Jennifer Aniston says her and Reese Witherspoon’s characters on The Morning Show are like ‘family’… 24 years after they played sisters on Friends

Jennifer Aniston opened up about her TV family on Sunday, especially her friend and co-star Reese Witherspoon.

The actress, 55, who dazzled in a maroon and red floral strappy dress, made the comments during an Emmys For Your Consideration event for The Morning Show on Sunday night in Los Angeles.

‘We have a very interesting relationship. It’s like we’re definitely family,” Aniston told the audience during the panel discussion that included her The Morning Show co-stars Karen Pittman, Tig Notaro, Billy Crudup, Jon Hamm, Mark Duplass and Nestor Carbonell.

Witherspoon was unable to attend the event.

“We love to hate each other, and we love to love each other, and I think it’s a really fun dynamic that Reese and I get to play,” the Emmy winner said of her character Alex Levy and Bradley Jackson from Witherspoon.

“And of course we’d like to be together forever, I would think. I hope so, but… we really don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Aniston and Witherspoon have been in a family relationship since 2000, when Witherspoon, then an up-and-coming actress, played Rachel Green’s little sister Jill in two episodes of Friends.

“We met on the set of Friends,” Witherspoon said Harper’s Bazaar in 2019.

‘I played her sister. I was 23 years old and had just had a baby. I was nursing Ava on set, and Jen kept saying, “Are you having a baby?” I was like, “I know, it’s weird,” she said.

The versatile actress and producer said Aniston “was so sweet to me. I was very nervous and she said, “Oh my God, don’t worry about it!” I was amazed at her ability to perform in front of such a live audience without any nerves.”

‘They changed all the rules and she was so effortlessly friendly, bubbly and sunny. We’ve been friends ever since.’

Where their on-screen friendship will take them in season four of The Morning Show is anyone’s guess.

‘We have a very interesting relationship. It’s like we’re definitely family,” Aniston said of her character Alex Levy and Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson. “We love to hate each other, and we love to love each other, and I think that’s a really fun dynamic.”

The friends and co-stars first met in 2000, when Witherspoon guest-starred on two episodes of Friends starring Rachel’s little sister Jill. ‘She was so effortlessly friendly, bubbly and sunny. We’ve been friends ever since,” Witherspoon told Harper’s Bazaar in 2019

Alex had to deal with her betrayal of on-screen boyfriend Paul Marks, played by Jon Hamm, who wanted to buy UBA and sell parts of the network.

Bradley and her brother Hal were out to talk to the FBI about their role in the January 6 insurrection.

“I think the big question this year is: who and what can you trust?” said showrunner Charlotte Stoudt.

‘Can you trust your colleagues? Can you trust your own eyes? Can you trust what you see in a world full of AI and defects? It’s a tough world,” she explained.

Karen Pittman, Tig Notaro, Billy Crudup, Jon Hamm, Mark Duplass and Nestor Carbonell joined Aniston on the panel. Witherspoon was unable to attend

In a hint at what season four will include, it was revealed that Hamm’s Paul Marks will return to the show

“I mean, just look at the headlines. We just take it from the headlines. Honestly, because that’s our inspiration. It’s real life.’

At an event in April, Stoudt revealed that the new episodes would focus on the upcoming presidential elections.

Hamm’s character also returns in season four.

“I’m so glad he was with us this season and I look forward to seeing him again next season,” Carbonell said during the discussion.