When Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were the ruling ‘super-couple’ in Hollywood in the early 2000s, all everyone could wait for was an Aniston-Pitt child. Their marriage of five years was even regarded as a Hollywood success, since it was rare for two of the most famous Hollywood A-list celebrities to be together despite all.
However, their marriage bore no children. The tabloids and media were full of several speculations about Aniston. Many of these media reports stated that Aniston doesn’t want to have children with Brad and instead wants to focus on her career. Amidst these rumours were also whispers that this is the reason of her split with Brad. In her recent interview with Allure, the actress has come undone and shared candidly the real scenarios which happened behind doors.
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“It Was A Challenging Road For Me”: Jennifer Aniston Opens About Her Infertility
The ‘Friends‘ actress was battling two challenges at the same time. First was the media pestering her with harsh pregnancy rumours, and the second was her own battle with infertility. “I was trying to get pregnant. It was a challenging road for me, the baby-making road,” Aniston told Allure. “All the years and years and years of speculation… It was really hard. I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it. I was throwing everything at it. I would have given anything if someone had said to me, ‘Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.’ You just don’t think it.”
When addressing the rumours and baseless assumptions about Aniston prioritising her career over children and her marriage, especially after her split from Brad Pitt, Aniston said, “It was absolute lies ….. the narrative that I was just selfish… I just cared about my career. And God forbid a woman is successful and doesn’t have a child. And the reason my husband left me, why we broke up and ended our marriage, was because I wouldn’t give him a kid.”
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Aniston Has No Regrets About The Past, Says She Feels Her Best At Who She Is Today
The IVF journey was a difficult period in the actress’s life. However, Aniston sees the past in a positive perspective. Today, at 53, she has “zero regrets” for the way things worked out. Anniston said, “Here I am today. The ship has sailed. I actually feel a little relief now because there is no more, ‘Can I?’ I don’t have to think about that anymore.”
The ‘We’re The Millers‘ actress expressed gratitude to her past self which faced certain challenges and overcoming them has made her a more mature, happier and a stronger woman. “I would say my late 30s, 40s, I’d gone through really hard s—, and if it wasn’t for going through that, I would’ve never become who I was meant to be,” said Aniston. “That’s why I have such gratitude for all those s—ty things. Otherwise, I would’ve been stuck being this person that was so fearful, so nervous, so unsure of who they were. And now, I don’t f—ing care. I feel the best in who I am today, better than I ever did in my 20s or 30s even, or my mid-40s.”
