Jennifer Aniston has spoken out to deny claims she had an affair with Barack Obama, calling the tabloid rumor ‘absolutely false’.
The Friends actress, 55, was romantically linked to the married former president, 63, in an unsubstantiated story published just a few weeks ago.
But during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! On Wednesday evening, Jennifer finally set the record, right after the presenter handed her the magazine.
Wagging her finger, the Hollywood A-lister said, “All the calls you get from your publicist, all you think is, ‘Oh no, what’s it going to be?’ or you get an email saying that some cheap tabloid is going to make up a story – and then that’s it…’
“I wasn’t mad about it,” she added with a giggle, before clarifying that the story is “absolutely not true.”
Jennifer Aniston has denied wild claims that she had an affair with Barack Obama
The Friends actress was sensationally linked to the former president in a baseless tabloid story
“So the truth about Jen and Barack is that there is no truth?” Jimmy confirmed.
Jennifer continued, “I met him [Obama] once. I know Michelle better than he does.’
Jimmy then jokingly asked, “Is there any truth about you and Michelle?”
“That’s not true,” she said, smiling.
Jennifer is not known to be dating anyone currently, and she has not been romantically linked to anyone in the past five years.
Meanwhile, Barack and Michelle have been married for 32 years and share daughters Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23.
Last year, Barack paid tribute to his “kind” and “beautiful” husband in a splashy anniversary post celebrating their 31st year together.
“Happy anniversary, darling,” he captioned a post that showed him and Michelle, 60, standing together in front of a large, green field.
Jennifer addressed the rumor on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where she said it was “absolutely not true.”
Jimmy Kimmel presented the Hollywood actress with the magazine in which the allegations were made
The duo cleared up all the speculation surrounding the story during Wednesday’s episode
“@MichelleObama, you are brilliant, kind, funny and beautiful – and I’m lucky to call you mine.”
To mark the occasion, Michelle posted a loved-up photo of herself and her husband.
“31 years and a lifetime ago,” she captioned the sweet upload. “I love going through life with you by my side, @BarackObama. Happy birthday, darling.”
Elsewhere during her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jennifer said she had “some kind of PTSD” from having to belly dance in front of her family as a child.
‘You know, the Greeks love any kind of family dinner, they would say, “Let’s get up and watch” – it’s like saying to your child, “Play the piano for everyone, let’s sing for everyone.”
Barack and Michelle shared a splashy anniversary tribute as they celebrated last year’s wedding anniversary
The former president and his wife were married on October 3, 1992 at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago
‘I get so worried when my friends do that to their children.
“I have an inner trauma from having to perform and belly dance for my Greek uncles, aunts and grandmothers,” she noted.
In 2016, the Morning Show actress told EW, “When I was a kid, they made me belly dance. On Christmas Eve.
“My dad’s side of the family is Greek, so I dressed up as a little Greek girl, and at Christmas, after taking belly dancing lessons, I did that.”
And she didn’t think her family had good intentions, it added.
“It didn’t even have anything to do with Christmas,” she said. “It was just, ‘Let’s humiliate Jen for Christmas.’