Jennifer Aniston Talks Pregnancy Rumors, Relationships In GQ

Jennifer Aniston Talks Pregnancy Rumors In GQ
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Every week, a new Jennifer Aniston rumor seems to pop up in the tabloids, with headlines blaring that she's "Back With Brad!" or "Pregnant -- With Twins!" But don't think all those stories are lost on the "Wanderlust" actress, who covers the March 2012 issue of GQ with Paul Rudd.

"I'm still trying really hard to be friends with it," Aniston said of dealing with her fame's magnitude. "It's just a weird time, I think. The tabloids, instead of being about alien babies and stuff, it's my triplets, quadruplets, marriages, feuds..."

The actress, 43, has dominated the tabloid covers, as the subject of weekly pregnancy rumors, but she set the record straight during the interview.

"I'm not having triplets," she said. "Not having twins. Nor am I having one baby. [lifts up sweater and gestures to belly; it appears flat] I did not elope."

She attributes the "baby bump" rumors to her decision to quit smoking last year, which caused her to put on a few pounds, and joked that she'll be the actress who cried "baby" one day.

"The one time I do say, 'Yes! I'm pregnant!' they'll be like, 'Pfft. Right,'" she said.

Her romance with her "Wanderlust" co-star Justin Theroux likely helped fuel the "Baby For Jen!" headlines, and Aniston dished on her low-key relationship.

"It's a growing, literally living thing," she said. "There's going to be growing pains, there's going to be awkward moments -- your lanky phase, your pimpled phase. I think that's the beauty of a relationship. But if the road starts to [diverge] and one person is growing this way and the other is growing that way... Sometimes that can happen and you can stay together, and sometimes you can't."

If there's one thing Aniston knows, it's how to deal with a breakup in the spotlight -- and she's not afraid to say she's tired of the never-ending rumors putting her in a love triangle with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, and his partner, Angelina Jolie.

"I would say the triangle with my ex-husband -- and that there's a feud there," Aniston recently told InStyle about which rumor she's sick of hearing. "It's constant. It's a story headline that won't go away, but it's a money thing -- [people make money off] a story that has nothing to do with reality."


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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives on the red carpet for the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Actors Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston arrive at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 09: Actress Jennifer Aniston attends the 39th Annual People's Choice Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on January 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for PCA) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Actress Jennifer Aniston in the audience at the 26th American Cinematheque Award Gala honoring Ben Stiller at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Actress Jennifer Aniston attends the 26th American Cinematheque Award Gala honoring Ben Stiller at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Actresses Christine Taylor (L) and Jennifer Aniston attend the 26th American Cinematheque Award Gala honoring Ben Stiller at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Art consultant Will Kopelman and actors Justin Theroux, Jennifer Aniston and Drew Barrymore attend LACMA 2012 Art + Film Gala Honoring Ed Ruscha and Stanley Kubrick presented by Gucci at LACMA on October 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for LACMA) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Actors Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston attend LACMA 2012 Art + Film Gala Honoring Ed Ruscha and Stanley Kubrick presented by Gucci at LACMA on October 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for LACMA) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 27: Actors Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston attend LACMA 2012 Art + Film Gala Honoring Ed Ruscha and Stanley Kubrick presented by Gucci at LACMA on October 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Sciulli/Getty Images for LACMA) (credit:Getty Images)
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CULVER CITY, CA - JUNE 07: Actors Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep attend the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award honoring Shirley MacLaine held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 7, 2012 in Culver City, California. The AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Shirley MacLaine will premiere on TV Land on Saturday, June 24 at 9PM ET/PST. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for AFI) (credit:Getty Images)
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NEW YORK -- NOV. 7: Jennifer Aniston attends Glamour's 2011 Women of the Year Awards. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Glamour Magazine) (credit:Getty)
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NEW YORK -- NOV. 7: Jennifer Aniston presents an award onstage at Glamour's 2011 Women of the Year Awards. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Glamour Magazine) (credit:Getty)
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LOS ANGELES -- OCT. 17: Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives at ELLE's 18th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute held at the Four Seasons Hotel. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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WASHINGTON -- OCT. 3: Executive Producer and Director Jennifer Aniston attends the red carpet screening in the nation's capitol for the TV movie event "Five" hosted by Lifetime and Jennifer Aniston at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Lifetime) (credit:Getty)
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HOLLYWOOD -- JUNE 30: Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Horrible Bosses" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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HOLLYWOOD -- JUNE 30: Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Horrible Bosses" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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BERLIN -- FEB. 21: Actress Jennifer Aniston attends the "Meine Erfundene Frau" (Just go with it) Germany Premiere at CineStar. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Actress Jennifer Aniston speaks to the press during the premiere of 'Just Go With It' at Ziegfeld Theatre on February 8, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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BERLIN -- MARCH 29: Actress Jennifer Aniston attends the premiere of 'Der Kautions-Cop' (The Bounty Hunter) at CineMaxx at Potsdam Place. (Photo by Florian Seefried/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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LOS ANGELES -- APRIL 14: Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives at the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Kodak Theatre. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)

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