Jennifer Aniston<\/strong> is setting the record straight about public narratives suggesting she decided not to have children because she was focused on her career, particularly following her 2005 divorce from Brad Pitt<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThey didn\u2019t know my story, or what I\u2019d been going through over the past 20 years to try to pursue a family, because I don\u2019t go out there and tell them my medical woes,\u201d Aniston told Harper\u2019s Bazaar U.K.<\/em><\/a> in an interview published October 8. \u201cThat\u2019s not anybody\u2019s business.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut there comes a point when you can\u2019t not hear it \u2014 the narrative about how I won\u2019t have a baby, won\u2019t have a family, because I\u2019m selfish, a workaholic,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt does affect me \u2014 I\u2019m just a human being. We\u2019re all human beings.\u201d<\/p>\n The 56-year-old<\/a>, who revealed to Allure<\/em><\/a> in 2022 that she underwent years of in vitro fertilization (IVF), ultimately decided to address the speculation in a 2016 celebrity.land op-ed<\/em><\/a> criticizing the media\u2019s treatment of women.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why I thought, \u2018What the hell?\u2019\u201d she recalled. \u201cI knew a lot of women at the time who were trying to have kids, who were dealing with IVF. So it did feel like it was not only for myself, but for any women who were struggling with the same issue.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pitt_wennphotosfour136688.JPG_master-e1755637125750.jpg\")