She’s returning to her television roots for an iconic reunion.
And Jennifer Aniston made sure to destress before her big night as she stopped by the spa for a little pampering in Beverly Hills.
The 52-year-old actress is gearing up for a night of laughter and tears with her former costars at Friends: The Reunion on HBO Max Thursday night.
Aniston’s signature dark blonde tresses were worn naturally wavy and she wore a black leather bag across her shoulder.
The highly-anticipated Friends reunion has been branded ‘bloated’ and jammed with ‘tiresome filler’ by critics in early TV reviews.
And James Corden has been widely panned for his interview with the show’s stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry, with one slamming his ‘banal’ questions.
The HBO Max special, which airs this Thursday, sees the cast return to the famous set where they filmed the series over 10 years.
They received a reported $2.5M appearance fee for the TV special.
Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade B noting there were ‘flashes of reunion magic’ during the show, but added: ‘Unfortunately, the bloated, 104-minute (!) special sandwiches these flashes of reunion magic between a lot of silly, tiresome filler.
‘Corden’s interview is banal, though he manages to unearth one (obviously thoroughly vetted in advance) revelation about two of the stars.’
The Hollywood Reporter noted the 42-year-old Late Late Show host was only able to draw out ‘superficial conversations’ from the cast which resulted in ‘glibness’ rather than ‘introspection.’
CNN called the 104-minute special ‘big, slightly bloated, and unapologetically nostalgic valentine to fans.’
Among the celebrity guest highlights were Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai being described by her best friend Vee Kativhu as ‘Joey with a hint of Phoebe’ and K-pop boyband BTS revealing they learned how to speak English watching Friends.
Critics seemed to agree on the six stars’ recapturing their chemistry during script readings of episodes ‘The One Where Everybody Finds Out’ and ‘The One Where Ross Finds Out [That Rachel Likes Him].’