It’s followed her around constantly, that word ‘pregnant’. In headlines and alongside photographs and during dinner-table conversations fuelled by gossip and the need to have something to say.
We all want actress Jennifer Aniston to have a desperate desire to fall pregnant.
People look at her face in magazines for signs she’s fighting back a deep, dark longing. The paparazzi watch her hands – are they reaching for her abdomen? They watch her stomach, is that… could that be… a bump?
Last year the Friends star lost her patience. She penned an article for Huffington Post (a rare step into the public fray for the typically private Hollywood star) saying she was tired of the gossip.
“The sheer amount of resources being spent trying to uncover whether or not I am pregnant points to the perpetuation of this notion that women are somehow incomplete, unsuccessful, or unhappy if they’re not married with children,” she wrote. “But we don’t need to be married or mothers to be complete. We get to determine our own ‘happily ever after’ for ourselves.”
Now, she's told magazine Glamour if she could stop the tabloids from using one headline, it would be 'Finally Pregnant'.
"If you could ban just one word or phrase from tabloids, what would you choose?" she was asked by journalist Rachel Nussbaum.
"There are too many, I can’t choose," Aniston replied. "I think the best one would be a picture of me with a hand over my stomach, saying 'Finally Pregnant!'"
Two utterly bulls**t words that imply that until a woman is pregnant, she is a disappointment.
And Aniston wasn't done.
"It’s like they take a picture of you and create this story. If your body is in a normal moment of having had a bite or two, or you’re having a moment of bloat, then there’s arrows circled around your stomach, telling you that you’re pregnant," she said.
Then, she rammed home a point women everywhere can relate with.
"Actually no, it’s just my body. Not that it’s any of your business to begin with. Having a child, as we know, is no one’s business except the couple or individual that’s going through it."
It's so clear how much Aniston has to offer. Much, much more than an "is-it? isn't-it?" baby bump.
You can read her full interview with Glamour here.
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Geesus! WHY is she so OBSESSED with the issue of babies? She keeps bringing it up. No one else. It is her main talking point. She herself has built a career over her womb, encouraging speculation, and milking it. She really needs to shut up.
She's entitled to her opinions & rationalisations. Meanwhile a huge majority of the world's population knows that the only scientifically provable method of leaving a trace remnant of your existence on the planet after you've gone versus becoming a genetic cul de sac is via the act of reproduction & bringing your own biologocal children into the world; raising them to become viable adults themselves so hopefully they can repeat that process again.
An alternative way to secure a legacy is to become one of the most famous actresses in the world and star in an iconic TV show that people are still watching daily 23 years after it came out, as well as a huge number of incredibly successful movies. I don't think she will be without a "trace remnant of her existence".
Well that's a weird response. Maybe she doesn't care about 'leaving a trace remnant of [her] existance' on the planet. I've never heard anyone give that as a reason for having children. Bizarre.
Over-icing the cake there just a smidge.