Hollywood sweetheart, Jennifer Aniston is the cover girl for the September issue of InStyle Magazine. As one of the big names in Hollywood, since her breakthrough Soap Opera series, Friends, which run for 10 years (1994-2003), the actress has been a laid back person in terms of details about her personal life.
In the InStyle September issue, the Friends cry baby girl in the Q&A segment with co-head Writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! Molly McNearney, and friend for six years go personal with Jennifer revealing the real Jennifer and the screen diva, Jennifer Aniston. The interview kick started with ballsy questions from Molly such as, “I want to start this interview off light. When are you getting back together with Brad Pitt? Did Justin ever wear your jeans?” she teases. “And when are the twins due?”
Laughing, Aniston replies, “You’re the only person who could start an interview like that and actually send me into hysterics and not hives.” In the series of Q&A, The Millers actress disclosed that she just sits back and laugh at headlines, which is way different from how some Showbiz personalities take critics or untrue stories about them published about them in the news. To her, they are junk food that needs to go back in its drawer.
“For most part I can sit back and laugh at the ridiculous headlines because they have gotten more and more absurd. I guess they’re feeding into some sort of need the public has, but I focus on my work, my friends, my animals and how we can make the world a better place. That other stuff is junk food that need to go back in its drawer.”
Asked to name the biggest misconception about herself, Aniston replies, “Oh boy, there are so many. Let’s see, I’ll just Google myself and find out…Oh, look, I’m having a $100,000 revenge makeover! The misconceptions are ‘Jen can’t keep a man’, and ‘Jen refuses to have a baby because she’s selfish and committed to her career’. Or that I’m sad and heartbroken. First, with all due respect, I’m not heartbroken. And second, those are reckless assumptions. No one knows what’ going on behind closed doors. No one considers how sensitive that might be for my partner and me. They don’t know what I’ve been through medically or emotionally. There is a pressure on women to be mothers and if they are not, then they’re deemed damaged goods. Maybe my purpose on this planet isn’t to procreate. Maybe I have other things I’m supposed to do?”
Jennifer also shared her take on how the media addresses celebrity break-ups and the fact that men are partially blamed when it comes to divorce issues. “Women are picked apart and pitted against one another based on looks and clothing and superficial stuff. when it a couple breaks up in Hollywood, It’s the woman who is scorned. The woman is left sad and alone. She’s the failure. F that, the actress says. “When was the last time you read about a divorced, childless man referred to as a spinster?”
Later in the interview, the actress explained that the one way she releases tension is by taking on Boxing as a therapy, since at times she has the edge to punch someone, but it can only boil down to a fantasy in the end; when asked by McNearney, “Have you ever wanted to punch someone?”
“OK, let’s be honest. I’ve had a moment when I’ve totally wanted to do it, yes, but it’s in your fantasy. It’s in your head. I wouldn’t actually go through with it.” She added, “Boxing is a great way to get aggression out. You get a mental release of all this crap you’re taking into your ears and eyes every day and have little fantasy moments imagining who you’re actually punching. I’m just grateful it’s not actually the person even though there’s one person. You know what I mean. It’s all good”.
The actress at the latter part of the interview disclosed that she has no plans of leaving the screens anytime soon. “As long as I’m fulfilled in other ways creatively, spiritually and all of that stuff, I know that I could do this until they put me in a home,” said Jennifer. InStyle September issue is available on newsstands and for digital download on August 10.
