Jennifer Aniston Reminisces On ‘Wild And Wonderful’ Hangouts At Cher’s House As A Teenager

Jul 11, 2023 by apost team

Jennifer Aniston was born to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow and quickly took after her parents. Although they tried to restrict her access to TV, a young Aniston found her way around it. She fell in love with acting at a Waldorf school when she was 11. Subsequently, Aniston registered at Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City and joined the school's drama society, where she performed in some school plays. After several failed attempts at landing successful roles as an actress, Aniston stepped into the limelight when she starred as Rachel Green in the '90s sitcom "Friends."

"Friends" launched Aniston into international prominence, and her character's hairstyle at the time hugely influenced pop culture. The hairstyle, which the actress ironically hates, is still popular to date.

Since her stint on the widely acclaimed TV series, Aniston has gone on to star in several movies and has won many awards for her work in TV and films. She has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards and eleven Screen Actors Guild Awards. From these nominations, she has received two Screen Actors Guild Awards, an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe. 

Aniston is also the recipient of a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Additionally, she has been one of the highest-paid actresses since 2001. The “Murder Mystery” actress returned to TV in 2019 with "The Morning Show," where she stars as Alex Levy. 

On March 22, 2023, Aniston was on the "Live With Kelly and Ryan" show to talk about her upcoming project, "Murder Mystery 2," when she reminisced on her fun and wild adventures in Cher's house as a teenager, as reported by Vanity Fair. Continue reading to find out how the duo became friends. 

Cherilyn Sarkisian is a singer and actress popularly known as Cher and often regarded as the goddess of pop. The singer has received praise for her talent and powerful contralto voice, which stands her out among others. For over six decades, she has established herself in what was once a male-dominated industry. 

The singer stepped into the spotlight in 1965 alongside her ex-husband, Sonny Bono, when the duo known as Sonny & Cher released their song "I Got You Babe," which peaked at number one on the US and UK charts. Following this, she released her first solo singles, including "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" and "You Better Sit Down Kids.”

Cher is also the only artist in the world to have had a single in the number 1 spot on the Billboard chart in each of the past six decades. Some of her top singles include "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves," "Half-Breed" and "Dark Lady." Her 1998 album "Believe" used auto-tune heavily, which changed her vocalization and popularized the use of the musical audio plugin. The result is now referred to as the "Cher effect." The song also made it to the top of the Billboard chart at the time and was the biggest-selling single of all time by a female artist in the UK. 

Cher also ventured into acting in the 1970s, starting with the CBS series "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour." After that, she appeared in films like "Silkwood," "Mask" and "Moonstruck." She has also received a Grammy, an Emmy, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, the Billboard Icon Award and awards from the Kennedy Center Honors.

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Aniston shared how she got to know Cher while on the "Live With Kelly and Ryan" show on March 22, 2023. As reported by Vanity Fair, while talking to hosts Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest about her new movie, “Murder Mystery 2,” the "Friends" actress reminisced about how she used to hang out at Cher's house as a child. Aniston went to the same school, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, as the singer's son, Chaz Bono, and the two were part of the same gang. She told the hosts (as per Vanity Fair): 

"Well, I went to high school with Chaz and amongst our group of, our gaggle, we would always go to her house because it was nice. It was Cher." 

Aniston shared that they liked Cher's former home because it had "beautiful windows" and "chiffon curtains." Moreover, her neighbor at the time was Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. She continued: 

"It was just wild and wonderful cause we didn't really know Cher. We were little kids in high school, though I guess you understand a little bit at that point. It was just fun to be able to hang out with Cher." 

The "We're The Millers" actress also confessed that they loved to nibble on the music star's collection of snacks. 

"Yes, she had food, from Balducci's, as she likes to say. And she seems to think I ate it all," Aniston revealed incredulously. "She would always go, 'Yeah, you ate me out of house and home.' And I was like, 'How was I the only one partaking in the cold cuts!'" 

The "Horrible Bosses" actress also admitted that she might have snuck into Cher's closet and had a peep after Ripa asked if she ever did that. 

Did you know Jennifer Aniston and Cher were friends? Did you watch "Friends?" Have you listened to any of Cher's music or watched her movies? What are your thoughts about Aniston’s revelations? Let us know — and be sure to pass this article on to friends, family members and fans of Jennifer Aniston and Cher.