Jennifer Aniston says she was drunk, digitally altered on GQ

Jennifer Aniston on The View, 12/24/08, Part 1. GQ questions are about 2 minutes in.

Jennifer Aniston on The View, 12/24/08, Part 2

Jennifer Aniston was on The View on Tuesday. She started off by telling a cute story about how one of the dogs playing Marley in her new film ate a cake they had out as a prop. Then Barbara Walters starting grilling her about the GQ cover in that sickly sweet kind of disturbing way she has. Walters is like the great aunt you avoid all year until the holidays when you’re forced into uncomfortable personal questions and stories about childhood you’d long repressed, her ancient perfume giving you a headache.

Aniston said that her GQ cover was Photoshopped and admitted that she was drunk during the photoshoot when Joy asked her about it. “They got me bombed,” she deadpanned.

Walters: It is Jennifer Aniston as you have not seen her before. What happened to the girl next door from “Friends”?
Aniston: Where… Photoshopped – she’s there.

Walters: Are you trying to project a somewhat different image?
Aniston: [referring to GQ] Let’s put this [magazine] down. This had a whole concept. There was going to be different stages of undress… me in a gown, and then men in a tuxedo and all of a sudden I would be wearing the man’s shirt. In the next shot he’d have no shirt and then, they were supposed to get naked. I don’t know what happened.

Behar: Were you drinking or smoking?
Aniston: They got me bombed. It was a Danny Devito moment.

[Transcribed from Aniston’s appearance on The View, aired 12/24/08]

Elisabeth said that a lot of women might be jealous of Aniston because she’s got a great body, but that’s not the case since she’s so down to earth and “people really pull for [Aniston].”

Sherri recalled one of her first television jobs was a guest role as a tour guide on Friends. She said that Aniston was friendly to her back then. She went right up to Shepherd and said “Hi I’m Jennifer Aniston. It’s nice to meet you. Do you need anything?”

Joy Behar asked Aniston why she once said she was an overthinker, and she kind of vacillated on the answer, saying that sometimes she thinks too much and other times she’s spontaneous. From her explanation later on it sounded like she thinks about her answers after the fact.

The overdone “what do you think about turning 40?” question was brought up by ever-astute Elisabeth. Aniston joked that she didn’t have a choice about getting older and quipped “I am proud of almost turning 40.”

Overall Aniston was in her element on the panel and you could tell she was comfortable and having fun despite the probing questions.

Marley & Me opened in the US yesterday, on Christmas. It’s getting mixed reviews, with some people saying the end is manipulative and others calling it touching.

Jennifer Aniston is shown below outside the Late Show on 12/17/08. Credit: WENN

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