The cast of The Morning Show covered a recent issue of Glamour, all to promote the new season. True story: I do not watch this show at all. I’ve heard good things from some people, but whenever I’ve read about the actual plotlines, I’m just like O RLY???? Like, one of the anchor characters was involved in January 6th?? One of them went into space? One of them is banging Jon Hamm, but he’s like Elon Musk?? But I get it – it’s a soapy drama which employs women over 40 as the primary cast. That’s a good thing and I support them (but I still will not watch it). Anyway, the interview section with Jennifer Aniston was pretty good. Some highlights:

Aniston’s thoughts on red carpets: “Some people find it like a sport where they build you up and then they love to tear you down. What’s the reason why people do it? Who knows? But I just try as best I can [to tune it out] because it doesn’t do you any good.”

Why she’s never gone to the Met Gala: “Yes, I have [been invited], but I don’t go. It overwhelms me. It’s the getting ready, the putting on the dress. I’m a “jeans and flip-flops and tank top” kind of girl. I love dressing up too, but for me it’s a mental game of…“Let’s get dressed up, put on a fancy dress, makeup, get your hair all ‘purdy’ and go sit in a big room with your peers.” [And yes,] everyone’s there to celebrate each other and have some fun, but I get nervous. I even get a little anxious about public speaking, especially over the years of having your words twisted and taken out of context. So I find myself almost hall-monitoring myself in a weird way. In the past, journalism used to be gnarly and they wanted to just get you and find something that they can then run forever. But whatever. You get to a place in life where none of it really matters at the end of the day.

Working on an hour-long drama with a big budget: “Every year since I finished the first season, I was like, Well, that’s it—I”m dead. That just killed me. And then you forget. I kind of compare it to what childbirth must be like when my friends are like, “You just kind of forget what it was, and then next thing you know you’re knocked up again.” And having that same agony of pushing that watermelon out of a tiny little pinhole and then you just get to do it again. So I do feel there’s something extraordinary about finishing a season and not saying those words of, “I’m done.” And just knowing that you’ve got to decompress and walk away from it for a while, and in my case, go do a comedy as fast as possible.

Ageing gracefully: “We didn’t have that [those kind of role models growing up]. And I think as far as aging gracefully, I have an eternal fountain of optimism and positivity. Call it youth if you want. But I think it all starts with how we love our bodies and love where we are. I’m not going to say I don’t get the facials and the lasers and all that good stuff. I mean, I’m maintained. I’m not going to just go down and let these gray hairs take over. So its perspective, and also knowing that this is our one body. It’s a mindset.

[From Glamour]

This was a lot, right? Comparing “working on a TV show” to childbirth, the refusal to do the Met Gala rigmarole, and then the “ageing gracefully” conversation. For the Met Gala… I’m not surprised that she doesn’t feel like doing that now, but I’m surprised that she never felt like going when she was younger? Twenty years ago, it would have been a really big deal for her to wear a major designer and do the whole thing at least once. It’s possibly related to the idea that Aniston always had a case of sartorial imposter syndrome, especially when compared to Brad Pitt’s ex-fiancee Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow was always the fashionista, not Jennifer. As for aging gracefully… I appreciate that she acknowledges the obvious, which is that she’s “maintained” and no one would hire her if she had grey hair, I guess.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images. Cover courtesy of Glamour.