Jennifer Aniston on forgiving her mother and letting go of ‘toxic’ anger

“I’m coming through a period that was challenging and coming back into the light.”

Jennifer AnistonJennifer Aniston opened up about the importance of letting go of “toxic” anger and finding forgiveness.

The “Morning Show” star, 53, reflected on how she has moved on from some painful challenges from her past, including a difficult relationship with her late mother, in a new cover interview with “Allure.”

 

She also shared that her unhappiness at home pushed her to seek out other experiences.

“My house was not a fun house to live in,” she said. “I was thrilled to get out.”

The “Friends” star has opened up about her difficult childhood in the past, telling Interview in 2020 that her household felt “destabilized” and “unsafe.”

As Aniston told Allure, she had to work through some feelings from those tough early years in order to move forward.


“I feel like I’m coming through a period that was challenging and coming back into the light,” she said. “I have had to do personal work that was long overdue, parts of me that hadn’t healed from the time I was a little kid.”

Aniston got vulnerable in her Allure interview, also opening up about her journey with IVF and dealing with tabloid pregnancy rumors over the years.

Looking back on how she has worked to overcome various struggles over the years, Aniston has realized she is a “constant work in progress.”

“Thank God,” she said. “How uninteresting would life be if we all achieved enlightenment and that was it?”