Presenting at the Oscars just feet away from her ex and The Other Woman — and later learning the Oscars producers went tabloid by cutting away to Brangelina TWICE while she presented — Jennifer Aniston knows the value the media places on her long-dead marriage.
And considering she has the current covers of Us Weekly and OK! (and probably In Touch too but I haven’t received my new issue yet), she also knows that if she wants a little publicity, all she has to do is allude to Brad Pitt.
To wit, in the April issue of British Elle:
“No matter what I say, things will always be taken out of context and misinterpreted, will always be turned around to make it seem as though I won’t let something go, or that I just keep talking about it over and over,” she says.
“I don’t owe anybody anything. I don’t owe anybody my side of the story. There are no sides!” she adds. “There is no bad guy and there is no good guy. There are no villains and there is no heroine in this story. It’s just not the case.”
I’m willing to grant her all the context she wants, but the mere fact she is still bringing it up in every interview says more about her willingness to milk the issue than it does about her ability to just let it go. Other than make bad romantic comedies, does she know how to do anything else?
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Think about it though. What else is she going to talk about? Ugh I hope the answer isn’t John Mayer.
WUD – who says she has to talk? She can just sit there with her top off and I would gladly buy Elle
Look at that face. Anyone that thinks Angelina Jolie is better looking needs to have their head examined. I was gonna make fun of her but she has me under some kind of spell. Wait just a minute! THAT’S IT! SHE’S A WITCH! Now we just have to find out if she floats. If she does it’s the flaming stake for her.
That’s what I call it nowadays. The flaming stake. I didn’t care for “Little Elvis” anymore.
How long has it been since the divorce? Four, five years? This is all she can do other than bone a pretentious singer with a “punch me” face to be interesting? No wonder Brad left her.
Last time I checked it was the interviewer who asked the questions. Just because she responded doesn’t mean she brought it up.
Why is anyone talking about this at all anymore?
Have you ever considered the possibility that she didn’t bring it up, but instead the person writing the article did trying to get some dirt?
Pasta, you almost choked me. With that post, I mean. Not the other thing. Gaaahhh.
Ashley and Meggo: If that’s the case, she’s a slow learner of the usefulness of “no comment.”
Holly, I think that’s what she did, just not in the literal sense. She’s said that no matter what, it’s going to be taken out of context, and that she isn’t seeing any sides in it. She’s accepted the fact that people are going to keep asking about it, and no matter what she says, they’re going to print it in whatever context they can to sell magazines. Yeah, she should just tell them to eff off about it, but if I were her, I’d be too worried about coming off rude to mention it.
From what I have seen, people keep asking her the big questions in regards to this. True, she could just be quiet but then they would all blog about she has stuff to hide. And, I agree, Angelina has nothing on her as far as looks go. People want something to gossip about and since Brad left her for the “other one” then they will always ask her.
And Pasta, you owe me a new computer screen!
Dude, I don’t even care WHO brings it up. I’m tired of reading/hearing about how over it she is. Good grief, people–by the time she OR her interviewers get tired of going to that well, Brad and Angelina will have split up and he’ll be dating George Clooney or something.
Lets be honest Brangelina is the only thing keeping her in the public eye. She does not have to answer the question but she choose to answer them , a lot of public figures tell the interviewer that they are not going to answer the question.
Pasta, they have ointment for that, you know.
When Jen-Jen goes up to the red carpet in the sky, her epitaph will read as such:
JENNIFER ANISTON
“I’m Still Way Over Brad”
I’m with Holly and QB. Answer “no comment” for the third time and they stop asking.
But a “Well, I’ve already covered this and I really hate talking about it but I really do think…” is sorta like toting around Cromwell’s shrivelled head.
Put the damn thing to rest already.
StrawberryGirl, that’s FANTASTIC! BWAH HA HA HA!
And Minnow: Hello to the horrifying imagery! Yoicks.
First off, I’d hit it.
Actually, that is all.
I think if I were in her position, and every magazine on earth was publishing cover stories of how bitter I was about my ex and his new woman, I’d feel tempted to defend myself, too! Not to say that it’s wise, or doesn’t make her look a little famewhorish, but I think it’s understandable. Like, “I’m really NOT that person who is sticking pins in Angelina voodoo dolls and trying to steal John Mayer’s sperm!” It’s human nature for a person to want to correct misconceptions about him- or herself, even if repeated denials just draw further attention to the issue.
Actually Beige, I saw a photo of the head just the other day. It wasn’t that bad.
Cromwell and Angelina have the same cheekbones.
EW, again.
And I’m still trying to wrap my head around the idea of sperm-hijacking. Not something you gotta steal, really. Or is it?!?
Nope she’s not on In Touch this time, but a cover and article in Guideposts is surely in the future, and she must have been on/in Reader’s Digest by now!
Heheh, Cromwell’s shrivelled head!
Isn’t having your words “taken out of context and misinterpreted” kiiiind of what every A-lister deals with on a regular basis? It’s not even like she’s had a sex tape or DUI or any other comparable PR disaster to handle. Divorces happen every day in Hollywood. She really doesn’t have to mention it at all, but it’s the only thing she gets press about because no one gives an f about John Mayer or how fab it is to be 40.
Beige, sperm-hijacking IS kind of the premise of Aniston’s next project…
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999641.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
She gives me the creeps.
She’s been whining for how long now? 4 yrs? Did you notice that in all of her interviews she still refers to BP as “my husband”…rather than “my ex-husband”. What an annoying, sad, pathetic human being! Who could blame BP for leaving her? I’m surprised they lasted as long as they did. I think she’s extremely lucky to be where she’s at. She is not a good actress, nor is she an attractive woman. She should be really, really grateful for everything she has and stfu already.
I agree Nati. I don’t think she is attractive at all with that man chin, and her acting is very one trick pony. This is why she seems to jump all over any questions about Brad like this instead of saying “no comment”, or “Do you realize it’s been years since all this happened and I am not going to sit here answering questions about it?” She thrives on those questions because she has nothing else of interest to offer.
All of this stuff started again when she called Angelina Uncool. Angelina is allowed to talk about her and Brad..they are a couple. If she’s over Brad why does she care about what Angelina says after 4 years. She should be talking about Mayer. But note she only does in passing. Why? becauuse Jennifer and John together does not sell mags. Note that whenever she is on a cover there is always a Brad/Angie reference. That is not the case with Brad/Angie. They can do interviews and never mention her at all. They don’t talk about her. She mentions Brad/Angie and their kids. How is that letting it go. Stop looking at her like she is a child. She is an adult. She was smart enought to get millions from Friends. She knows how to handle the press. This is not a 18 year old. She is a 40 year old successful woman. Move on and talk about your new life. Not the past.
I MIGHT believe that Aniston has been misrepresented or quoted out of context IF she hadn’t made a career-long habit of using interviews as therapy sessions. She whines about anything and everything: her lifelong fear of abandonment due to her parents’ divorce 30 YEARS ago, her lifelong insecurity because her mom told her (during her teen years) that her nose is too big and her eyes are too close together…*yawn* Then she had that weepy Vanity Fair interview 6 months after the separation from Pitt…what is one supposed to think?! She clings to every slight, every hurt, however petty or long ago; that is her nature. OF COURSE she is still desperately in love with Brad, still devastated that he dumped her, still longing to have him back. She couldn’t let any of this go if her life depended on it!!! ARRRGGGGHHHHHH