She talked about her battle with infertility last year and the disappointment that she didn’t freeze her eggs when she was younger.
But Jennifer Aniston is still appreciated on Mother’s Day.
During her interview with WJ. magazineThe actress, 54, revealed that she receives flowers every Mother’s Day from her good friend Adam Sandler, 56, and his wife Jackie.
Aniston, who has no children, described last year her regret at not freezing her eggs earlier in her life, revealing that she had “thrown everything” in her battle with infertility, including undergoing IVF and “drinking Chinese tea”. in a desperate attempt to get pregnant.
During an interview in 2022 with To tempt, Jennifer said, ‘I was trying to get pregnant. It’s been a challenging road for me, the road to making babies,” she said of her IVF journey, which the magazine noted was “several years ago.”
Touching gesture: Jennifer Aniston revealed that every Mother’s Day she receives flowers from Adam Sandler and his wife Jackie, following her own infertility battle; pictured 2019
“All those years and years and years of speculation… It was really hard. I underwent IVF, drank Chinese tea, you name it. I threw everything at it.’
She also denounced speculation that one of her former husbands — she has been married to both Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux — divorced her because she “didn’t want to give him a child,” noting that the ongoing rumor about her relationship made her infertility worse. to fight. the harder.
The actress added that she wishes someone had told her to freeze her eggs when she was younger, adding that she has now come to terms with the fact that she will never have children.
“I would have given anything if someone had said to me, ‘Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.’ You just don’t think so. So here I am today. The ship has left,’ she said.
Jennifer – who starred in the hit sitcom Friends for a decade from 1994 to 2004 – admitted she was too focused on her career to think about the fact that her future self might want to settle down and have kids one day even though she’s pointing out the constant criticism she faced for not getting pregnant during her five-year marriage to Pitt.
“I just cared about my career. And God forbid a woman be successful and not have a child,” she said. “And the reason my husband left me, why we broke up and ended our marriage, was because I didn’t want to give him a child. They were absolute lies. I have nothing to hide right now.’
She then came under further scrutiny during her marriage to Justin, now 52, with reports at the time of their split in 2017 suggesting that part of the reason for their breakup was her inability to have children.
In February 2018, months after their divorce was made public, People magazine reported that the couple had tried having children but “it didn’t work out,” with a source saying Jennifer was “sad it never happened, but it never consumed her.”
‘It’s been a challenging road for me’: Aniston, who has no children, last year described her regret at not freezing her eggs earlier in life and the various methods she endured in a desperate attempt to conceive; in the picture 2020
Speaking to Allure last year, the actress stressed that she has come to terms with the fact that she won’t have children, noting that she actually feels some “relief” in the fact that the possibility of children is no longer with her. sticks around. the endless ‘maybe’.
Indeed, with age has come a new sense of confidence in herself – and the actress said she no longer cares what people think or say about her, thanks in large part to the issues she faced in her late 30s and 40s used to be.
“I would say I went through some really hard things in my late 30s, 40s, and if I hadn’t gone through that, I never would have become who I was supposed to be,” she explained.
“That’s why I’m so grateful for all those sexy things. Otherwise I would be stuck as the person who was so scared, so nervous, and so insecure about who he or she was. And now I don’t care.’
Jennifer added that she “feels the best in who she is right now,” explaining that she’s learned to stop saying “bad things to herself.”
“They were absolute lies”: She also denounced speculation that one of her former husbands – she has been married to both Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux – divorced her because she “didn’t want to give him a child”, noting that the ongoing rumors of her relationship made her battle with infertility all the more difficult
As they were: Aniston pictured with her then-partner Justin Theroux in 2014
She explained that she went through a “challenging period” and is only now “coming back into the light” – having done “personal work that is long overdue” and facing issues that were part of her life since childhood.
Jennifer also hinted that she might one day write a book about her long-standing battle with infertility — something she hid from the world for years out of a need to “protect” herself and her story.
“One day I’m going to write a book,” she said. “I’m going to stop saying, ‘I can’t write.’
“I spent so many years protecting my IVF story. I’m so protective of these parts because I feel like there’s so little I can keep to myself. The world creates stories that aren’t true, so I might as well tell the truth. It feels like I’m coming out of hibernation. I have nothing to hide.’