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Jennifer Aniston has opened up about her failed attempts to get pregnant, saying she has "zero regrets" about a difficult period in her life.
Speaking to journalist Danielle Pergament for an Allure magazine cover story, Aniston said she "went through some really rough stuff" in her late 30s and 40s, but it made her the person she is today.
"That's why I'm so thankful for all that sh*t. Otherwise, I would have been stuck being this person who was so scared, so nervous, so unsure of who I was," she said.
"And now, I don't care about her."
Aniston at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2020. Credit: Leon Bennett/Getty Images
Aniston went on to explain that she was referring to a period when she was trying to get pregnant.
"All the years and years and years of speculation... It was really tough. I had IVF, I drank Chinese teas, you name it. I was giving it my all," Aniston said.
"I would have given anything for someone to have told me, 'Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.' You just don't think about it. So here I am today. That ship has sailed."
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Still, Aniston said it's nice to finally have some closure.
"I don't regret anything," he said.
"I actually feel a little bit of relief now because there's no more, 'Could it? Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.' I don't have to think about it anymore."
Later in the interview, Aniston opened up about her divorce from Justin Theroux in 2018, addressing speculation that the couple broke up because she "wouldn't give him a child."
"It was an absolute lie," he said.
"I have nothing to hide right now."
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Pergament asked Aniston if she would marry again.
"Never say never, but I have no interest," he said.
"I would love a relationship. Who knows? There are times when I want to just roll into a ball and say, 'I need support.' .
Aniston has also been candid about her aversion to social media, saying she only joined Instagram to launch her LolaVie hair care line.
"I hate social media. I'm not good at it," she said, despite the fact that Instagram crashed when she opened her account due to the number of people who tried to follow her.
"It's torture for me. The reason I opened an Instagram account was to launch this line," he said.
"Then the pandemic came and we didn't launch it. So I got stuck with being on Instagram. It doesn't come naturally."
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