Given Jennifer Aniston’s success, one could assume that her idyllic upbringing set the stage for her extraordinary adulthood.
Though the 54-year-old is naturally gifted and talented, she wasn’t always that lucky as a child. Her father, John Aniston, is well-known for playing Days of Our Lives mobster Victor Kiriakis.
The Morning Show actress gave a retrospective of her life, discussing how she overcame challenging circumstances in the past, such as a strained connection with her late mother.
“Thank you for showing me what never to be,” Aniston says of her mother, who she once estranged from, while discussing the significance of letting go of “toxic” emotions.
Aniston’s mother’s criticism of her beauty grew louder as she moved through her early years. “She was from this world of, ‘Honey, take better care of yourself,’ or ‘Honey, put your face on,’ or all of those odd sound bites that I can remember from my childhood,” the woman reminisced of that period in time.