Jennifer Aniston: Her parents’ divorce affected her a lot

Jennifer Aniston (54) has spoken about her love life, or as she puts it: “… the one area where it’s a bit lacking.”

She also sees the reason for her “defective” love life in her parents’ marriage: “Seeing the relationship in my family didn’t exactly make me want: ‘Oh, I can’t wait to have that.’ Aniston’s parents separated when she was a child.

“It was just easier to be alone”

“I think it was always a bit difficult for me to be in a relationship because I was always alone,” she recalls. “I didn’t like the idea of ​​having to give up who you are or what you need, so I didn’t really know how to go about it.” It was easier for her to “just be alone,” the actress continued. “So I had no real practice in this give and take.” Even today, relationships are still a challenge for her. She works on “not being afraid to say what you need and what you want”.

The “Friends” star had already spoken about his parents’ divorce in 2022: “I think the divorce affected my mother a lot.” At that time there would have been no therapy or similar approaches to coping with a breakup. Instead: “You go through life holding your child in your arms with tears on your face and you have no help.”

Two marriages – two separations

Jennifer Aniston has been married twice herself – and divorced twice. Her marriage to Brad Pitt (59) lasted from 2000 to 2005. Ten years later she married Justin Theroux (52), the separation followed in 2018. Nevertheless, Aniston described her marriage as “very successful”. : “When they ended, it was a decision we made because we chose to be happy, and sometimes happiness is no longer in that arrangement.”