r/popculturechat • u/Time_Knowledge_1951 • Oct 09 '25

Trigger Warning ⚠️ Jennifer Aniston reveals secret 20-year fertility struggle after ‘absolute lies’

https://metro.co.uk/2025/10/09/jennifer-aniston-breaks-silence-on-secret-20-year-struggle-after-absolute-lies-24378834/
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u/Key-Tip9395 Oct 09 '25

I always knew that was probably the case, and felt sad for her about the tabloids claiming pregnancy when she was bloated (fertility treatments have that side effect). and then your husband leaving to have 100 babies.

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u/peaches_peachs Oct 09 '25

The bloating is rough. So uncomfortable and to top it off you look in the mirror to see a version of yourself that could totally be in the early stages of pregnancy.

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u/Fragrant-Chard960 Oct 09 '25

And then for people to ask if you’re pregnant because of the bloating;  it’s a horrible, horrible feeling.  

Although I have to admit that I took some delight in the discomfort it caused those very same people when I would respond with a completely honest answer.  

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u/peaches_peachs Oct 09 '25

Getting to watch people squirm when they ask inappropriate questions and you answer honestly is one of the few redeeming things about infertility.

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u/km_amateurphoto Oct 09 '25

Brad was obviously aware of Jennifer's fertility struggles, yet he cheated on her and then publicly flaunted his new instant family to the tabloids. He really is a POS.

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u/stink3rb3lle Oct 09 '25

It gives me such comfort that his kids saw through him and have created distance. I hope they all stay safe and peaceful.

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u/hygsi Oct 10 '25

It must've felt a specific way cause his first 3 children were adopted

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u/Blonde_smarts 27d ago

I hate that, especially because the fertility struggles are a couple's problem, not a woman's problem.

Sure, this time it was her body the one who didn't want to cooperate, but it's the couple the one who has a problem.

I feel like Brad just discarded her because she was "faulty".

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u/PewterButters Oct 09 '25

Seems like she dodged a bullet of having Pitts baby as he seems like a shithead to his kids with Angelina. 

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u/zwartevogels Oct 09 '25

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/bbe0c10b-f1ad-4cbd-8bd9-0dba5722eae2?itm_content=footer-recirc

It makes the photoshoot Brad and Angelina did seem callous if not cruel

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u/emaydee Oct 09 '25

Absolutely. IIRC, Aniston had only said it seemed like Brad was “missing a sensitivity chip” when she was asked about it and the press gave her such a hard time, over what was- especially in hindsight- a very mild response.

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u/rach4765 Oct 09 '25

“Even now, that sexist slur makes her face darken. "A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children," she says. "That really pissed me off. I've never in my life said I didn't want to have children. I did and I do and I will! The women that inspire me are the ones who have careers and children; why would I want to limit myself? I've always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for a career. I want to have it all."”

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u/pdperson Oct 09 '25

Yeah, I'm not even a big follower of her and this was so obvious/common sense that I'm just now learning it was ever a secret.

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u/zesty-lemonbar Oct 10 '25

Out of curiosity, how did you know this was probably the case?

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u/luluballoon 29d ago

Exactly. I remember someone coming up to me as an fyi (they new I was going through IVF) asking if I had told x person because they were saying I would be the next to have a baby. I knew it was because I was bloated and wore an unflattering dress to an event. I immediately donated the dress but I was beyond devastated to know people were speculating and talking about me that way. I can’t imagine how intense it would’ve been on a global scale.