crap.
Her skin’s been looking a lot better over the past year—in 2011/12 era, it looked really weird around her mouth, really tight—-and she was almost always ORANGE…….but she’s said that she uses lasers to get rid of the sun damage, in Marie Claire (same interview where she talked about her hair extensions), so that’s probably why—and that was right before she started doing those Aveeno ads–I remember because I was watching Hulu, and a ‘The Beautiful Jennifer Aniston’ ad came on. I laughed so hard….
@ Den G. Hey, you are correct!
I was a little worried for a minute that the story missed something, then I saw the line…”Jen is worried that she has to give up her dream of having a baby….” and I knew all was right in the gossip world.
Ha!ha! I had the same reaction, whew, they got the baby bit in there!
Go back in the archives, and read the one where they got engaged. The very first thing from Jennifer’s camp, when they announced their engagement, was that Jennifer loved babies, and Justin would be an amazing father. So she can’t even say that she’s tired of the baby question, because it was the first thing out when she got engaged. That would’ve been the perfect time to NOT talk about it at all.
Bahaha! At what point will they give up on this ridiculous baby nonsense???
Does anyone believe she would tell a stranger about her relationship with Justin? Star Magazine – just sayin.
@Sophie, who wrote: “Does anyone believe she would tell a stranger about her relationship with Justin? Star Magazine – just sayin.”
The article says someone in the Spa ‘overheard/witnessed’ Jen breaking down and telling her woes to a Spa Aesthetician, who appeared to be a good friend of Jen’s. Not that I buy this story at all.
LOL like she would discuss her relationship at a skincare spa.GMAB Another BS story
Really!! Enough already! Must be a slow gossip day with this and JLaw getting Dorito dust on her clothes. I mean come on…..
” her dream of having a baby…” LOL since when? BS.
I think there was definitely something shady going on with the engagement. Not because they’ve been engaged for a while but because they were so close to a wedding and backed out. I don’t she’s ever crying in a corner though I think she’s much smarter and more saavy than she gets credit for and whatever the timetable in this relationship is it will be set by her own clock. Let’s not forget that Jen’s PR people are the ones who helped Justin’s acting career resurge after stalling for the last decade.
Eh…not buying it, exactly. It is a rehashed story, but who tells THAT much information to their facialist?
Agree. Not that you wouldn’t talk in front of your facialist/hairdresser/check-out clerk if you were a civilian, you just know better if you Aniston or any tabloid-worthy target.
I don’t buy this story, but I don’t buy that Jen would ‘never’ talk to the ‘help’ either. This is a woman who lives for her SPA days. I absolutely believe she’s made good friends with some of the Aestheticians over the years, just like she’s BFF’s with her hairstylist … who is also just ‘the help.’
@Emma,
I agree with you to a point. If it is a trusted person, like her hairdresser, then I can see it. Even then, I don’t see doing it when there are people present that aren’t “vetted’ so to say. One doesn’t just assume the shampooist, janitor, delivery man isn’t going to want to make some dough by eavesdropping. I think anyone in Aniston’s position would be hyper aware of that.
I’m convinced someone at the tabloids believes that every time a cover proclaims, “Jen’s Heartbreak!” an angel gets its wings.
Those tabloids (and Jen), they are populating Heaven people!
“insisted that they not talk until he is ready…”
“constant badgering”
“…if she shows up in NY he”ll end the relationship”
I say dump the dude and get on with her life.
I find the Woman at last cover photo of Bruce Jenner more interesting
She is infuriating. I think that this wedding will never happen I think her game is to let the goings on in Brad and Angelina’s life dictate the announcement of a breakup/marriage/baby (?!).
Oh please…
I think you’re exactly right! She always did/announced things whenever those 2 had a premiere or something going on. Past behaviour is a predictor of future behaviour. And she has form for plotting the timing. You’re right.
They definitely would not have gotten engaged if B&A didn’t. FACT.
She googles them daily I bet. She googles herself because she knows every single tabloid story about herself. Sad to be almost 45 and only have your hair to talk about, oh well.
