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Jennifer Aniston rose to stardom in the 1990s with her appearance inFRIENDS. The sitcom became a massive hit quickly after it started airing. Aniston’s character, Rachel, too became an icon that impacts the pop culture scene even now.

Jennifer Aniston in Friends | Credits: NBC

Moreover, it was also the time when her dreamy marriage with Brad Pitt was in its honeymoon phase until things came crashing down in the early 2000s.

As such, many have wondered if she reminisces about those days in her leisure. Confirming these musings, Jennifer Aniston stated in an interview once how nostalgic she feels looking back at that era.

Jennifer Aniston as Rachel in Friends

Jennifer Aniston claimed that she misses the 90s

Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel fromFRIENDScontinues to inspire people all over the world with her marvellous fashion sense. Many people also connect to her fish out of the water situation when she ran away from her marriage and started a journey to find herself.

However, when the show started airing in 1994, nobody had any idea as to what it would turn into. Or that’s what theMarley & Mestar claimed in an interview with InStyle magazine, as perBuzzfeed.

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When Friends began [in 1994], we were all so wide-eyed and bushy-tailed. We couldn’t believe what was happening, and we had no idea what was coming.

Regardless, she has immense gratitude for what the show became and how it shaped her life. A big part of it she credited to the fact that much like Rachel, she also found her confidence through the show.

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I miss a lot about that time. Having a job that was absolute, pure joy. I miss getting to be with people I love massively and respect beyond words.

She further stated that thinking about those days makes her feel a profound sense of nostalgia. Mostly because, she seems to feel that not being exposed to so much of the world’s horror gave her a feeling of relative security.

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When I think back on the ’90s, it makes me nostalgic — period. They were simpler times. This is going to sound odd, but there was a sense of safety in the world. We weren’t exposed to as much as we are now.

She added that to her, those days feel“lighter”.Especially, as she believes,“There was a lot more human connection”.While this can be inferred as her sense of apprehension to today’s much more individualistic lifestyle, there seems to be more to her statement.

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As fans are aware, Jennifer Aniston, possibly one of the biggest TV stars of the 90s, was married to Brad Pitt at the time. TheFight Clubactor alsomade an appearance in the show in a 2001 Thanksgiving specialepisode ofFRIENDS. However, things took a drastic turn just a couple of years later which turned Aniston’s life upside down.

Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt’s dreamy romance came crashing down with Angelina Jolie’s entry

Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were one of the most beloved Hollywood power couples of that era. According toPeople, the two met in 1998 and a whirlwind romance started that led to Pitt proposing to Aniston the next year.

The former couple tied the knot in 2000, and their equally dreamy married life ensued. Until, of course, a couple of years later, when Brad Pitt metAngelina Joliewhile filmingMr. & Mrs. Smith.

While they had claimed that their relationship did not start right off the bat in 2003, Jolie had also noted in an interview that both of them realized that they had feelings for each other by the time shooting for the movie ended.

AsBrad Pittwas still married to Jennifer Aniston, fans obviously didn’t take the news too kindly. Especially whenAniston filed for divorce in 2005, which led to speculationsthat the split was due to Pitt being unfaithful to her. Things took a turn for thepositive inThe Switchstar and Pitt’s relationshipafter his split with Jolie in 2016.

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Although thecontroversies regarding that continue even now, it seems like Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have rekindled their friendship since. Nevertheless, with everything that followed in Aniston’s life from the early 2000s, her missing the 90s is more than understandable.

FRIENDSis streaming on Max.

Anushree Banerjee

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Anushree Banerjee is an Anime Writer at FandomWire with over 550 published articles. She has a post-grad in English and years of experience working with some of the biggest companies on the pop culture, and anime scene, such as, Sportskeeda, Pinkvilla, and MovieWeb. Staying on top of everything anime consumes her days, while bingeing on everything horror, and thriller keeps her up at night. Be it superhero flicks from Marvel and DC, or Shonen, and Seinen, like Bleach, The Apothecary Diaries, and Attack on Titan, she can probably state facts about them faster than she can recite her home address.

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