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Jennifer Aniston Slams Narrative She "Won't Have a Baby" Because She's "Selfish"

Jennifer Aniston revealed she privately faced infertility and unsuccessful IVF over 20 years, countering media claims she avoided motherhood due to selfishness or work commitments.

  • On October 9, Jennifer Aniston, 56, told Harper's Bazaar UK she needed to correct the 'false narrative' about why she hasn't started a family in the November issue on sale from October 9.
  • After splitting at 35, Aniston faced a narrative linking Brad Pitt's departure to her not having children, and repeated media speculation forced her to address rumours after years of silence.
  • Discussing fertility, Aniston detailed IVF treatments and a private, long-running struggle to conceive, later wishing she had frozen her eggs earlier.
  • Aniston says she intends to use her platform to change the cultural script around women and motherhood, rewriting narratives that cast women like her as tragic and building on her 2016 op-ed supporting women undergoing IVF.
  • Contextualising the interview, Aniston highlighted industry progress for older women and her calm at age six, praising their wisdom.
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One of the stars behind ‘Friends’, Jennifer Aniston, said she tried to be a mother for more than 20 years.

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Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston has spoken out for the first time about her 20-year struggle to start a family in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar. She said people didn’t know her story and the struggles she had endured due to her health issues because she hadn’t spoken publicly about them. Aniston said questions about her health were “nobody’s business,” but admitted that the rumors and comments in the media had often hurt her. Jennifer …

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
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