Press junket interviews: You can’t win ’em all.
During a recent video appearance on the BBC’s The One Show promoting the upcoming season 2 of the Apple TV+ drama The Morning Show, Jennifer Aniston became visibly bothered when the show’s host interrupted her.
Anniston was explaining the lessons she learned researching her role at ABC’s “Good Morning America” when presenter Jermain Jenas commented that she clearly isn’t a morning person.
“I learned the slow burn [morning shows are]. It’s a very vampire state of life and mind that you guys live in. Everybody comes alive in the middle of the night, and it’s a slow-moving train,” Aniston said.
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“I got there at 5 in the morning and the hallways were quiet and people are just slowly waking up, and then all of a sudden, the train starts moving and it gets crazier and crazier. It’s utter chaos.”
“Reese, I’ve got to be honest with you,” Jenas said, addressing Morning Show co-star Reese Witherspoon. “Jennifer’s pretty much sold it to me that she’s not a morning person.”
The ‘insinuation’ didn’t land well, and Anniston’s reaction did not hide her displeasure.
“Did I sell that to you?’” Aniston asked. “A little bit, a little bit…Did I get a good deal?”
You can watch the exchange starting at the 3:00 mark:
Fans immediately took to social media to debate whether the Friends star overreacted.
And by ‘debate,’ we mean they overwhelmingly agreed that yes, she had overreacted:
Jennifer Anniston’s ‘tude in this interview is cringe. She keeps on looking to the side awkward #theoneshow
— ?molls???? (@Margjacquieline) September 8, 2021
Did anyone else catch Jennifer Anniston’s negative reaction to the male presenter regarding the morning person bit? Awkward ? #theoneshow
— ?molls???? (@Margjacquieline) September 8, 2021
Jermaine dying on his arse trying to interview Jennifer Aniston ? #theoneshow
— Bees (@Flat_Molar) September 8, 2021
I really like Jennifer Aniston but was there really any need for her to be like that with Jermaine Jenas as he was only having a joke with her.
— Anne (@Miss_Scots) September 9, 2021
To Anniston’s credit, this was probably the 12th back-to-back interview she did that day and the moment is sure to be forgotten within the hour. Maybe sooner.
Season 2 of The Morning Show premieres September 17 on Apple TV+.
John
First of all, how is this LGBTQ+ related?
Second, why is this a story? I saw no negative reaction from Jennifer Aniston.
cubcmh
Totally agree. I had to watch a couple of times to try to figure out what this article was referring to, it’s such a non-issue.
ScottOnEarth
I agree with John. This has nothing to do with the LGBTQ wold and Jennifer was perfectly charming and funny. I’m sure it’s not for either party to do an interview via video.
John
Maybe Apple+ paid Queerty to post this. That might be a stretch but I love conspiracy theories. lol
Mr. Stadnick
I hope some one in your office screamed stop the presses! This is cutting edge and nearly news worthy.
Heywood Jablowme
They were on a break!
GayEGO
Uhm…..why are we seeing this story on this website?
Glynn
12 interviews back-to-back? The poor dear must be EXHAUSTED………….”the moment is sure to be forgotten within the hour” – Oh puh-lease!? But not here eh? Jennifer Aniston doing a great job of demonstrating why we don’t give a toss about her. You’d think her bosses at Apple TV+ would have given her the message to be nice to the rival TV channel that was giving her show a decent free plug. She could maybe have tried acting.
Kangol2
Are you going to report on the news that a federal judge ruled in favor of a gay man who was fired by a Catholic school after he announced his pending nuptials to another man online? The court found that the school was liable because this was clearly sex discrimination and the man was not a religious employee. It seems like big news, but I could be wrong.
As for Jennifer Aniston, she doesn’t appear upset. Is Jenas gay/LGBTQ? Is there an angle we don’t know about that’s hidden above?
KZNBama
I’m here looking for gay weather reports. Where are they?
jonasalden
Get me to the gay part. Who’s queer in this story, such that I’m seeing this on Queerty?
bachy
Looks like Jen forgot to mention how cranky she is in the morning, too.
nm4047
given all these staged interviews require the questions to be provided, there wasn’t anything unexpected. She’s not the greatest actor and I guess this was the best she could do for most likely the 10th interview they’d done for the promo.
Terrycloth
This is a topic for the talk, the view , or extra. Not Relevant to or for Queerty