Jennifer Aniston Got Real About Why Past Pregnancy Rumors Were "Hurtful" And How She Took Them "Very Personally"

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If you've picked up a tabloid magazine any time within the last 20 years, chances are you've seen a false story about Jennifer Aniston being pregnant. It's happened a lot!

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And she knows it. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the actor opened up about the constant rumors she's faced throughout her career.

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"I used to take it all very personally — the pregnancy rumors and the whole, 'Oh, she chose career over kids' assumption," she explained. "It's like, 'You have no clue what's going with me personally, medically, why I can't…can I have kids?' They don't know anything, and it was really hurtful and just nasty."

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Aniston went on to say that social media has effectively replaced the tabloids' role in spreading false stories and rumors. "Although I haven't seen a tabloid in so long," she joked. "Am I still having twins? Am I going to be the miracle mother at 52?"

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"Now you've got social media. It's almost like the media handed over the sword to any Joe Schmo sitting behind a computer screen to be a troll or whatever they call them and bully people in comment sections."

"So it's just sort of changed hands in a way. And I don't know why there's such a cruel streak in society. I often wonder what they get off on."

Read the entire interview here.