Jennifer Anistonis opening up about feeling “unsafe” in her childhood.
“What is it that allows you to stay buoyant and keep from getting discouraged when things don’t go the right way?” Bullock, 55, asked Aniston.
“First of all, that was the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me,” Aniston said. “I think that it comes from growing up in a household that was destabilized and felt unsafe, watching adults being unkind to each other, and witnessing certain things about human behavior that made me think: ‘I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to be that. I don’t want to experience this feeling I’m having in my body right now. I don’t want anyone else that I ever come in contact with ever to feel that.'”
The actress continued: “So I guess I have my parents to thank. You can either be angry or be a martyr, or you can say, ‘You’ve got lemons? Let’s make lemonade.'”
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Aniston’s parents,Nancy Dowand John Aniston, divorced when she was nine years old.
John, 86, is best known for portraying Victor Kiriakis onDays of Our Lives, while Dow — whodied in 2016— acted in shows likeThe Beverly HillbilliesandThe Wild Wild West.
TheMorning Showstar has previously opened up about her complicated relationship with her mother. In an interview withThe Sunday Telegraphin 2018, Anistoncompared their relationshipto a “similar” mother-daughter relationship that was portrayed in her 2018 Netflix movieDumplin’.
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“One of the reasons I really loved the mother-daughter aspect of it was because it was very similar in a way to what my mother, and our relationship, was,” Aniston said at the time.
In December, Anistoncelebrated the Christmas holiday with a throwback photoof her father John.
“Christmas with one of my creators,” the Golden Globe-nominated actresscaptioned the post. “Then and now #TBT. Love you, papa ❤️.”
source: people.com
