“Thank you for showing me what never to be,” Aniston says of her mother, who she once estranged from, while discussing the significance of letting go of “toxic” emotions.
Aniston’s mother’s criticism of her beauty grew louder as she moved through her early years. “She was from this world of, ‘Honey, take better care of yourself,’ or ‘Honey, put your face on,’ or all of those odd sound bites that I can remember from my childhood,” the woman reminisced of that period in time.
Parents John Aniston and Nancy Dow, who were wed from 1965 to 1980, welcomed Jennifer Aniston into the world on February 11, 1969.
John was best known for his 37-year, on-again, off-again stint on Days of Our Lives, which he played until his death in 2022 at the age of 89. Her mother was an actress who had a few small parts in TV shows including The Beverly Hillbillies and The Wild Wild West. She passed away in 2016 at the age of 79.
The Cake actress claimed that her mother’s divorce when she was nine years old “really screwed up.” Nonetheless, Aniston “was thrilled to get out” of the New York City family’s old house, which “was not a fun house to live in.”
In an interview with friend Sandra Bullock for Interview Magazine in 2020, Aniston went on to say that she learned to cope with life’s setbacks by “growing up in a household that was destabilized and felt unsafe.”
Seeing grownups treat each other cruelly and observing specific aspects of human nature caused me to think, ‘I don’t want to do that.’” That’s not who I want to be. This sensation I currently have in my body is something I don’t want to continue having. I don’t want that to ever be felt by anyone else I interact with. The Just Go With It actress went on, “I suppose I should thank my parents for that.You have two options: express your anger or martyrdom, or just say, “You got lemons?” Let’s prepare some lemonade.
It was tough beyond the family as well.
“I don’t know why, but I was one of those kids who got kind of bullied,” Aniston remarked.
I was one of the children who the other kids chose to tease. The years in the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades were peculiar. I was just that kid because I was a bit overweight.
It seemed like her mother was throwing lemons at her most of the time.
Aniston said, “I had to do long-overdue personal work, parts of me that hadn’t healed since I was a little kid.”
She was easily angered. That is intolerable to me. If I am angry, we will talk about [things]. I promise never to scream or lose my cool like that. Unaware of her breathtaking beauty, Aniston goes on, “She was critical.” She gave me a lot of criticism. She was stunning, because she was a model. I wasn’t. I never was. To be honest, I still don’t see myself that way, and that’s okay. She was also really cruel. She would harbor resentments that seemed so trivial to me.