Jennifer Aniston responds to ‘untrue’ rumors that she and Barack Obama are ‘obsessed with each other’: ‘I met him once’

“I know Michelle better than him,” the actress clarified

Jennifer Aniston is clearing up “untrue” tabloid rumors, including claims that she is romantically linked to former President Barack Obama.

When appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The morning show The actress was presented with a magazine cover with the headline “The Truth About Jen and Barack.” Another line on the cover says that his wife Michelle Obama is “betrayed while Aniston steals her husband’s attention” and that Aniston and Barack are “obsessed with each other.”

Laughing, Aniston, 55, said: “Of all the calls you get from your publicist where you’re just like, ‘Oh no, what’s that going to be?’ Or the email that says “Some cheesy tabloid is going to make up a story” and then that’s it The.”

“I wasn’t mad about it,” the actress joked.

Aniston clarified that the rumor linking her and 63-year-old Barack was “absolutely untrue.” She added: “I met him once. I know Michelle better than him.” Kimmel then jokingly asked, “Is there a truth about you and Michelle that we should know?” Aniston said with a smile, “That’s not true.”

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Thursday, October 3rd marks the Obamas’ 32nd wedding anniversary. On her special day last year, Michelle, 60, wrote on Instagram: “I love going through life with you by my side.” He added in a post at the time: “You are brilliant, kind, funny and beautiful – and I’m lucky enough to call you mine.”

Aniston was previously married to actors Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux. she said in an interview in 2022 Lure that she was open to dating again but had no interest in marriage.

“Never say never, but I’m not interested,” Aniston said at the time. “I would love a relationship. Who knows? There are moments when I just want to curl up and say, ‘I need support.’ It would be wonderful to come home, fall into someone’s arms and say, ‘It’s been a hard day.'”

In 2015 she told CBS Sunday Morning that she has learned to shrug off and ignore the attention of the tabloids.

“Just don’t pay attention. I think I did that before,” he said Friends Star said at the time. “There was a time when I really wanted to say, ‘That’s not right, that’s not right, that’s not fair.’ And now I just think, you just have to let it happen and you realize: I think everyone knows that this is all nonsense and something like a soap opera on paper.

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