Jennifer Aniston Reacts to 'Untrue' Rumor She and Barack Obama Are 'Obsessed with Each Other': 'I've Met Him Once'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jennifer Aniston, Barack Obama.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Kevin Dietsch/Getty

Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Kevin Dietsch/Getty

Jennifer Anistonis clearing up “untrue” tabloid rumors, including one claiming she’s romantically linked toformer President Barack Obama.

While appearing onJimmy Kimmel Live!,theMorning Showactress was presented with a magazine cover that had the headline “The Truth About Jen & Barack.” Another line on the cover says his wifeMichelle Obamais “Betrayed as 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 it gonna be?’ or the email saying, you know, some cheesy tabloid is gonna make up a story, and then it’sthat.”

“I was not mad at it,” the actress joked.

Aniston clarified that rumor linking her and Barack, 63, is “absolutely untrue.” She added, “I have met him once. I know Michelle more than him.” Kimmel then jokingly asked, “Is there a truth about you and Michelle that we should know?” Said Aniston with a smile, “That is not true.”

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Aniston was previously married to actors Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux. She said in a 2022 interview withAllurethat she wasopen to dating again but not interested in marriage.

Jennifer Aniston on Sept. 15, 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

“Never say never, but I don’t have any interest,” Aniston said at the time. “I’d love a relationship. Who knows? There are moments I want to just crawl up in a ball and say, ‘I need support.’ It would be wonderful to come home and fall into somebody’s arms and say, ‘That was a tough day.’ "

Back in 2015, she toldCBS Sunday Morningthat she learned to brush off and ignore tabloid media attention.

“Just don’t pay attention. I think I used to,” theFriendsstar said at the time. “There was a period where I was hell-bent on saying, ‘That’s not true, that’s not right, that’s not fair.’ And now I just think you have to let it roll off your back and you realize, I think everyone knows it’s all B.S. and, like, soap opera on paper.”

source: people.com