Jennifer Aniston has a new interview with Vogue Magazine about nothing in particular. This doesn’t even read as a entertainment-advertising piece, like something she’s doing in conjunction with any of her endorsement deals with Aveeno, Living Proof, whatever. She’s just sort of chatting with Vogue about her life, her hair, her current workouts, etc. You can read the full piece here at Vogue. Some highlights:
Her location: “I’m in La La Land, which is home for me. New York is home in my heart, though.
So many screens: “We have so many screens: TVs, computers, phones. . . I worry we’re filling the days up with too much and it’s hard to focus on ourselves.
Why she’s not on social media: “Sanity! Honestly, when I look around and see people constantly on their phones, I feel like we’re missing so much. And it’s something we created. I equate it to the tobacco industry; it’s hard enough being a kid growing up and becoming who you are and finding yourself but now you have social media and you’ve added this extra pressure of seeing if someone likes or doesn’t like something you did. We’re creating these man-made challenges and it’s a such a drag.
Her workouts these days: “I go in and out of [certain exercises]. I do The Class by Taryn Toomey, and I’m back in the gym with my trainer, throwing heavy boulders around and pushing medicine balls and wiggling and shaking that big rope thing—[Battle Ropes.] Yes! They’re hard! But it’s fun. I started doing that when I was filming We’re the Millers and I really liked it. It kicks your butt, though, so I dip in and out of that throughout the year. And then I do 45 mins of intervals on my elliptical. I raise the incline, run for two mins, walk for one, run for two. . . and I do it for 20 minutes straight until I’m just drenched.
Her forever-bronde hairstyle: “Bronde?! That’s what they’re calling it? That’s so funny. I’m a creature of habit. A weird creature of habit. I don’t fix what’s not broken and I don’t care what people think and I don’t care if people want me to change my hair. I like Californian blonde highlights. It’s just cozy and it makes me feel better. And every time I tried other ones—that bob—I just go, Why did I do that? I’ve got very wavy hair so it creates a challenge when styling but when its long, I can go wavy or natural or straight and it will sort of just behave. I don’t know, I like what I like. It’s sort of comforting—the consistence.
Whether she thinks her op-ed about the tabloids changed anything: “I don’t think it’s getting much better. I think the problem is the tabloids and the gossip columns taking the human body and putting it in a category. They’re either fat-shaming, or body-shaming, or childless-shaming. It’s a weird obsession that people have and I don’t understand exactly why they need to take people who are out there to entertain you, and rip them apart and bully them? Why are we teaching young women this? It’s incredibly damaging. I was finally like, This has just got to stop! I couldn’t hear this narrative anymore about being pregnant or not pregnant; you have no idea what is going on personally in our lives and why that is or is not happening and it feels. . . In my own brain, I’ve shifted my perspective, so who gives a sh-t…But, it’s hard. It’s something that people are addicted to: Salacious stories. Maybe [gossip magazines] will be dead one day. Who ever thought Donald Trump would be the President of the United States? I didn’t. I can’t predict squat anymore.
The tobacco industry to social media comparison is an interesting one – I think she’s saying that in the early days of the tobacco industry, people really didn’t know how bad it was and maybe that’s the same with social media. Like, we’ll find out years from now that social media devastated several generations? Eh. As for her Forever Bronde-ness: “I’m a creature of habit. A weird creature of habit. I don’t fix what’s not broken and I don’t care what people think and I don’t care if people want me to change my hair.” I agree. At this point, I can’t even yell at her about the flat-ironing. She has a good colorist and her hair is always going to be this length, and so be it. I wish she would stop flat-ironing, but she won’t stop and there we go.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I HAD NO IDEA SHE HAD WAVY HAIR….OMG!!!! This is News!!!!
She used to wear it natural….curly in the beginning of her career. There are photos of she and Brad at events where her hair is very curly. I always liked it that way, but it’s her hair. I like the fact that she is unapologetic to what she does and what is written about her for all these years. I think she is stronger than she is given credit for. She doesn’t scream her views, she just lives her life.
She has the IQ of a kumquat.
She’s Greek. She’s probably got naturally amazing wavy hair, but we’ll never see it.
I have hair that is similar in length and texture to Jennifer’s. Colour is a bit different, but it is sad to style. Won’t hold a curl, is kind of limp, doesn’t look great short. So I feel her. I’ve settled on a cut that looks a lot like Jenns, after trying bangs, and a sad accidental bob, and a few other things that never worked.
I’m thinking about taking about 4 inches off to just below my collar bone for a change and its giving me anxiety even though its just hair and will probably look better and more updated.
I go through the same thing, thinking I would look better/more polished with shorter, shoulder length or even chin length hair but every time I do that it’s a massive pain to style so I grow it out every single time. But I try the new cuts periodically anyway — as you said it’s just hair and will grow out.
I have the same issues. My hair is just wavy enough to look like I slept with my hair in damp braids and no matter what products I try I can never achieve those cool “beachy” waves or the perfectly tousled bedhead. Nope, I look like Albert Einstein if he had shoulder length hair.
And, if I try to do any curling iron action it lasts about 20 minutes then collapses into a pile of limp noodles. My cut is similar to Jennifer’s and I won’t stop using my flat iron until actual bedhead becomes a trend. If either of you finds a new cut that works or a miracle product the first round of drinks is on me. 🙂
Living proof perfect hair day 5 in one serum.Bought it at Ulta per stylist recommendation.Add a nickel amount size through damp clean hair and blow or air dry.Sort of expensive but so worth every penny.
