Given Jennifer Aniston’s success, one could assume that she had a wonderful upbringing that set the stage for her ideal life.
Although the 54-year-old is endowed with genes, beauty, and talent—her father, John Aniston, is well-known for playing Days of Our Lives gangster Victor Kiriakis—her early years weren’t so bright.
The Morning Show star talked about how she overcame traumatic experiences from her childhood, such as a tense relationship with her late mother, as she looked back on her life.
Aniston, who was formerly alienated from her mother, says of her, “thank you for showing me what never to be,” in reference to the significance of letting go of “toxic” resentment.
Her mother’s criticism of Aniston’s appearance intensified as she progressed 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 strange sound bites that I can remember from my childhood,” she recalled, looking back on that period.
John Aniston and Nancy Dow, who were married from 1965 to 1980, welcomed Jennifer Aniston into the world on February 11, 1969.
John, who passed away in 2022 at the age of 89, was most renowned for his part on Days of Our Lives, which he played intermittently for 37 years. Her mother, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 79, was an actress who had a few small parts in TV shows including The Wild Wild West and The Beverly Hillbillies.
The Cake actress claimed that her mother was “really screwed up” by her parents’ divorce when she was nine years old. The old family home in New York City, however, “was not a fun house to live in,” so Aniston “was thrilled to get out.”
In a 2020 Interview Magazine interview with her friend Sandra Bullock, Aniston went on to discuss how “growing up in a household that was destabilized and felt unsafe” helped her cope with life’s setbacks.
“I don’t want to do that,” I said after seeing adults treat one another cruelly and seeing certain aspects of human nature. That’s not who I want to be. Right now, I don’t want to feel this way in my body again. I don’t want that to ever affect anyone else I ever interact with.
“I suppose I have my parents to thank,” the Just Go With It star went on.You have three options: you may be irate, a martyr, or you can respond, “You got lemons? Let’s prepare some lemonade.
It was difficult, too, outside the family. “I don’t know why, but I was one of those kids who got kind of bullied,” Aniston remarked.
The other kids would choose to tease me because I was one of them. The fifth, sixth, and seventh grades were a strange time. I was just the child because I was a bit overweight.
Her mother seemed to be throwing lemons at her a lot of the time.
“I had to do long-overdue personal work, parts of me that hadn’t healed since I was a little kid,” Aniston said.
She was irritable. That is intolerable to me. I will talk about [things] if I am angry. I will never yell or become so hysterical. Aniston, who had no idea how beautiful she was.
She was critical. She criticized me harshly. She was beautiful because she was a model. I wasn’t. I wasn’t. To be honest, I still don’t think of myself that way, and that’s okay. She was also a pretty harsh critic. She would harbor resentments that I simply thought were so trivial.
The star of Horrible Bosses says in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter that she never lived up to Dow’s expectations and that they didn’t communicate for years.
“This little girl just wanting to be seen and wanting to be loved by a mother who was too busy with things that didn’t quite matter,” Aniston continues, “resonated with me because I didn’t turn out the model child she’d hoped for.”
After her mother authored the candid book “From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir” in 1999, Aniston ceased communicating with Dow. According to reports, the celebrity was incensed by her mother’s invasion of her privacy.
Although they finally got back together following the couple’s divorce, Aniston was actually very disappointed that she had not invited her mother to her wedding to Brad Pitt in 2000.
But according to reports, she hadn’t seen her mother in a number of years until Dow passed away after a series of strokes.
Her connection with her father, on the other hand, was very different.
Regarding following his acting career route, she remarked, “He thought I was going down the road of absolute destruction and heartache.” After he had something to discuss with me, our relationship took a completely different turn. “Oh, you’re an actor,” it was. I work as an actor.
Aniston is much more than a mere performer.
Aniston is one of the most paid actors in the business. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, has won a Primetime Emmy and a Golden Globe, has been named one of the most beautiful women in the world multiple times, and owns the haircare brand LolaVie. In addition, she founded Echo Films, a production firm that has produced films in which she appears, including Murder Mystery 2, The Switch, and Dumplin.
In a pre-recorded section, John’s daughter gave him a Daytime Emmy lifetime achievement award in June 2022, just before he passed away, and she commended him for his decades-long acting career.
Additionally, the comic shared a touching note on Instagram along with a cute picture of him holding her as a newborn when he passed away. “Sweet papa,” writes the Friends star.Aniston, John Anthony You were among the most exquisite people I had ever encountered. I am so appreciative that you flew painlessly and peacefully into the sky.Until the end of time, I will always love you. Remember to come visit.
Before she passed away, she also made amends with her mother.
“I forgiven my mother. My father is forgiven. She says, “I’ve forgiven my family,” emphasizing that it’s important to cherish all of life’s experiences, whether positive and negative.
It’s crucial.That rage and that resentment are poisonous. Seeing my mother never let things go taught me that. “Thank you for showing me what never to be,” I recall saying. That’s what I mean when I say that we should look for ways to respect the less joyful times and the darker events in our life because of what they have given us,” she said.
Such a modest yet amazing talent is Jennifer Aniston! Finding out about a celebrity’s past and observing them as regular people is always fascinating.We hope Aniston has found some peace, but it’s heartbreaking to learn that she and her mother had such a tense relationship.
