Pictures of Aniston in a bikini while vacationing with husband, Justin Theroux, in June circulated the web, drawing speculation that the 47-year-old actress was expecting. “It’s always about the way we look – saying, ‘He’s very interesting, ‘ ‘He’s a good writer, ‘ ‘She’s looking older than she was last time we saw her'”.
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Ghostbusters star Melissa McCarthy told Entertainment Tonight she agreed “one hundred thousand billion per cent” with Aniston’s essay for The Huffington Post in which she writes constant paparazzi coverage contributes to a “dehumanizing view of females, focused exclusively on one’s physical appearance”.
She went on to say that constant paparazzi coverage contributes to a “dehumanizing view of females, focused exclusively on one’s physical appearance”.
Jennifer Aniston has confirmed that she is not pregnant and she is slamming tabloid media for body shaming women while perpetuating the false story.
Jennifer Aniston is “fed up” with public scrutiny.
“I think the point that is being missed is that #JenniferAniston having a privileged life doesn’t mean she doesn’t get to react to this crap”, actress Anna Paquin tweeted, also on Wednesday.
I resent being made to feel “less than” because my body is changing and/or I had a burger for lunch and was photographed from a weird angle and therefore deemed one of two things: “pregnant” or “fat”.
“The objectification and scrutiny we put women through is absurd and disturbing”.
In her essay, Jennifer insisted she wasn’t only speaking out for herself. “The way I am portrayed by the media is simply a reflection of how we see and portray women in general, measured against some warped standard of beauty”.
“We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child”, she said. We get to decide for ourselves what is lovely when it comes to our bodies. Let’s make that decision consciously, outside of the tabloid noise.
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Sometimes cultural standards just need a different perspective so we can see them for what they really are – a collective acceptance… a subconscious agreement. “I’m fed up with the sport-like scrutiny and body-shaming that occurs daily”. “We get to decide for ourselves what is handsome when it comes to our bodies”.
