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  TV Quick - So High I Can't Fly


Though Jennifer Aniston has worked hard to get to the top, she's discovered that a whole lot of new things scare her...

She's the best of Friends. And with Jennifer Aniston, you truly feel you could be her buddy. Within minutes of meeting her in the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, Jennifer is acting like an old schoolmate who you could trade boyfriend secrets with during a pizza and a natter. Only today its mineral water in a luxury private suite.

Her trademark golden brown locks are wrapped in a loose bun, with wisps of hair tumbling down to give her that 'just got out of bed' look. The truth is, she's already spent at least an hour in make-up. Wearing a figure-hugging, spaghetti-strap blue dress, Jennifer looks even more stunning in the flesh. And contrary to all those rumours about a weight problem, she's petite.

But despite the upfront friendliness, the lady's not for talking - about men, that is. She's recently been pictured with one of America's most eligible men, Brad Pitt, and stories of a romance have been splashed across the papers. But she won't even confirm whether she first met him in a dog park, as the story goes, when he helped her look for her missing pet mongrel, Enzo. By her own admission, she's been much more guarded since her split from actor Tate Donovan (Ronald Cheanie in Ally McBeal) a few months ago - a break-up the Press blamed variously on his jealousy or her desire to get married. Screwing up her cute nose, she says: 'the break-up has been really hard. He's my friend and I still care deeply for him. People's feelings are out there getting hurt. Untrue things are being said and speculation about "why" and all that crap.'

Her crystal blue eyes focus on her glass of water as she continues: 'I don't believe that because you're in the public eye, everything you do is there for the picking. You give them your work and a photo when you go to an event. So why is all this allowed?'

Jennifer tugs harder on those famous locks as she confides another downside to success. 'The worst bit is being followed in your car or walking out of your house and there's someone waiting for you. You think: "Do they want an autograph or do they want to murder me?"'

As a child, jennifer wasn't allowed to watch television, even though her father was a soap star. Now she's a worldwide name as Rachel in Friends, and is making a name for herself on the big screen. But, as she sits beaming across the table at me, she knows that it could be over tomorrow. And it's started to worry her. She wonders whether her luck can continue and admits to developing an 'Inconvenient fear of flying'. 'I've been told ifs not unusual to suddenly suffer from this phobia when something important comes into your life, be it love, a career or children,' she says. 'It takes a lot for me to fly and I don't take anything to help me. Its like natural labour!
'Lisa [Kudrow, Friends' Phoebe] turned me on to this woman who helped her quit smoking when she was pregnant. She gives you tapes and things to do on the plane to take your mind off the fear. But it didn't do me any good. The flight after my first visit was the scariest of my life!'

Still, flying to Britain had its advantages. She giggles as she recalls an incident when the Friends cast were shooting in London. 'I was shopping with Courteney [Cox] on Oxford Street when this girl, who was a fan, offered me her coat.'
She recalls: 'It was so weird. She asked me for an autograph and I told her what a great coat she was wearing. She explained it was one of her own designs and insisted on giving it to me.
I told her I really felt uncomfortable taking the coat off her back and I'd visit her studio to buy one. But she wouldn't hear of it. This went on for at least 20 minutes.' So did she take the coat in the end?
Jennifer opens her eyes wide and admits: I had no choice! I gotta tell you, I still feel odd about wearing it. But I love this coat. It's such a beautiful coat!'

Tiffany Rose



 

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