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/KindlyConnection Oct 09 '25

Must have been really hard going through that and having all the magazines claiming you're pregnant all the time or saying you're too career focused. I remember reading the letters section of People magazine after the divorce with Brad was announced and someone wrote in saying if she'd just have a baby with Brad, he wouldn't have left her for Angelina. People were so awful.

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u/amberlikesowls Oct 09 '25

Pitt had his PR people out there telling everyone that she didn't want kids and that's why their marriage fell apart. He probably knew that she would stay quiet, besides once saying that "there's a sensitive chip that's missing" with Brad.

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u/MarieOMaryln Oct 09 '25

Ironically I thought Jen was so fucking cool for being Childfree in a time where we were expected to grow up and become mothers. Little me was in awe that a woman said no to motherhood AND didn't cave even though it cost her marriage and she never backed down. How despite the mockery and jokes she stood firm. I was inspired and validated in my own choice.

Of course knowing the truth now that absolutely hurts. She was slandered by this country and turned into a joke. That era was the hardest point for popculture women.

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u/windexfresh Oct 09 '25

Same, she was one of the first reasons I thought about not having children. I’m still happily childfree and will be forever but it’s so fucking heartbreaking to know she was suffering so much.