Jennifer Aniston Talks About Secret IVF Attempts And Feeling Relieved She Doesn’t Have To Think About Pregnancy
The Friends star opened up about her pregnancy struggles for the first time. In a candid interview with Allure published this Wednesday, November 9, the 53-year-old actress talked about the “challenging” time in her life.
The actress was married to Brad Pitt from 2000 to 2005 and Justin Theroux from 2015 to 2017. She recalled the time when the media labeled hr “selfish” because she was committed to her job. According to the tabloids, she just cared about her career, and the reason her husband (Brad Pitt) left her was that she couldn’t give him a kid.
The actress confirms that all these were lies, and she had to go through “many stages of grief” after the divorce. Regarding the speculations and the nasty comments, Aniston says, “It’s like, ‘You have no clue what’s going with me personally, medically, why I can’t … can I have kids?’ They don’t know anything, and it was really hurtful and just nasty,” she said.
While she was married, the actress states that the speculation that she was pregnant was very hard for her. She said, “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.”
However, the actress is relieved that the ship has sailed. She said, “I actually feel a little relief now because there is no more, ‘Can I? Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.’ I don’t have to think about that anymore.”
The actress also states that she has zero regrets about how her infertility journey turned out. She said she has gratitude for the shitty stuff, explaining further she said, “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 (expletive) care.”
Talking further about her journey, Aniston said, “I’ve spent so many years protecting my story about IVF. I’m so protective of these parts because I feel like there’s so little that I get to keep to myself. The (world) creates narratives that aren’t true, so I might as well tell the truth. I feel like I’m coming out of hibernation. I don’t have anything to hide.”
The actress said that she felt great about who she is now, better than she ever did in her 20s, 30s, or mid-40s. When discussing dating, Aniston said, “Never say never, but I don’t have any interest. I’d love a relationship. Who knows?”
In 2016, the actress had written an op-ed for the Huffington Post in response to pregnancy reports. She said, “For the record, I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up.”
She further added that the objectification and scrutiny that women are put through were absurd and disturbing. She wrote, “Here’s where I come out on this topic: We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child. We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies. That decision is ours and ours alone”.
It further went on saying, “Let’s make that decision for ourselves and for the young women in this world who look to us as examples. Let’s make that decision consciously, outside of the tabloid noise. We don’t need to be married or mothers to be complete. We get to determine our own ‘happily ever after’ for ourselves.”
