In today's edition of why it's important to never question why a woman doesn't have children, we're bringing some pretty emotional revelations from actress and cultural Jennifer Aniston. While Jennifer has been a role model for childfree women everywhere, it seems that wasn't always the Friends alum's plan.
In fact, she recently revealed that she exhausted many avenues in an effort to have kids.
"I was trying to get pregnant. It was a challenging road for me, the baby-making road," she revealed.
"I was throwing everything at it. I would’ve given anything if someone had said to me, ‘Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.’"
Now that she's accepted her child-free fate, the actress shared that she has no regrets about her life and the way things have worked out.
"I actually feel a little relief now because there is no more, 'Can I? Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.' I don’t have to think about that anymore."
The Murder Mystery actress also went on to address the long-standing rumors that her previous marriage ended because she was unwilling to have children.
“[The] narrative that I was just selfish. I just cared about my career. And God forbid a woman is successful and doesn’t have a child."
"It was absolute lies," she shared. "I don’t have anything to hide at this point."
I can't imagine how difficult how difficult it would have been for her to read these lies and not be able to speak about it.
"I’m going to do that one day. I’m going to stop saying, ‘I can’t write.’ I’ve spent so many years protecting my story about IVF. I’m so protective of these parts because I feel like there’s so little that I get to keep to myself," she admitted. "The world creates narratives that aren’t true, so I might as well tell the truth. I feel like I’m coming out of hibernation."
"Never say never, but I don’t have any interest. I’d love a relationship. Who knows? There are moments I want to just crawl up in a ball and say, 'I need support,'" she admitted.
Well, no matter what happens in Jen's future, what we know is that she always has been, and always will be, Fabulous, with a capital F!
h/t: Allure
