At 54, Jennifer Aniston Slams Backhanded Ageist Praise That Gets Her Blood Boiling

Jun 13, 2023

Jennifer Aniston is an American actress that rose to international fame for her role as Rachel Green in the hit series "Friends." Born to two actors, she began acting early in life. While attending a Waldorf school, Aniston fell in love with acting at age 11.

She later enrolled at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan. After high school, Aniston worked part-time jobs like waitressing and telemarketing to support herself while she performed in off-Broadway productions. She later moved to Los Angeles, California, where she soon hit fame. 

Before too long, Aniston landed her most famous role on the hit television series "Friends," which aired from 1994 to 2004. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for her iconic role, as well as a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award. Her character was extremely popular and is considered one of the best female roles in television history. 

Aniston has also starred in a number of films and is one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses. Films that star Aniston in a leading role have grossed over $1.6 billion worldwide, while 12 of those films earned over $100 million. Her most popular film roles were in "Bruce Almighty," "The Break-Up," "Horrible Bosses" and "We're the Millers." She also starred in the Apple TV series “The Morning Show.” 

At 54, Aniston looked very youthful and gorgeous despite her age. In an Instagram post on June 7, 2023, the actress flaunted her amazing physique, showing off her very toned tummy that any woman younger than her would very much envy. Read on to learn more about how Aniston achieved such a beautiful body and find out which backhanded compliment drives her up the wall. 

Making her own happiness, Aniston has kept her health at the forefront of her life. In August 2022, the actress's hair stylist, Chris McMillan, shared beautiful pictures of Aniston in a white bikini that showed how amazing the actress looks for her age. Posting the black and white pictures to his Instagram, McMillan’s photos received well over 22,000 impressions – and it’s not hard to see why.

In the two photos, Aniston was beautiful, playful and silly as she showed off her amazing figure. The star actress flashed a gorgeous smile as she played around in her hair stylist's seat. The internet was quick to notice how amazing Aniston looked. 

As stunning as Aniston is, the star works hard for her beautiful appearance. In an interview with People, Aniston shared that she doesn't limit her carbohydrate intake as much as she used to. "I started to give myself a break, allowing yourself to have pasta, a sandwich. Everyone's very afraid of the bread basket, and I'm no longer afraid. As long as it's all done in moderation," she explained.

"There's something my body appreciates about (having carbs), like, 'Oh, thank you! Why are you depriving me of things I love?'" Aniston continued. 

The actress also explained that she doesn't typically like eating breakfast. "I kind of naturally do intermittent fasting, just because I'm not a breakfast person," she says. "I just like a cup of coffee and my collagen." 

Aniston added that she was inspired to start using the supplement as she was getting older. "I was hitting a stage in my life where I wanted to up the health game," she explained. 

With this strict diet and health regimen, it is no wonder that Aniston’s body and physique looked very toned as she got many of her followers fawning.

In an Instagram video that she shared on June 7, 2023, Aniston, once again, flaunted her stunning body and toned physique in partnership with Pvolve, an exercise program that pairs functional movement with resistance-based equipment.

Speaking to People Magazine about the collaboration, Aniston said that if she had known about the exercise program two decades ago when she was “breaking” her body, then she “would’ve saved so much pain.” 

“I just want more people to know about it because I think it's so good. Especially as we get into our lovely older periods, we have to keep it exciting. And we have to be kinder to our bodies,” she added. 

In the video that she shared, Aniston was seen wearing black sports leggings, a pair of white sneakers, and a gray sports bra. Her blonde locks were in full display, and so were her toned abs. An energetic and cheerful Aniston did several workouts in the short video – from stretchings and thrusts to hip dips. 

Her loving fans gushed over her beauty and body in the comment section of the Instagram post. “Good Lord Jennifer, how can you get prettier and prettier with time?” someone asked. “Are you kidding me?? You can't be 54 years old!!!” another commented. 

Because of her new fitness regimen, Aniston was more inspired to work out. Elsewhere in her interview, the actress explained the logic of how she adjusted her mindset on the new regimen:

“Our minds used to think, we have to hurt; no pain, no gain. It has to be an hour of a workout. You have to work out three times a day. With this, you can start gentle. My girlfriend transformed her entire body, and it just had such a beautiful snowball effect in so many positive areas of her life.”

In an interview with InStyle, Aniston continued to gush about Pvolve and said it completely shifted her views on exercise.

“When you’re in a mindset of, ‘I need to do 45 minutes of cardio or I won’t get a good workout,’ it’s daunting… I believed it for so long. I just burnt out and broke my body,” the star said.

She said Pvolve was the right fit for her after finding CrossFit “too aggressive” and more “about quantity, not quality, and it's too hard on the body.” She said although she enjoyed boxing, it was “hard on my wrists.” In contrast, she said the low-intensity yet satisfying Pvolve workouts never left her feeling “insane fatigue or broken or in pain.” 

Speaking on the same subject with Vogue, Aniston told the outlet she had to “retrain her brain” when it came to fitness and that her physical regimen had “absolutely evolved over the years.”

Meanwhile, Aniston also revealed the one comment older women tend to get that she absolutely abhorred, which was “You look great for your age.”

“It drives me bananas, I can’t stand it,” the star said of the backhanded compliment. “That’s a habit of society that we have these markers like, ‘Well, you’re at that stage, so for your age… I don’t even understand what it means.” 

Aniston explained that such praise didn’t make sense to her as, personally, she feels better now in her 50s than she ever did when she was younger.

“I’m in better shape than I was in my 20s. I feel better in mind, body, and spirit. It’s all 100 per cent better,” she remarked.

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