Jennifer Aniston’s love life never seems to leave the spotlight. After her divorce
from Brad Pitt in 2005, fans have been pulling for the actress to find the man of her dreams.
She finally appeared to have found happiness when she wed Justin Theroux in 2015, but just
two and a half years later, fans were crushed again when they announced their split.
During an August 2018 interview, however, Aniston revealed that she’s “doing just
fine.” She said, “With all due respect, I’m not heartbroken.”
Aniston obviously doesn’t need to be in a relationship to be happy, but she has given
love a try a few times over the years. Here’s every man who has been linked to Aniston.
Back in 1995, Aniston was briefly linked to
Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz. Their romance can only be described as a short fling,
considering Duritz has claimed in an interview that they “never even slept together.”
Another sign they never got too serious? Duritz dated Aniston’s Friends co-star Courteney
Cox, who is also her real-life friend, in 1997.
You may remember Tate Donovan from his role
in Friends. He played Rachel Green’s love interest, Joshua, having met while Aniston’s
character was working as a personal shopper at Bloomingdale’s.
Aniston and Donovan, however had already been in a serious relationship before his character
made an appearance. They started dating in 1995, and by 1997, they became engaged. Unfortunately,
they called off the wedding by 1998.
Aniston and Paul Rudd have been screen partners
numerous times over the years. But as it turns out, they’ve been a little more than just
co-stars to each other. It all started after appearing in 1998’s The Object of My Affection
together, having reportedly sparked up some romance.
Then, in 2012, two starred in Wanderlust together — in which they share a kissing scene. When
they were asked if it was “weird to kiss” each other, Aniston responded, “Nah, I’ve
kissed him for years.” Rudd added, “We’ve made out for decades.”
You may also recall Rudd starring as the husband of Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) on Friends, so Aniston
and Rudd have had plenty of opportunities to sneak in some romance.
Aniston and Brad Pitt were the it-couple from
1998 to 2005. Not only did they make one attractive pair, but they seemed completely in love every
time we saw them together. They got married in 2000, but all that went away when Pitt
found love with Angelina Jolie in 2005’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Now that Pitt and Aniston are both single yet again, some fans are still holding out
hope that they’ll reunite. However, we wouldn’t hold the exes to it.
After her divorce from Pitt, Aniston moved
on with her co-star from 2006’s The Break-Up, Vince Vaughn. They dated for a year, but their
romance ended up fizzling. At the very least, her real-life romance with her character’s
love interest was appropriate payback for Pitt’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith romance with Jolie.
Although we’ve never received confirmation
that Aniston and Paul Sculfor were romantically linked, we’d like to believe it’s true.
Sculfor is a dashing British model, and they were reportedly together for a few months
in 2007.
Yet another strictly speculated romance, rumors
circulated that Aniston and Orlando Bloom briefly dated in 2007. No one ever confirmed
the relationship … but they didn’t deny it, either.
Aniston’s relationship with John Mayer seemed
to be the real deal, but “life reasons” apparently got in the way. They dated for
11 months, starting in 2008, and seemed happy despite headlines claiming Mayer was a “womanizer.”
After they’d gone their separate ways, Mayer spilled how he was really feeling about their
split in a Playboy interview. “We just have a regard for each other’s feelings that
is pretty intense,” he said. “It’s been a deep relationship, and it’s no longer
taking place at all. Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship
for life reasons?”
As The Bounty Hunter co-stars, Aniston and
Gerard Butler reportedly had a brief romance in 2009. Even though nothing came of their
relationship, Aniston raved about Butler in a 2010 interview.
“We just had so much fun together, you know. He’s just fun,” she said. “Gerry’s
the most unpretentious guy.”
It seemed Aniston had finally found her happy
ending with Justin Theroux. They first started dating in 2011, and by Aug. 5, 2015, they
finally tied the knot. After two and a half years of seemingly blissful marriage, the
two shocked the world in a joint announcement of their separation.
In order to set the record straight, Aniston and Theroux released the following statement
on Feb. 15, 2018: "In an effort to reduce any further speculation,
we have decided to announce our separation. This decision was mutual and lovingly made
at the end of last year. We are two best friends who have decided to part ways as a couple,
but look forward to continuing our cherished friendship."