Jennifer Aniston previously confessed “the ship has sailed” after she faced several unsuccessful rounds of IVF.

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Jennifer Aniston previously opened up about how her hopes of becoming a parent was been dashed after unsuccessful IVF attempts.

The Friends star, who turns 56 today (February 11), confessed to spending years trying various methods to conceive, with no success. She expressed regret over not being advised to freeze her eggs earlier, a move she believes would have been a “favour” to herself.

The Hollywood actress described the ordeal of undergoing IVF as “really hard” after facing years of intense scrutiny in the media.

Jennifer admitted to “throwing everything at it”, telling Allure in 2022: “All the years and years and years of speculation… It was really hard. I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it.

“I was throwing everything at it. I would’ve given anything if someone had said to me, ‘Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favour.’”

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She added: “You just don’t think it. So here I am today. The ship has sailed.”

The We’re the Millers star also addressed public criticism following rumours that her marriage to Brad Pitt ended due to her not wanting children.

However, she quickly dismissed the claims as “absolute lies”, stating that she was simply focused on her career.

Jennifer reflected on the challenges she faced in her late 30s and 40s, which she found particularly hard.

“I would say my late 30s, 40s, I’d gone through really hard s***, and if it wasn’t for going through that, I would’ve never become who I was meant to be,” she told the magazine, adding: “I was trying to get pregnant.”

Jennifer Aniston’s latest move on Pedro Pascal sparks debate among fans

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Jennifer Aniston and Pedro Pascal sent the internet into a frenzy in March, when they were spotted together in West Hollywood on a lengthy dinner date.

The Friends star stoked the flames again with a sweet birthday message to Pedro, who turned 50 on April 2. 

Jennifer reposted a comic from the New Yorker to her Instagram stories that saw a therapist telling his patient: “It’s not strange at all – lately, a lot of people are reporting that their faith in humanity is riding entirely on whether or not Pedro Pascal is as nice as he seems.”

“Can confirm – as nice as he seems,” she wrote under the comic, alongside an emoji of a woman raising her hand. 

“Happy birthday PP!” she concluded. Fans were left debating whether she and Pedro were in fact romantically linked, after he seemingly shut down rumors in a recent interview.

Her birthday tribute comes a week after speculation of a blossoming romance between the two went into overdrive following their dinner at Tower Bar. The pair were pictured laughing and talking to each other outside the venue as they waited for the valet, looking at ease in each other’s company. 

Jennifer posted a sweet birthday tribute to The Last of Us actor

Some fans believed their dinner date was a business meeting, after Jennifer joked at the Critics Choice Awards that The Mandalorian star should join her on her hit series, Morning Show. “Do you want to be on it?” she asked Pedro on the red carpet. 

Her co-star, Reese Witherspoon, added, “Wait, we actually do have a really good part for him.” Pedro seemed intrigued, asking them to “Pitch it to me now.” When questioned if the part involved “anything romantic with anybody”, Jennifer responded, “All of us.”

“I’m in,” he joked. “All right, I’ll be waiting to hear from my agents.” 

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The Chilean-American actor quickly squashed dating rumors between himself and Jennifer days after their dinner date. 

“We’re friends, and we went to dinner with mutual friends. It happens,” he told E! News

Pedro is famously private about his love life, preferring to keep his past romances quiet. In 2008, he was linked to Orange is the New Black actress Maria Dizzia, after they appeared in an episode of Law and Order together. 

Pedro is extremely private about his love life

He then sparked dating rumors with his Game of Thrones co-star, Lena Headey, after posting a cozy selfie of the couple.

“Lena is one of my [favorite people],” he later shared on Reddit, as per the Daily Mail.

“She is so funny and so smart, such a good person, a good friend and a good mother, I think everyone on that set and anyone who comes in contact with her develops an instant crush. Talk about male or female, you’re going to get a crush on her easy.”

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Jennifer’s ex-husband, Justin Theroux, tied the knot in March

Fans also speculated that the 50-year-old was dating The Mentalist actress Robin Tunney in 2015, after they worked together on the show a year prior and made frequent red-carpet appearances together. 

However, Robin had been engaged to her partner, Nick Marmet, since 2012, indicating that she and Pedro were just friends. 

Meanwhile, Jennifer’s ex-husband, Justin Theroux, recently tied the knot with his fiancée, Nicole Brydon Bloom, after two years of dating.