The actress has been under a lot of pressure throughout her career to marry and start a family.
Jennifer Aniston has never rejected the idea of being a mother and for two decades the rumors of her pregnancy have always haunted her in each of her romantic relationships. There came a time when she felt real pressure due to the constant scrutiny to which she was subjected, however now the protagonist of Friends has finally stopped taking this type of speculation personally, which she describes as "hurtful" .
The interpreter, 52, has opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about the kind of pressure she has been under throughout her career to marry and start a family. Ella Jennifer explained that rumors of past pregnancies have caused her deep pain and sadness. These types of assumptions of hers came to affect her emotionally. "People certainly project onto you, but my job is to say, 'Listen, I'll show you what I'm capable of and you decide if you want to find out.' , you have fun, you remember that you have a wonderful group of friends and your life is blessed and you do the best you can", confessed the protagonist of Marley and I, who has received this type of pressure when she was married to Brad Pitt from 2000 to 2005, with Justin Theroux from 2015 to 2017, as well as with her courtships with John Mayer and Vince Vaughn.
"She used to take it all very personally: the pregnancy rumors and the assumption of 'oh, she chose over the career of having children,'" she continued. "It's like, 'You have no idea what's wrong with me personally, medically, why can't I... can I have kids?' They don't know anything, and it was really painful and disgusting." The Morning Show star added that the culture of public scrutiny has changed with the rise of social media in recent years: "What the tabloids and the media did to people's personal lives at the time, what people are doing right now on social media. I haven't seen a tabloid in a long time though. Am I still expecting twins?" Am I going to be the miracle mom at 52?" Aniston ponders these kinds of dangers. "It's almost like the media has handed the sword to any 'Joe Schmo' sitting behind a computer screen to be a troll -or whatever they call it- or to bully people in the comments sections. I don't know why there is such a cruel streak in society."
Aniston also addressed a burning issue that she calls the double standard that exists with men's private lives. "Men can marry as many times as they want, they can marry women in their 20s and 30s. Women are not allowed to do that," she said. "Men in their 30s, by the way, are very different from men in their 30s. his 40s and 50s. And even in his late 20s, it's a whole new world that I'm discovering is alive and kicking," he joked.
'I'm not pregnant, what I am is fed up'
The protagonist of romantic comedies such as We are the Millers, Separated or Follow the roll has been immersed in this type of speculation during her career and five years ago she decided to publish a column in The Huffington Post to silence those who claimed that, that time, yes I was pregnant. "I'm not pregnant, what I am is fed up," she began.
"I'm sick of this so-called sport of physical humiliation that goes on every day under the guise of 'journalism', the 'First Amendment' and 'celebrity news'. And I'm sorry when I'm made to feel 'less than' because my body is changing and/or I ate a hamburger for lunch and was photographed from an awkward angle and considered "fat" or "pregnant."
Not to mention how awkward and weird it is to be congratulated by my co-workers, friends and strangers for this fake pregnancy (often a dozen times in a single day)." "We are complete with or without a partner, with or without child. We have the opportunity to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies.
That decision is ours and ours alone. We are going to make that decision for ourselves and for the young women in this world who see us as an example. Let's make the decision a conscious one, out of the noise of the tabloids. We don't need to be married or mothers to be complete. We have the opportunity to decide it "And she wanted to add:" Yes, maybe I will be a mother one day, you will be the first to know ".
This trial failed to completely curb the rumours. Earlier this year it was even said that she had secretly adopted a child. Representatives for the actress denied this type of speculation and pointed out that the news that Jennifer was in the process of adopting a baby was completely false.
