Standing up for herself. Before announcing her infertility struggles, Jennifer Aniston has been candid about her potential plans to become a mother — and why she wasn’t putting pressure on the process.Throughout her career, Aniston has made headlines for several high-profile relationships.
In 1998, the actress started dating Brad Pitt after they were set up by their agents. The couple exchanged vows in 2000 but ultimately called it quits after five years of marriage.Shortly after their split, Pitt surprised fans when he was linked to his Mr.
and Mrs. Smith costar Angelina Jolie. (Pitt and Jolie, who share kids Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne pulled the plug on their relationship in 2016 after over a decade together and two years of marriage.)Aniston, for her part, addressed the challenges of her public divorce from Pitt several years after their split. “There was stuff printed there that was definitely from a time when I was unaware that it was happening,” she shared with Vogue in 2008 about Pitt and Jolie’s romance. “I felt those details were a little inappropriate to discuss.
That stuff about how she couldn’t wait to get to work every day? That was really uncool.”After moving on with Justin Theroux, the Friends alum slammed expectations about how she should be living her life. “We’re seeing women through a very narrow lens,” she told Lorraine Kelly during a December 2016 interview on ITV. “If we don’t have a baby or a white picket fence or a husband, then we’re useless.
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