Jennifer Aniston is undoubtedly one of the most popular actresses in the world, and continues to be loved and revered by fans and peers alike. She got her big break thanks to Friends and now it appears that fans of the series played a crucial role in her bid to overcome one specific childhood memory. The actress revealed how the experience crushed her self-confidence, and how she was able to overcome it.
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston’s strength lies in her natural beauty and her ability to take control of any situation, mastering roles across comedy, romance, and emotional genres. Whether delivering laughs, portraying love, or evoking deep emotions, Aniston consistently demonstrates her skill and versatility in getting the job done.
Jennifer Aniston Reveals How Friends Fans Helped Her Overcome A Traumatic Childhood Memory
Jennifer Aniston as Rachel in Friends
While speaking during a 2019 speech, Jennifer Aniston shared a formative experience from her past, recalling a moment around the age of 11 when a parental figure excused her from a dinner table conversation, remarking that she didn’t have anything interesting to add. The impact of that incident lingered painfully with her over the years, and she acknowledged carrying its effects into adulthood.
‘‘I remembered a parental figure saying to me around the rather critical age of about 11 after a dinner party that I was excused from the table because I didn’t have anything interesting to add to the conversation. Ouch and it stuck with me like painfully worded sentences can and if I’m being honest and I’m being honest because I’m 58 and you know that comes with the territory that’s right so I carried that sentence with me into adulthood.”
Aniston shared that it was only when Friends gained popularity that she began to see herself differently.
”Until Friends took off that I started seeing myself in a different light I started meeting all of these people who expressed to me how much the show meant to them. How it lifted their spirits during a bad breakup or or got them through an illness and I was just so incredibly moved by that.”
Meeting people who expressed how much the show meant to them, how it lifted their spirits during tough times like breakups or helped them through illnesses, deeply moved her.
Lisa Kudrow Envied Jennifer Aniston After Her Son Became Obsessed With Her
Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow in Friends
Jennifer Aniston’s character in Friends, Rachael Green, was a trendsetter when it came to fashion back in the 90s and is one of the most popular characters in the history of television. Naturally, everyone just loved her for good reason.
While speaking to Conan O’Brien in an interview, Kudra revealed that her son, who spent considerable time on the Friends set as a child, became so obsessed with Jennifer Aniston that he got a bit confused about who his real mother was. Kudrow admitted that she was somewhat jealous of Aniston after that.
“He’d fly into her lap,” Kudrow said of her son. “Well, she’s a love bug, and that made sense. And I was always glad for anyone that Julian felt love for and felt from. But then at home, she’d be on TV, and he’d go, ‘Mommy!’
She added,
”I’m kind of analytical so I’m like, ‘Is this wishful thinking? Do they have some kind of higher soul connection that I don’t have with him?’ ” she said, teasing, “I’m happy for both of them.”
In case you were not aware of this fact, Lisa Kudrow was pregnant with her son Julian while filming season 4 of Friends, and her pregnancy was written into the show. Fans also love Kudrow and her son’s interactions, so that is all that matters.
