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Jennifer Aniston\u2019s reproductive choices have unfairly been a hot topic in Hollywood for two decades. Now, The Morning Show<\/em> star is breaking her silence (again<\/a>) on how the public conversation impacted her.<\/p>\n For fans who remember the Brangelina love triangle<\/a>, the tabloids often blamed Aniston for Brad Pitt\u2019s decision to have an affair with Angelina Jolie. They claimed she didn\u2019t want kids, so he left her for that reason. It\u2019s a narrative that\u2019s just as hurtful and cruel to hear 20 years later. In 2016, she published a personal essay<\/a> for the celebrity.land<\/em> titled, \u201cFor The Record, I Am Not Pregnant. What I Am Is Fed Up.\u201d<\/p>\n More from SheKnows<\/strong><\/p>\n At the time, she was married to Justin Theroux and she was exhausted of the headlines. (Who can blame her?)<\/p>\n She wrote, \u201cI have grown tired of being part of this narrative. Yes, I may become a mother someday, and since I\u2019m laying it all out there, if I ever do, I will be the first to let you know. But I\u2019m not in pursuit of motherhood because I feel incomplete in some way, as our celebrity news culture would lead us all to believe.\u201d<\/p>\n She revealed her IVF journey to Allure<\/a><\/em> in December 2022, and it was heartbreaking to hear what she was going through behind the scenes while the tabloids went bananas about her parenting choices.<\/p>\n \u201cI was trying to get pregnant. It was a challenging road for me, the baby-making road<\/a>,\u201d she said. \u201cAll the years and years and years of speculation\u2026 It was really hard. I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it. I was throwing everything at it. I would\u2019ve given anything if someone had said to me, \u2018Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.\u2019 You just don\u2019t think it.\u201d<\/p>\n In a new Harper\u2019s Bazaar UK<\/a><\/em> interview, the 56-year-old star is reflecting on the pain she endured at the hands of the media.<\/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 said. \u201cThat\u2019s not anybody\u2019s business. But there comes a point when you can\u2019t not hear it \u2013 the narrative about how I won\u2019t have a baby, won\u2019t have a family, because I\u2019m selfish, a workaholic. It does affect me \u2013 I\u2019m just a human being.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n She hoped that by speaking up for herself, others would understand that she was also in solidarity with \u201cwomen who were struggling with the same issue.\u201d Aniston\u2019s story was deeply personal, but also extremely relatable to many women. It\u2019s a reminder not to judge anyone\u2019s family choices because nobody knows what they\u2019ve endured behind the scenes.<\/p>\n Before you go, click here<\/a> to see celebrities who have opened up about not having kids.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a> Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey “These Celebrities Have Opened Up About Why They Don’t Want Kids”<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Best of SheKnows<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for SheKnows’ Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jennifer Aniston\u2019s reproductive choices have unfairly been a hot topic in Hollywood for two decades. 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