By Joshua Haigh
Copyright news
In a candid new interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK, the Hollywood star has revealed how difficult it was to endure speculation as to why she hadn’t welcomed children.
She said: “They didn’t know my story, or what I’d been going through over the past 20 years to try to pursue a family, because I don’t go out there and tell them my medical woes.”
“That’s not anybody’s business. But there comes a point when you can’t not hear it – the narrative about how I won’t have a baby, won’t have a family, because I’m selfish, a workaholic.”
“It does affect me – I’m just a human being. We’re all human beings. That’s why I thought, ‘What the hell?’”
Aniston, who was married to Brad Pitt for five years and to Justin Theroux for three, endured fertility issues for years.
She went on to explain that as she gets older, she feels less and less like she needs to “correct a false narrative.”
She explained: “The news cycle is so fast, it just goes away.
“Of course, there are times when I feel that sense of justice – when something has been said that isn’t true and I need to right the wrong.
“And then I think, do I really? My family knows my truth, my friends know my truth.”
Back in 2022, Aniston confessed that she previously unsuccessfully attempted IVF. She said that it left her heartbroken that she hadn’t opted to freeze her eggs years earlier.
“It was a challenging road for me, the baby-making road,” she said at the time.
“My late 30s, 40s, I’d gone through really hard sh*t, and if it wasn’t for going through that, I would’ve never become who I was meant to be. I was trying to get pregnant.
“All the years and years and years of speculation … It was really hard. I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it. I was throwing everything at it.
“So here I am today. The ship has sailed. But I have zero regrets,” insisted the star.
At the time, she also addressed the cruel rumour that Pitt ended their marriage because she wouldn’t give him a child.
“It was absolute lies. I don’t have anything to hide at this point,” she said. “And God forbid a woman is successful and doesn’t have a child.”