Her “hair” is predominantly a weave.
I wear my hair long but it is too long right now out of pure laziness. It is to my elbows and I need to cut several inches and maybe some low lights. I don’t like to color my hair but I need a change but my options are limited because of the pale color. It is easier with kids to keep it long and slap it in a ponytail or braid but it is boring. Years ago I had a short pixie cut but because it is thick growing it out was a nightmare so I understand her.
Her hair is not “thick”, look at the few pics that slipped by Huvane when Aniston had her hair cut because of the damage the constant weave wearing had done. She has thin, wispy hair.
My flat-ironing queen. I adore her. You go girl.
Women still flat iron their hair???????
I doubt it. I have very wavy hair and like Aniston I just blow dry straight. Soooo much more body this way than flat iron.
I know there are a lot of Jen haters out there but she is who she is…I kind of respect the fact that she hasn’t gone over the top trying to look and be young and compete w 20 year olds. She knows what she likes and owns it. I’m kind of the same way w my hair and look so perhaps I relate to her more than most.
(I’m also a working 40 something mother in suburban Virginia not seeking jobs in Hollywood…so there’s that too. Lol)
“Not trying to look and be young and compete with twenty year olds”, is this the same Jennifer Aniston who gave an interview a couple years ago saying she felt she looked every bit as “young” as any 24 year old?
Aniston’s whole world revolves around her looks, which might make more sense if she was actually a beautiful or even pretty, woman. At best, she is average.
The woman is of no use to the human race.
I find her shilling annoying but having said that, the Living Proof stuff works. Hate that I have typed that!
I guess she’s not into yoga anymore. Interesting.
IMO Living Proof is the best hair care line out there. LOVE so many of the products, and the smell is right up my alley. Clean, but not floral.
I used Living Proof for a while, and it does work really well. I eventually stopped because it was so expensive, but it really does work.
I’m on board with the idea of “you like what you like” and who cares what others think. There has always been too much pressure, especially for kids and young adults, to like the “cool” stuff or try to fit in, or change to meet the expectations of others.
Same! I wear mostly all black, don’t paint my nails, don’t wear a ton of accessories aside from wedding band and studs, and have had the same lob since college. To heck with the people who tell me to introduce color or paint my nails or wear eyeshadow. I like what I like and it works for me, end of story.
Aniston has always had beautiful hair, so if she wants to keep the same style, let’s all just be glad it’s not a horrible bob with blunt bangs like Anna Wintour has been wearing for 50 years.
She’s just so damn beige…
There’s an article in the Atlantic making the rounds about how social media IS destroying a generation. My sons’ coach has said he’s noticed a marked decline in his students’ attention spans and social skills in the past decade or so.
One of my teens can keep his screen time to somewhat at a minimum but my other son is practically surgically attached to his phone. I worry that his already shaky attention span has really declined. He seemed almost incapable of reading his summer reading book, and he was such an avid reader when he was younger. It’s sad and I’ve battled with him to put his phone away but at this point I’m tired of fighting. I guess the only bright spot is that when we’re at social functions, he knows to keep it in his pocket so as not to be rude.
Yeah, I read the Atlantic article as well. Great piece. The tobacco industry analogy is probably right. We’ll start to see more evidence in the coming years.
I find Jennifer Aniston to be so superficial and lacking in depth; some days it irritates me, other days it’s refreshing because it’s a distraction. With the current state of affairs I actually need a distraction and found this interview cute and light-hearted. This interview just reinforces my view that she is a very chill person and fun to hang around when you don’t want to discuss anything serious.
I agree. I think she’s just a nice person in every sense of the word nice, but not a person you can speak passionately or deeply about stuff, unless it’s workouts and diet. nothing wrong with that.
I crave light subjects for a break and your explanation fits exactly. I used to get annoyed by her but now she just seems harmless and easy.
I like this interview. The things she said about gossip magazines and tabloids… This interview is very interesting, but of course you are trying to make her look bad.
+1
I just think it’s so funny how if you live in LA you basically have to apologize for it or make up some excuse how you’d really rather live elsewhere (really NY). If her heart is allegedly in NY, why doesn’t she just live there? She no longer has a sitcom that tapes in LA..
To me, Jennifer Aniston is about as interesting as vanilla pudding. But in this age of every social media platform flooded with celebrities constantly promoting themselves and seeking adoration from their followers, I have to admire her for shunning social media and not living her life looking down at her phone.
I think she’s a nice woman but so bland. I’m not a fan of her or of her “love rival” in that infamous love triangle but I think she and the other lady must have a big nipple competition or something.
I like Jennifer’s hair it suits her. I do agree with social media though. Its so addicting to some people. My coworkers are obsessed with it they actually apply it to real life to only do things for a “like.” There was life before social media and there will be one after it. Also my best friend always compares life situations to Facebook. It gets old real quick.
I love her. I have her hair exactly.people convinced me to get a modern haircut and I did and it sucked ass (’cause Wavy hair doesn’t co-operate) so I I grew it back to my elbows threw in some highlights and called it a day.
It’s a very weird metaphor for a chain smoker to use, don’t you think?