Jennifer Aniston slams body shamers and says she’s sick of constant rumours she’s pregnant
The Friends icon, 48, said it's absolutely nobody's business whether she and husband Justin Theroux, 46, want children
JENNIFER Aniston has admitted she's totally fed up with non-stop speculation about whether she's pregnant or planning to start a family.
The 48-year-old actress has often been vocal about what she calls unfair pressure on women to want kids, and how frustrated she is when people quiz her about children.
In a new interview with magazine, the former Friends star said: "My ideas of what a happy life and fulfilled life are might be different from other people’s.
"I think it’s to each their own.
"Nobody’s right to judge someone else’s choices.
"No one knows what’s going on beyond the four walls of your home, of these people who are having or not having children.
"It’s a very sensitive area to go to, especially.
"It’s sensitive to me."
Jennifer also told the magazine she was sick of pregnancy rumours cropping up after she's just had a big meal.
"If your body is in a normal moment of having had a bite or two, or you’re having a moment of bloat, then there’s arrows circled around your stomach, telling you that you’re pregnant," she said.
"Having a child, as we know, is no one’s business except the couple or individual that’s going through it."
The Horrible Bosses actress has been wed to actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux, 46, since 2015.
They became engaged in 2012 after more than a year of dating.
"We're seeing women through that very narrow lens so that if we don't have a baby or a white picket fence, then we're useless," she said.
"That we're not living up to our purpose, sadly...
"It's shocking to me that we are not changing the conversation. Women [need to] support each other. We've come so far."
"I may become a mother some day, and since I’m laying it all out there, if I ever do, I will be the first to let you know.
";But I’m not in pursuit of motherhood because I feel incomplete in some way."
She wrote in her editorial: "I resent being made to feel 'less than' because my body is changing and/or I had a burger for lunch and was photographed from a weird angle and therefore deemed one of two things: 'pregnant' or 'fat'.
"Not to mention the painful awkwardness that comes with being congratulated by friends, coworkers and strangers alike on one’s fictional pregnancy (often a dozen times in a single day)."
Jennifer's husband Justin, meanwhile, has also spoken out on the issue, saying he is "proud" of Jen for penning her letter and fighting back.
He told last year: "It sucks when people aim cameras at your stomach on some bizarre womb watch. But more to the point, it’s equally damaging to the national conversation.”
During an appearance on America's Today show in 2014, Jennifer said: "I’ve birthed a lot of things, and I feel like I’ve mothered many things. And I don’t think it’s fair to put that pressure on people.”
She echoed that in an interview with , saying: "You may not have a child come out of your vagina, but that doesn't mean you aren't mothering—dogs, friends, friends' children."
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