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Jennifer Aniston, for the first time, has opened up to the media to discuss her struggle with infertility.
The actress admitted that, despite the persistent pregnancy rumors that followed her for years, she was actually going through a difficult time.
Aniston was going through something no one could have anticipated while the public discussed whether or not she wanted children. Or maybe they could have if they had thought about it beforehand.
“All the years and years and years of speculation… It was really hard,” Aniston told Allure.
“I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it. I was throwing everything at it.
“I would’ve given anything if someone had said to me, ‘Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.’ You just don’t think it. So here I am today. The ship has sailed.”
The actress, who is best recognized now for her work on Friends as “Rachel,” has been married twice but never had children.
When she broke off her initial engagement to Brad Pitt, it was one of her most trying times.
After living together for five years, both of them chose to end their relationship in 2005. At the time, the media theorized that Aniston would have opted to prioritize her professional career above having children. She has admitted that this is all a lie.
“That narrative that I was just selfish, that I just cared about my career. And God forbid a woman is successful and doesn’t have a child,” said Aniston.
“And the reason my husband left me, why we broke up and ended our marriage, was because I wouldn’t give him a kid.
“It was absolute lies. I don’t have anything to hide at this point.”
Aniston gave no timeline for her IVF journey, Allure noted that it was simply “several years ago.” But now, at 53, she said she has “no regrets” about how things worked out.
“I have zero regrets. 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,” said Aniston.
“I would say my late 30s, 40s, I’d gone through really hard s**t, and if it wasn’t for going through that, I would’ve never become who I was meant to be.
“That’s why I have such gratitude for all those shitty 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.”
Aniston has been on quite the personal journey over the years, but she is in a good place now and recognizes the value in being good to ourselves.
“I feel the best in who I am today, better than I ever did in my 20s or 30s even, or my mid-40s,” said Aniston.
