Earlier today we got to see the stunning photograph of a very nekkid Jennifer Aniston on the cover of the new issue of GQ magazine. As a result, GQ.com updated their site with the full photoset from Jen‘s (empowering?) GQ spead and her coverstory interview in full. Here are a few of photos of Jennifer (wearing a bit more clothing) as well as more portions of her GQ coverstory:
It’s a sunny afternoon in late October, and Jennifer Aniston and I are having lunch inside the bright, modern Beverly Hills home she uses as an office, talking about the 24/7 unscripted drama—call it The Jen Show—whose mobile production unit is parked right out front. Arriving for our meeting, I’d watched three paparazzi SUVs speed by, rip some Grand Theft Auto–style doughnuts in the street, and station their vehicles facing downhill, positioned for pursuit. There seem to be about a half-dozen paps outside—a slow day on the set. Last week’s episode, “The One Where Jen and John Mayer Get Back Together,” drew twenty men who trailed her constantly, jockeying for those exclusive photos of the couple that have fetched as much as $20,000. Today’s crew are just staffers, guys who stalk Aniston full-time for photo agencies like X17. “Yesterday I pulled up to one truck and rolled down my window,” she says, leaning in. “I go, ‘Let me just ask, this is every day? Every day now? Is there a way we could make this a little bit saner?’ It’s just not human to walk around with twenty cars following you—there’s no ease. Maybe they do want you to get all Mariah Carey on yourself and be put into an institution. I miss the days when they hid in the bushes.” There’s an edge to the way Aniston jokes about the public’s obsession with her life, especially when she describes the ill will she harbors for the anonymous parasites who chronicle the burgers she eats, the gas she pumps, the trash she takes out. At one point, I mention that one of the guys out front has a ladder in the back of his 4Runner. “That’s illegal!” she snaps. The ladder, if used to peep over her towering hedges, would violate California privacy law. “I hope he hits something.” She pauses, realizing how that sounds. “It’s terrible when you wish horrible things on other human beings.” Listening to Jen tear into the tabloid circus is entertaining stuff, and for a moment I marvel at just how lucky I am to be inside the iron gate, eating a delicious, Asian-influenced chicken-and-fried-cheese dish with one of the world’s most sought-after women, a woman who has barely talked to the press in two years…until, that is, I remember that I’ve come to Aniston’s office in large part to ask precisely the same sorts of questions—Is this thing with Mayer really going to last? Are you truly over the divorce? Don’t you just fucking hate Angelina?—that the scrum of photographers out front seek to answer with their cameras. Huh. I guess we could talk about Halloween or some shit. But isn’t the tabloid stuff all anyone really wants to know?
Yeah, I don’t know if agreeing to pose for photoshoots like this is going to do much to get people to NOT want to photograph her when she’s out in public but I suppose the woman has got to live her life as she sees fit. I’m always so amazed that celebrities have no problem courting fame in this manner (and really, what other reason does one pose for scantily clad photos like this if not for the attention of others) and, in the very next breath, complain that they are hounded far too much by the media. It makes NO SENSE to me. But again, that’s the game these people play. It seems like this “no means yes” mentality towards fame and fortune is diametrically opposed to the peace, quiet and privacy these celebs claim to want from the public. I mean, really. After the jump, check out one more photo of Jennifer Aniston from her racy GQ photospread — she’s back to wearing nothing but a strategically placed men’s necktie so, I think it’s worth a look …
Again, Jennifer looks utterly amazing in these photos. And I fully expect for the unwanted attention she gets from the paps to escalate … I mean, photos like this are meant to create buzz and watercooler talk … right? Buzz away!
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She looks amazing but besides FRIENDS, Jen is not the greatest actress.. ANYONE can play her roles and frankly, the roles she’s played aren’t that memorable like The Breakup, Picture Perfect. Derailed.. At least Angie has movies that seem to be made for her like Tomb Raider, Changeling, Wanted.. And of course Jen’s bod seem better than Angie’s.. She’s been dealing with her mom’s death and the birth of 3 kids..
i am so sick of jennifer aniston. she just needs to get over the fact that she’s lost brad, she’s not having babies and that angelina’s pretty much the one that gave brad all that he wanted…
everytime something about her comes out it just SCREAMS high school…or maybe even middle school… where the dumpee pretends to be all happy in a loud and obnoxious way…
but hey… magazines are making money off of the make believe (or one sided) feud, so anything that helps stimulate the economy is good… i guess …
Lets be honest Jen was never considered cream of the crop when it came to movies. I never considered her amazingly gorgeous, but she has a normal girl next door face with a bangin body.