I don’t know about that–but the announcement was suspicious and sketchy. They announced it on the weekend that there were strong rumors that the JPs were getting married, AFTER it was clear that those rumors were bs, but announced it on a Sunday, so that it would make the front covers on a Monday, and not get buried (if they had announced on Friday) by the Olympics (maybe Special Olympics–there was something going on that was really big news).
But it was suspicious to me, because they announced it, and then Jennifer hid her ring for months—which means she either didn’t have a ring yet, OR she didn’t want people to see it, which is total bs, because she didn’t have to announce her engagement.
@VC,
There have been rumors about Pitt and Jolie getting married since their first public coming out as a couple.
@Tulip
I know–I’m just saying that that was the rumor…..not that it was particularly significant–the stuff that happened after–hiding the ring, her dad not knowing when asked…..it was just background info.
@TG
Yeah, but not as strong as that weekend.
@Eva
It was that one about them getting married in France–there was a big thing about whether or not they had published banns or something….
LOL. Maybe the J/Ps were just f#cking with her.
So after 13+ yrs with Heidi, Justin didn’t marry her. But loved her. Now a few yrs w/ Jennifer, he not only still doesn’t want to marry her but seemingly is tired of her. Why did Jennifer think that she was so much better than Heidi that he would marry her ASAP? A bit arrogant on her part.
Exactly. Homewreckers like Aniston always think they’re better than the girlfriend and he will marry them so feel justified in being the mistress. I just don’t believe he is the marrying type.
Meh, I think they both used each other to get what they wanted out of the relationship (her – a man so she looks good, him – a famous woman that’ll in turn make him more famous) and now it’s reached its expiration point and there isn’t anything more either can get out of it. I do think they’ll eventually split up. Too much weird stuff reported on them, plus it’s never a good sign when a couple is sleeping in separate bedrooms (if that is even true). My husband and I can be furious at each other, and there’s no way either of us will sleep in the spare room.
Eh, I think so too. I think the biggest problem w/Jennifer is that she doesn’t compromise very well. Whether is with a dude or not, there doesn’t seem to be any variation in what she does–there’s just a guy who goes along now. I mean, I haven’t seen any pictures of Jennifer visiting Justin on his set in NY–which I find weird. If I was rich, JUST finished filming projects (which she did all last year), I would want a break. So I would buy myself a condo within good distance of my future husband’s set, park my butt there, and stay with him for as long as I can. If, in the long filming schedule, I got tired of looking at my fiance’s face—I would call up a few of my girlfriends (well this is what Jennifer should/could do), and tell them let’s go to Cabo for a week. Done.
But I kind of see this ending after he finishes shooting ‘The Leftovers’–think about it. She hasn’t been to see him there at all (I apologize if she has, I haven’t seen any pics at all), doesn’t have any real excuse not to go see him (she’s not working)—so she just doesn’t want to see him all that bad. Weird, because they’re engaged–he’s not JUST a boyfriend. If you, as an obscenely rich woman, can’t go to one of the biggest cities in the world while your fiance works, for a few months, then there’s something wrong with the relationship.
I think that the minute that show’s finished filming, or if it’s a hit (which I think it sounds really cool and I think Justin’s a good actor–he does good character work), then Justin will be out of there so fast…..I hope Heidi’s got herself a real man and doesn’t even give this douche the time of day.
I second all of that. I too have been thinking that he’s banking on The Leftovers being a success, because then he really doesn’t need Jennifer for her fame anymore (and sadly, wasn’t she the one who pushed for him to be on the show?).
I’ve always found it weird that she chooses LA over NYC. I’d love to have her money and buy a place in NYC. I’ve haven’t been to LA yet but NYC is an INCREDIBLE city and I just can’t fathom why she seems to detest it so much. Especially since Justin seems to love it so much (another sign of why they won’t be in it for the long haul).
Totally agree Virgilia.
@littlestar- IKR? Why would you take LA over NYC?
