“I know Michelle more than him,” clarified the actress
Jennifer Aniston, Barack Obama. Photo: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Kevin Dietsch/Getty
Jennifer Aniston is clearing up “untrue” tabloid rumors, including one claiming she’s romantically linked to former President Barack Obama.
While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Morning Show actress was presented with a magazine cover that had the headline “The Truth About Jen & Barack.” Another line on the cover says his wife Michelle Obama is “Betrayed as Aniston Steals Her Husband’s Attention,” and that Aniston and Barack are “obsessed with each other.”
Laughing, Aniston, 55, said, “Of all the calls you get from your publicist, where you’re just like, ‘Oh, no, what’s it gonna be?’ or the email saying, you know, some cheesy tabloid is gonna make up a story, and then it’s that.”
“I was not mad at it,” the actress joked.
Aniston clarified that rumor linking her and Barack, 63, is “absolutely untrue.” She added, “I have met him once. I know Michelle more than him.” Kimmel then jokingly asked, “Is there a truth about you and Michelle that we should know?” Said Aniston with a smile, “That is not true.”
Thursday, Oct. 3, marks the Obamas’ 32nd wedding anniversary. For their special day last year, Michelle, 60, wrote on Instagram, “I love going through life with you by my side.” He added in a post at the time, “You’re brilliant, kind, funny, and beautiful — and I’m lucky to call you mine.”
Aniston was previously married to actors Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux. She said in a 2022 interview with Allure that she was open to dating again but not interested in marriage.
Jennifer Aniston on Sept. 15, 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty
“Never say never, but I don’t have any interest,” Aniston said at the time. “I’d love a relationship. Who knows? There are moments I want to just crawl up in a ball and say, ‘I need support.’ It would be wonderful to come home and fall into somebody’s arms and say, ‘That was a tough day.’ “
Back in 2015, she told CBS Sunday Morning that she learned to brush off and ignore tabloid media attention.
“Just don’t pay attention. I think I used to,” the Friends star said at the time. “There was a period where I was hell-bent on saying, ‘That’s not true, that’s not right, that’s not fair.’ And now I just think you have to let it roll off your back and you realize, I think everyone knows it’s all B.S. and, like, soap opera on paper.”