Countless actresses pose next to nude nearing the opening of a new film. (Angelina has done it. Is she desperate?)
The photos are tastefully done. There is nothing trashy about them. So, I don’t understand why anyone would consider this spread an act of desperation unless they are jealous or firmly planted in the Brad and Angelina camp. I crinch to even mention them as well, because this whole “Brangelina” vs Jennifer nonsense is completely media made. Is she entitled to hard feelings? FUCK yes. It has to be hard to have the “power couple” all over the media, with Angelina talking about how blissed out she is, how great Brad and her are together, and telling the world that he was falling in love with her while his wife was none the wiser.
They were married, public eye or not that means something and that had to hurt for a long while, but she has moved on. The media won’t let her forget it or let us forget it and they continue to paint her as this jilted ex who is still hanging on and that really sucks for her, because I imagine all she is trying to do is live her life and leave the past in the past.
As far as the paps go, I can sympathize with real actors, actresses, and performers who did not get into this line of work for the fame and attention. And after what the media did with her divorce and what they still do in rags like In Touch(because obviously they have succeeded in turning her into a whiney “desperate” victim with some of you) I don’t blame her for wanting them out of her face.
J to tha da (Has a HUGE ego) Says:
And I’m probably going to get crap for this, but saying that a celebrity doing a sexy photoshoot in a mag is asking the paps to follow her is like saying a girl is a short skirt wants to get sexually assaulted.
Thank you! I couldn’t have said it better myself!!!
I agree with your entire post
If she would stop taking the bait and answering the questions, eventually they would stop asking. Just say that it is none of their business and move on.
Problem is, given her lack of versatile talent (sorry, but it is true) and hit movies, commenting on her ex, dating John Mayer, and these new nud-ish pics are, unfortch, the only things keeping the public’s attention.
I also agree with numerous posters- regardless of how great her body looks, these pics seem forced and desperate. Try coming out with a buzz-worthy acting performance instead.
@ Ella
I really think it says something about the state of our country when you are suppose to just “get over” the collapse of your marriage. They got married and were in love. Maybe the marriage was falling apart, but it’s a MARRIAGE. You are vowing to be together forever, and some people take those vows seriously. It’s not like Angelina stole her prom date. So honestly she has every right to be angry, and hurt over it.
I also guarantee that even if Jen did fall head over heels for someone else, and got remarried the headlines would read “Jen’s Revenge: How Finding Love Helped her Stick it to Brangelina One Last Time.” It’s amazing to me how easily we believe everything we read in the tabs. i remember the days when people took tabloids with a grain of sand.
Jen looks pretty but I don’t get why she did this type of photoshoot. But like people wrote on here, I think she’s just enjoying the shape she is in and is at a point that it’s like “d*mned if I do, d*mned if I don’t”…which is unfortunately where our sweetheart seems to be in the media..people complained she was depressed or whatever when she wouldn’t open up about Brad’s cheating self and when she does speak up (in the mildest of ways..”uncool” is not really like fighting words) she is now “desperate” and not moving on. WHATEVER. Brad and Angelina are the ones who should be getting punishment from the media, not Jen..she was the victim in that relationship and somehow it’s Brad and Angelina who came out unscathed. Insane. I think Angelina is a manipulative punk who’s image she keeps trying to maintain even though it’s all crafted and she’s still a sly and coniving person (think like a SNAKE)..she seems incredibly capable of pulling wool over a lot of people’s eyes..because that’s what she’s done to have so many fans of her and Brad. I will never like those losers! I think Jen is moving on but people/interviewers never stop asking her about Brad/Angelina and she’s finally answering a little (after YEARS of silence!) and it’s more than some people can handle…whatever….. Jen, keep doing your thing! I don’t think a photoshoot like this was necessary.. but to each their own…she must just want to bask and live for the day and enjoy her skin while she’s looking her best..
J to tha da (Has a HUGE ego)
I wholeheartedly agree. Aside from Pink is the New Blog I don’t read any celeb magazines. You can really see how popular they’ve become and it is very telling about the state of our country.
People are reading these stories and picking sides like they are watching a soap opera and not seeing snippets of real peoples lives-snippets that are taken out of context and moments that they would rather forget and move on from.
