In a lengthy new cover story in Vanity Fair, Jennifer Aniston opens up a bit about some of the friends, lovers and situations that have generated the most headlines over the past 30 years.
The 56-year-old Friends and Morning Show star reveals that she and pal Gwyneth Paltrow gossip about Brad Pitt, Aniston’s first husband and Paltrow’s one-time fiance – though she won’t dish on what they actually say to each other.
She also talks about the loss of her good friend and co-star Matthew Perry, who died in 2023 of a ketamine overdose, with drowning in his hot tub as a contributing factor. Aniston said that she and her fellow Friends co-stars had already been mourning Perry for “a long time” because of his addiction.
But Aniston is hesitant to say too much about her latest reported love affair with Jim Curtis, a handsome wellness guru, hypnotherapist and “transformational” author.
The Vanity Fair interview actually took place several weeks before news broke in July that Aniston had vacationed with Curtis that month on the Spanish island of Mallorca and in Big Sur sometime earlier
Subsequent stories revealed that Aniston has long followed Curtis on social media, liked his posts and posted a photo of his book, Shift: Quantum Manifestation Guide: A Workbook For Coding A New Consciousness, on her own social media, Vanity Fair said. Aniston also told Travel + Leisure in April that she had tried hypnosis to help overcome her fear of flying.
During the interview, Aniston said: “I have a real struggle, truthfully, about what to and not to share…and also, social media is a constant struggle for me.”
When news broke about Aniston’s vacations with Curtis, her representative declined to comment to Vanity Fair about whether the two are dating.
With regard to Aniston and Curtis’ trip to California’s central coast in the spring, a “spy” for Page Six reported seeing the actress and “Hypnotist Jim” at Ventana Big Sur, the luxury report overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The spy said the two “cuddled” while dining at the resort’s restaurant.
For their vacation in Mallorca, Aniston and Curtis were accompanied by her good friend Jason Bateman and his wife, Amanda Anka, according to the Daily Mail, which published photos of the foursome meeting up on the island, before they headed to a yacht.
If Aniston wasn’t ready to share news about Curtis with Vanity Fair, another famous friend, Sandra Bullock, said she at least understood the public’s curiosity about her friend’s personal life, which has included two divorces and earlier self-reported efforts to have children via IVF.
“I think her superpower is that she could very easily be hard, but she’s incredibly open,” Bullock told Vanity Fair. “People want to know about her and understand where she is in life and want her to be happy.” – The Mercury News/Tribune News Service
