Reese Witherspoon is setting the record straight about her close friend Jennifer Aniston and her longtime relationship with ex-husband Brad Pitt.
Appearing on the Armchair expert podcast from Monday, November 3, Legally blonde the star said Friends Elder – who also appeared on the podcast last month – isn’t one to dwell on the past.
“She’s not who people think she is — she’s holding on to old things. She’s not holding on to old things,” Witherspoon, 49, told hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman.
When Shepard added that Aniston “isn’t pining for Brad Pitt,” Witherspoon agreed, adding that her friend’s 50th birthday was proof of her good nature.
“At her 50th birthday party – one of the greatest testaments I can say to what a wonderful person she is – people from her teens, people from her 20s, people who work in her house, all the ex-husbands, ex-boyfriends were there.”
“She’s just a person of great spiritual integrity,” Witherspoon continued, describing Aniston as “not a bridge burner.”
Although she noted that she and she Morning show co-star are “very different people,” she praised Aniston’s warmth and generosity. “She’s really warm and welcoming. She’s like a great host. Like, ‘Come on!’ She is very warm and friendly,” she said. “I think I’m kind of nerdy.”
Aniston, now 56, was married to Pitt from 2000 to 2005 and to actor Justin Theroux from 2015 to 2018. The Emmy-winning actress is now moving forward with her personal life. Over the weekend, she went Instagram official with her new boyfriend, hypnotist Jim Curtis, after a few months of dating.
“Happy birthday my love. Darling,” she wrote alongside a black and white photo of her kissing Curtis from behind.