@GreenTurtle, littlestar
I would take both—they both have their advantages and disadvantages. What I don’t get is why she doesn’t like it there THAT MUCH. Didn’t she live there when she was a kid? I’m pretty sure I read that on this site, that she lived there right before she went to Hollywood.
Btw, littlestar, I’ve been meaning to ask you–what’s your gravatar pic? I always look at it and try and figure out if it’s an actor or someone….
As far as Jennifer pushing him into getting a job–about time. I wouldn’t have had any issue if he sat on his butt and ate bon bons in their mansion–if he wasn’t going on Ellen, being interviewed on rc’s, getting on best dressed and sexiest lists (on magazines that her pr guy’s family runs/edits–snort), getting on PEOPLE—without having a job in all of that. If he wasn’t a dude, people would be calling him out as the next Amber Heard…at least she’s been getting work.
My gravatar is a picture of the character Duncan Macleod from the 90s TV show Highlander (played by the actor Adrian Paul). One of my favourite shows ever, so romantic and corny and entertaining. Funnily enough, the theme song to Highlander is a Queen song! Check it out one of these days, you might enjoy it/get a kick out of it :D.
She won’t go to NYC with him while he’s filming, even though he uprooted and went to LA for her. I don’t blame him a bit. And, yes, I read that he’s not allowing it now, but that wasn’t the case when he first went. She refused to go.
I read that Jenn had been filming Horrible Bosses 2 during November & December and probably wouldn’t have been able to travel easily across country, assuming she even wanted to.
This time she’ll probably just send a PI.
I’m just wondering how a break up would affect Justin’s career. Maybe someone should take down the link @elsiemoritz posted (jobswo??) for Justin.
I don’t think the fact that they have not gotten married yet is a big deal or a relationship breaker. People have their own time lines..
I wonder about the Aveeno endorsements. How is the product working when you are seen coming and going from a treatment center. I mean she could do that on the DL. Doesn’t make Aveeno look that effective.
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What is the “shocking reason Justin quit Intensive Couples Therapy” ???
Another made up story just to sell a stupid magazine. I hope they get married and nobody in the media gets and wind of it lol
I was wondering why there was a picture of Steven Tyler at the bottom of the cover. Oops, sorry, Courtney.
I call BS! There’s no way in HELL Jennifer would just blurt out all of her personal business in front of complete strangers at a spa. Whether she knows the spatician ( is that a word?) well or not, she’s not about airing her dirty laundry for just anyone to hear.
Maybe she’s setting Justin up to take the blame when the relationship ends.
I’d believe that. There have been negative stories (that weren’t denied, to my knowledge) about Justin for months. Wonder why Chelsea and Jennifer never talk about any of those rumors—like the one about his friends making bets that they won’t get married–on Chelsea Lately.
Well , she does. still. Have her hair to fo us on.
Aniston is not clingy she makes sense she simply wants to make things legal before he blows up and gains TV wealth and fame if his sitcom is successful. I read an article just yesterday where the author stated that more people get extremely rich from TV sitcoms than doing movies, this surprised me, but then Oprah became a billionaire on TV, isn’t that whre Aniston made her fame and fortune? Aniston is the one that laid Theroux foundation, I don’t blame her, he really should marry her don’t let her down in front of the world like that, he owes her that at the least…
Um, what?
“he really should marry her don’t let her down in front of the world like that, he owes her that at the least…”
Are you serious?
If there are issues in a relationship (and it seems that there is), he doesn’t owe her a wedding. It takes two people to make a relationship, and it takes two people to break it. Very rarely is a break up, 100% the other person’s fault.
And if Jennifer cared less about what the world thought i.e. ALL of those PEOPLE articles about their wedding, acting clueless when asked about said wedding, going on and on about that baby bs, then maybe the world would care less about her and Justin’s plans.
VC, I truly enjoy your comments. Thank you!
One day he will grow tired and stop loving Jennifer. They will break off the engagement soon enough.
Why would you want to marry someone who makes you miserable? A wedding does not fix a relationship, and if he is being douchey and controlling she should get out!
Of course. Justin will soon tire of talking about her hair, her body, her hair again. He sees $$$$ when he looks at her.
