Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux engaged
Former “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston is engaged to marry her actor and screenwriter boyfriend Justin Theroux – People magazine reported on Sunday.
“Justin Theroux had an amazing birthday on Friday, receiving an extraordinary gift when his girlfriend Jennifer Aniston accepted his proposal of marriage” – Theroux’s representative told the celebrity magazine.
Aniston’s publicist Steven Huvane confirmed the engagement.
Aniston (43) and Theroux (41) have been dating for more than a year and appeared in the comedy “Wanderlust” in February.
No wedding date was announced.
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux.
Aniston had been a part of such speculation for years, ever since the demise of her marriage to Brad Pitt after a five-year union in 2005. While Pitt moved on to a long-term relationship with Angelina Jolie, Aniston had high-profile relationships with John Mayer and Vince Vaughn that didn’t last, leading to the common narrative – When will Jen find someone or have a child?
It’s a theme that irked the former “Friends” actress.
“It’s very narrow-minded, I think. It doesn’t measure the level or my happiness or success in my life and my achievements or any of that” – she told “CBS This Morning” earlier this year. In the same interview, she said she was happier than she’d ever been.
This will be Theroux’s first marriage. It’s not clear if a wedding date for the couple had been set.
Aniston’s engagement comes four months after Pitt and Jolie announced their engagement.
Their romance was infamously shrouded in whispers that they embarked on a relationship while Brad was still married to Jennifer – having met on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith in 2004.
However, as news of the wedding has still not been confirmed and insiders are claiming that next weekend is “a far more likely date”, Jennifer and Justin have stolen their thunder.
The couple, who have been dating for more than a year, were first seen together in May 2011.
Just two months later, Jen placed her Beverly Hills mansion on the market for $38m, before buying a palatial LA Bel-Air home with Justin in January of this year – for a reported $22m.
Jennifer and Justin both starred in Wanderlust together, a comedy flop with Paul Rudd about a modern New York couple trying to escape society by moving to a commune in Georgia.
Fans will be elated for Jennifer, as the Los Angeles native was largely considered to be unlucky-in-love.
Following her four and a half year marriage to Pitt, which saw them separate in January 2005, she endured a string of fling flops.
Aniston was seen on the arm of The Break-Up co-star Vince Vaughn soon after, before moving on to British model Paul Sculfor for a few months in 2007 and later had an on/off romance with John Mayer.
Meanwhile, Theroux fell under the microscope during his courting of Aniston – as he broke up with his long-term girlfriend of 14 years, Heidi Bivens.
The well-respected fashion stylist, who has worked at Details and Vogue, was said to be “blindsided” by his actions.
However, she seems to be moving on, having been hired for costume designer duties on the new Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens film Spring Breakers.
But it seems Jennifer certainly made Justin sweat, reportedly turning down his initial proposal in June during a romantic European jaunt in Paris and Rome.
And in an interview with GQ Spain, she said she no longer strives for the perfect life as it’s “cliche”.
Asked if it bothers her that her personal life is under constant scrutiny, she said: “A perfect life? I think that’s sort of cliche, isn’t it?
“Like, if you want to be happy, you should have the house, the husband, the kid… Kids are messy!”