Jen has been dealt a harsh blow, and it is unfair and so shocking and disheartening to see so many people feeding into what the media has turned her into yelling team Brangelina when they have both admitted to at least an emotional affair while Pitt was still married. How is she the bad guy? How is going on with her career as she sees fit desperate and why does her career have to be compared to Angelina’s as though that makes what Angelina did okay?
It wasn’t a marriage on television. These two people vowed forever and Aniston got her heart broken in the worst possible way in the public eye which has to be worse-especially now with Pitt and Jolie saying they fell in love on set with Aniston none the wiser. And people want to call her desperate because she is doing something that hundreds of starlets including Angelina have done before her. And she has stripped down to her skivvies before. This is not the first time. It really makes me sad and kind of sick.
People are quick to shrug their shoulders when an actor or actress complains about the paparazzi when the fact of the matter is they did not sign up for the explosion of this particular branch of the media industry. It has not always been like this. Like Jen said she missed the days of paps hiding in the bushes. What about Princess Diana? She never did a spread for Maxim or GQ and she was hounded until the day that she died. Did she sign up for that?
Money and glamour are not a fair trade off when you can’t go to the grocery store with your child without twenty cameras following and crowding around you. No wonder Britney went nuts. I would too. It’s simply too much pressure and too many naive readers who allow it to continue. It’s simply supply and demand.
In the last pic with her sitting with the tie she looks like ashlee Simpson. Maybe a long lost sister? Too much photoshop?
Scream for privacy/pose naked on an international magazine cover = narcissistic mental illness.
trent, arent u just being a lil biased? am not a fan of jen and neither britney’s. but when britney did the same, u do applaud her. what gives?
I think she looks great and good for her for having the kind of body at 40 that she can pose for photos like this. Why is it that she’s getting all the flack but when Angelina does anything it’s all golden???
As for the paparazzi, there should be a stalking law put in place. Yes they are public figures but there are limits to what people should be allowed to do when trying to get a photograph. These people like X17 and others are no better than bounty hunters and should be charged before another celebrity (like Diana) dies in a horrific way being chased by these money hungry parasites. I would gladly support a bill that protects the celebrities and their families from being intruded on in their daily lives like this. I have no problem if they are being photographed, etc when they are on a press junket but other than that…leave them alone!!!!!
why aren’t you being more empathetic? you come out sounding so not nice :(
I honestly don’t mind the relationship the papparazzi have with their celebrity fixations but it SHOULD be heavily regulated. If the papparazzi were legally confined to certain streets and events, we’d still get our lohan/hilton, richie fix, but people like Aniston who clearly don’t want the negative attention will have an easier time staying away from it.
Oh, and about the nudity, the woman is 40 and has every right to be friggin’ proud of that body of hers. Again, the photo shoot was HER choice and she had fun with it. Good for her. It’s too bad people can’t differentiate between intrusive papparazzi shots and an organized, professional photo shoot. There IS a difference. Good on ya’ Jen, keep it up!
WHATEVER. You can tell interviewers (pre-sit down) which topics are absolutely off limits or ones that won’t be addressed if asked.
Good point Mandy. Britney was naked in the Womanizer video, yet complained about 30 cars parked outside of her house. Yet we all feel compassion for her desires to be left alone…why is it any different?
When, exactly, did I say anything different about Britney’s “desires to be left alone”? I feel immense compassion for Britney on many things but her celebrity, notsomuch.
I think she looks absoutely amazing! I hope I look like that when I’m in my 40′s!!
Ah…a lot of jealousy I’m reading! WISHING you had her body, fame, and fortune! If this is all Jennifer Anniston does for a little bit of attention, then good for her! At least she isn’t a homewrecking, husband stealing, psychopath that makes out with her brother, and daddy, and god knows who else for attention! You know that Angelina is only “adding to her brood” with all these kids for attention from none other than you all! Talk about desperate!
i like her less and less..
I cannot stand Angelina and couldn’t even before she showed her true home wrecking colors. She looks like she belongs barfoot and pregnant in a trailor in south Georgia. Jennifer has always maintained a level of class and control of herself and I love that about her. She was hysterical on Friends and in her movies. If you will notice, no other celebrity has anything bad to say about her. She seems like a real person. And honestly, if someone had stolen my husband I would be saying A LOT more about her. In fact, I’m pretty sure I would say them to her face. I think it is utterly ridiculous that she gets all this negative attention for being GORGEOUS and HAPPY in her own skin. I love her. She’s awesome and Angie needs to stay in France.