He will love being in NYC away from her neurotic self. Maybe he will see beautiful Heidi and she will ignore him. He and Jen treated her terribly. Posing for Terry, shoving it in her face.
I don’t know if you are aware but this can be read as sarcasm or not….it’s funny either way 🙂
Pretty sure it’s someone trolling as a knock-off version of Cecilia.
and Ducky La Rue…you would be right. Pretty funny actually. Tulip, I’m surprised you didn’t catch that.
@Cecilia – the Not Troll,
I did catch it actually but I wondered if the troll realizes just how ridiculous the post is. It is so OTT that it could be an actual fan of Jen’s having fun with satire!
I mean of the two options:
1. Serious post – yeah, this person is seriously on the bandwagon to haterville and that this post is serious is funny!
2. Jen Fan Post/Satirist who doesn’t care either way – it’s funny!!!
I think maybe they’re already over . Now they’re milking it before everybody finds out. Then they’ll be milking it after everybody knows about it… Mutual benefit.
I’ve finally decided what I think the deal is:
IF he had gotten an exciting show filmed in LA, he probably would’ve settled in w/her and gotten married. For how long, who knows. A while. And he’d have love and work in the same place.
But he GOT an exciting show filmed in NYC, a city he loves, and she’s totally unwilling to compromise, even though he seems to have had to for her.
If she’d go bi-coastal now, for the duration of this HBO show, they might grow closer and be happily married. Then, when the show is done, they’d see where their careers took them. But she’s stubborn and addicted to her vapid LA life. She wants that more than him. And he knows it. I don’t think he’s a golddigger; I think he’s creative enough, and talented enough, to want more of a career. And he’s from a distinguished, sophisticated literary family, so she may not be smart enough for him. That, plus nagging, is a turnoff.
I don’t know if this story is true. I rather doubt it.
What is true is that these two have lived apart for most of their engagement and haven’t taken many steps to brings their lives together.
Meh, I think it was always an arrangement and not a real relationship. This is all just PR. If they truly were in love and wanted to get married, they would have. I mean, hop on down to the justice of the piece on a quiet afternoon and you’re done. Then host a big party for all your friends and family! Um, or maybe that’s just me!
+1 I’ve always believed they were a PR arrangement.
I dream of a week in which there is no mention of Jennifer Anniston fretting about her relationship status. I fear I may not live to see it.
I don’t think Justin wants to get married. He was with his ex 14 years, so that should definitely be a sign. Why would he change?
Jennifer should break out with him before he breaks up with her. She’s a very successful women who’ll find someone willing to marry her I’m sure.
Maybe she just doesn’t want to be married.
Then don’t accept an engagement ring.
@Littlestar- she hates NYC Because despite her money and infamy, she is NOT considered cool here. She could never buy her way into the cool New York actor crowd here. She’s barely even a celebrity here. People DONT CARE about her. Justin may not be as rich it famous, but he hangs with a super-cool downtown art/ fashion/ pop culture crowd, a crowd of people who have zero aspiration to be the tannest, blondest, least-talented but most famous person in a room. These are the same people who will never accept Kim K into their social circles. To them, JA is almost as low-brow. It is way, WAY out of JA’s comfort zone and she knows it…
that sums up my take. Justin has always been NYC cool & Jen tried to interlope into that life way too soon after he broke off w/Heidi or before (buying the apartment & getting back to her hometown). The “fishbowl” was too much not to mention stepping out into places that Justin probably at one time hung out w/his prior lady.
I feel like I have said this before:/ I blame Jens world of rinse & repeat for that.
I hope the series Justin is filming is a hit because it sounds like a great story but I would be also curious how they handle his career & not just Jens. After all he is an actor too, maybe Jen forgot that.
I can just picture poor Jen being in a room with Justin’s crowd, everybody ignoring her because she has nothing interesting to say, pouting alone in a corner and finally storming off in a snit.
He’s NEVER going to marry her. How sad is her love life? I feel sorry for her but she must be doing something really wrong to make men run away from her.