Jennifer Aniston decided to address a bizarre claim linking her romantically with former President Barack Obama.
During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the “Friends” star was showed a tabloid cover screaming the headline, “The Truth About Jen & Barack.”
Another part of the cover suggested that former first lady Michelle Obama felt “Betrayed as Aniston Steals Her Husband’s Attention,” hinting at an “obsession” between Aniston and Barack.
With a laugh, Aniston, 55, remarked, “Of all the calls you get from your publicist, where you’re just like, ‘Oh, no, what’s it gonna be?’ or the email saying, you know, some cheesy tabloid is gonna make up a story, and then it’s that.”
“I was not mad at it,” she quipped.
When questioned about the rumor connecting her with Obama, 63, she firmly stated it was “absolutely untrue.”
“I have met him once,” she clarified. “I know Michelle more than him.”
Kimmel playfully asked, “Is there a truth about you and Michelle that we should know?” Aniston, smiling, replied, “That is not true.”
The rumors surfaced ahead of the Obamas’ celebrating their 32nd anniversary on October 3rd.
Former President Obama shared a photo of himself with his wife at an art museum, hugging and smiling in front of Alvin Ailey dance posters.
“Happy anniversary, @MichelleObama! 32 years together, and I couldn’t have asked for a better partner and friend to go through life with,” he wrote.
Happy anniversary, @MichelleObama! 32 years together, and I couldn’t have asked for a better partner and friend to go through life with. pic.twitter.com/04t41YYfN6
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 3, 2024
Michelle shared the same picture, expressing her gratitude for their lengthy marriage.
“32 action packed years with my honey! Through it all, thank you for always having my back, being by my side, and finding ways to make me smile. I love you, @BarackObama,” she posted.
Aniston has previously been married to actors Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux.
On Tuesday, Kimmel reviewed the Vice Presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz, which he described as being “between two men who couldn’t be more different.”
“One of them called Donald Trump a reprehensible idiot who shouldn’t be president, the other is Tim Walz,” he sniped.
Walz and Vance “stuck to the issues, they showed each other a lot of respect,” Kimmel added. “It was, uh, very boring.”
“I’ll be honest, I liked these debates better with Trump involved, I really do,” he admitted.
Watching a vice-presidential debate is “like taking your kids apple picking,” he began. “About halfway through, you’re like, ‘OK, this sounded like it was going to be fun, but what’s the point?'”
“It was weird to see Tim Walz being so serious,” Kimmel noted. “I kept waiting for him to reach down behind his podium and come up with a corndog and a baby pig.”
Meanwhile, Vance drew some fake concern from Kimmel. “You kind of feel sympathy for JD Vance, having to defend Donald Trump, who he himself openly denounced. It’s kind of like being Diddy’s defense attorney.”
However, “both candidates were pretty darn polite to each other,” Kimmel pointed out before showing a montage of the two agreeing with one another.
“Trump is not going to like that at all,” he concluded. “You’re in trouble, JD.”
During Wednesday’s broadcast, Kimmel went wild about Special Counsel Jack Smith releasing an extensive report detailing Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
The report included insights from Trump’s private talks with former Vice President Mike Pence, which revealed he “pressured” Pence to change the election outcome after Joe Biden’s win in 2020.
“I knew Trump pressured Mike Pence to break the law, I just didn’t know how many times he did it,” Kimmel began the segment.
“There were meetings, phone calls, text messages. Pence was basically Trump’s Baby Reindeer,” he said in reference to a popular Netflix series about a man being relentlessly stalked by a woman.
Kimmel highlighted one conversation in the report where Trump asked for help again when Pence called to wish him a Merry Christmas.
“Pence emphatically responded, ‘You know I don’t think I have the authority to change the outcome,'” the report stated.
“Can you imagine calling a guy to wish a merry Christmas and he’s like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever, I need you to commit some treason for me,’” Kimmel quipped.
“Benedict Arnold was relentless with Mike Pence,” he added. “And Pence tried everything to steer him right he tried to convince him to run again in four years.”