
Celebs Love Jennifer Aniston, So Why Doesn't America?

Notoriously acerbic comedienne
Chelsea Handler went on vacation in Mexico with buddy
Jennifer Aniston over Thanksgiving and, despite her famously sharp tongue, had nothing but nice things to say about the actress. Handler, who appeared on last night's episode of
'The Tonight Show,' told host Jay Leno of their trip, "[Jennifer] was sweet enough to take me on vacation with her ... I was trying not to get photographed next to her, for obvious reasons."
Handler isn't the only celebrity to praise Aniston in the press. 'The Bounty Hunter' co-star and rumored flame
Gerard Butler told
Us Magazine of the actress, "She's like my best buddy. She's so down-to-earth, so easy going. She's incredibly self-deprecating and again, just alive!"
While it seems that Aniston has some Hollywood heavyweights in her corner, she can't seem to shake the negative press she earned for her most famous role: the former Mrs.
Brad Pitt. Although it's been over five years since Aniston and Pitt divorced, rarely a week goes by without the actress's rumored romantic entanglements appearing in the press, often painting a less-than-flattering portrait of Aniston as some kind of down-and-out spinster.
Despite her fame, fortune and reputation as a genuinely nice person, it seems as though many media outlets aren't ready to let Aniston step out of the shadow of her former relationship or that of Pitt and current partner,
Angelina Jolie.
Many celebrities whose relationships have crumbled amid rumors of infidelity have received support from the media and fans, but Aniston has consistently been lampooned by the press while Pitt and Jolie have become beloved Hollywood royalty.
The question is, why?
The fact of the matter is, Aniston's situation represents some of our worst fears. She is not only beautiful but successful and, by all accounts, a lovely individual, but she still couldn't make her seemingly perfect relationship with Pitt work. To make matters worse, she was allegedly left for a younger, more successful and, by some accounts, more beautiful woman.
While most celebrity mistresses or rebounds are criticized in the press, Jolie was a respected actress and beauty icon before she became involved with Pitt. Jolie's reputation hardly took a hit when she announced she was pregnant with Pitt's child only a year after his divorce, leading many to believe the two had been involved while Pitt was still married.
According to Dr. Lorraine B. Cates, a New York City psychoanalyst and couple's therapist, "Angelina Jolie projects an all-knowingness that people like to feel. Our culture is having a very hard time dealing with just being human, something Aniston projects so well. With the enormity of all the cultural changes assaulting us, there seemingly is a return to wanting gods and goddesses."
Despite Aniston's discretion regarding her post-Pitt relationships, her every move has been critiqued by the press, with everything from her looks to her reported flings being deemed "sad." Even 'Project Runway' charmer Tim Gunn weighed in on the actress, telling
OK!, "Sometimes I think she has 'desperate character' written on her."
Cates says that the constant criticism of Aniston is less indicative of a problem with the actress herself, but with the culture she's a part of. "There is a need to dissect life into good, bad, right and wrong, and the press does that. Jennifer Aniston is an example of a complicated human being that is striving to find meaning in her life," she says.
"The culprit is the press promulgating the tacit and sometimes not so tacit message that being a real human being is simply not acceptable -- that's what's sad in this scenario, certainly not Aniston."
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Here we go again: if we don't love "Jen", if we don't embrace her like a sister, there's something wrong with us. I'm certainly not the only person who thinks she's just not that nice a person, nor is she amazing. She's more of a "brand" than a likeable performer. And Brad is much better off without her self-centered butt.
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I think she's probably a nice person. I just don't like her movies or acting or thinks she's very attractive. That's all. I could care less about her love life.
Do you know Jolie? Do you know what happened behind closed doors with Brad and Jen? No, everything is speculation and revolves around the stupid stories made up from these magazines and tv. Regardless of what happened between Brad and Jen, if he wasn't happy with her, he should've let it go before he was photographed canoodling with another tramp. If you take that step to get married and get serious about someone it should be taken seriously especially when you're considered an icon in today's society. Unfortunately, it's true, Jen can't shake negative publicity and I wanna see where you get that she's not a nice person from I'm sure you're no saint but you wouldn't want it blasted to the world so get over yourself nobody's asking you to love her or embrace her like a sister but give her a freakin break. She can't even live her personal life without ignorant people insulting her for no apparent reason.
Hey Blonde Ambition - How do you know she isn't a nice person. She is just like everyone else, I think the majority of people are nice. You wouldn't know unless you know her. Do you?
Google the stories about the way she treated her own mother for talking to the media without consulting her first. The very definition o cold.
There is nothing "wrong" with Jen Aniston..at all! And at least she is not a homewrecker like Ms. Jolie
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I for one love Jenn, Her style appears to be simple and down to earth. A body to die for. Not an attention hound. What's not to like about her.
In other words: "She's gorgeous! SHE'S GORGEOUS!!!!" Another thing I'm sick of.
I think that if she would stop making so many B movies or movies altogether then I would want to see more of her. As it is, she must be making 10 movies every year. So ridiculous. Somebody stop her.
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she can't stop making B movies, that's just the level of her acting...Friends was the best thing that ever happened to her and everything else she's been in has shown a lack of depth as an actress. whether or not she's a desperate human being is something I don't know or care to investigate, it simply looks like she is...
Brad Pitt would have left Jennifer Aniston for a Jack *ss. He wasn't in love with her anymore, he said so himself...his love had taken on another shape or form so stop blaming Ms. Jolie and get over it and yourself.
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So Brad should have gotten a divorce first and Angelina should have backed off until then. That's the right way to go about things. Falling out of love with someone doesn't justify having an affair.
She seems to be grounded and not a fruit loop, whacka doodle, or nut case like Jolie.
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Who says America doesn't love/like Jennifer Aniston. Everyone I know thinks she adorable. Who cares what level she acts at, she's cute, love her hair, dresses really well and overall seems like a nice, normal person. The only reason we hear so much about her, is the press can't stop stirring up problems between her and the "Jolie-Pitts". Hey, how would you like your husband's adultry laid out on every magazine cover? You know, I was taught, if you don't have something nice to say about someone, don't say it. Leave her alone and move on people, move on....
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Just STOP! It's pathetic that when the press can't find anything bad or scandalous to report about a celebrity, they resort to trying to make that celebrity seem sad or pitiful instead. Here's an idea, Leave her alone!! instead of trying to invent news about her. Go write about a Kardashian or some reality TV mess. That pool seems to be endless.
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I enjoy Aniston, but unfortunately she and/or her agent pick movies that suck! I'd like to see her in a good serious movie to stretch her a little. It just might work. I also could care less about her love life...not my business.
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I'll bet Jennifer is laughing at this one! What a bunch of bullsh*t !
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Wonder if she'd laugh at the Jenistans on here who also don't know her personally, but still think she's wonderful?
The shrink in the article pinpointed the problem to a tee! End of Story!
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Can't speak for all of America, but I have always liked Jennifer to no end! She is just fantastic, & very beautiful. I think Pitt traded down with Angelina......
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