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Jennifer Aniston Says She Spent 20 Years Trying to Have a Child, Rejects Career-Over-Motherhood Narrative

She says she chooses to speak now to support other women dealing with fertility struggles.

Overview

  • In a new Harper's Bazaar UK interview, the 56-year-old actor describes a long private effort to start a family kept outside public view.
  • She says claims that she avoided motherhood because she is a "selfish workaholic" were untrue and personally harmful.
  • Aniston points back to earlier disclosures that she underwent IVF for years and regrets not freezing her eggs sooner.
  • She adds that she now often declines to correct false stories because the news cycle moves quickly and those close to her "know my truth."
  • She rejects the rumor that her split from Brad Pitt was about refusing to have children, calling that suggestion "absolute lies."