THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR MARRIAGE
Two years after their surprise backyard wedding, the star couple have hit their sweet spot— even when they’re apart
Two years after their surprise wedding, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have hit their sweet spot.
Hollywood’s hottest couple are homebodies at heart. Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux might have turned heads in April, putting a couture spin on couple dressing for a romantic visit to Paris—“in Louvre,” Theroux captioned an Instagram snap with Aniston (making a rare appearance on his feed)—but according to him, they are more fond of the sofa than the spotlight. “We are just like every other couple. We hang out on the sofa, binge-watch TV or movies. I might make popcorn,” the actor told US OK! magazine. “We are happy together.”
Having celebrated their second wedding anniversary on Aug. 5, the stars are closer than ever. Their affectionate appearances and recent declarations of love fly in the face of ongoing reports of discord—ranging from separate lives, pregnancy and surrogacy to Aniston rekindling her romance with ex Brad Pitt and being dumped on her birthday—that have dogged the couple since Pitt’s split from Angelina Jolie. (A source close to Pitt previously confirmed to WHO that Aniston and Pitt are friends and “often text,” but that is “nothing new.”)
A few weeks before the anniversary, the couple headed back to one of their favourite New York haunts, Blue Hill restaurant, where they got engaged nearly five years ago. With Aniston in a navy singlet and
high-waisted pants and Theroux in ripped jeans and an SSUR jacket, the hand-in-hand couple appeared relaxed and content on their date night. Says an Aniston source, “They still very much act like newlyweds.”
As for that, Theroux, who turned 46 on Aug. 10, revealed his secret to a successful marriage at the April 4 premiere of the final season of The Leftovers in Los Angeles. “You know, be nice, try to laugh a lot—it’s a lot of the simple stuff,” Theroux—he and Aniston, 48, wore coordinating leather outfits and cosied up on the red carpet—told WHO. “Definitely don’t bring the weepiness home to the wife, because she doesn’t want to hear it.”
Still, getting married in their intimate backyard ceremony and finding a rhythm in balancing their work schedules and life together “was a big deal for both of them,” says an Aniston source. “It took them a while to figure everything out.”
Whether jetting off on romantic holidays to the Bahamas, shooting on location for projects or settling into their home in LA’S Bel-air with their dogs, the two “love to laugh and share a wicked sense of humour,” says an entertainment source. “They are great friends and have total respect for the other in everything.” Aniston once told talk-show host Ellen Degeneres that Theroux is “constantly hiding behind drapes” and in wardrobes to scare her, and raved to Harper’s Bazaar last year, “I’m lucky because Justin is the funniest person I’ve met and we make each other laugh.”
After they celebrated Aniston’s Feb. 11 birthday in her favourite holiday sun trap— Mexico’s Cabo San Lucas—theroux shared a lighthearted moment. “I did a little night where we went to a special dinner and had a piñata,” he told E! News. “Actually, we didn’t put anything in the piñata and didn’t end up smashing it. What are you going to put in it? Kale? She doesn’t eat candy!”
When Theroux popped the question in 2012, deciding where to call home became one of the biggest compromises between the Washington Dc–raised actor and Aniston, who prefers the Southern California vibe. Now Theroux still spends a lot of time in New York, “But Jen realised that you can be happily married without being together 24-7,” says the Aniston source. After time apart, “They have so much to catch up on and it makes their marriage more exciting. Justin can still make Jen blush. She still talks about how she finds him very sexy. Not seeing each other every day makes them appreciate each other more.”
At home together in LA, the couple love throwing small dinner parties for their friends, working out, cooking together and taking walks with their dogs. And that is all either needs to be happy. “They are able to do things spontaneously, like make last-minute dinner reservations, and planning getaways, and enjoy living this way,” says the source. “They have the best life together.”
While Aniston has been plagued before and during her marriage by fake baby buzz (last July, the “fed up” star wrote an “I’m not pregnant” opinion piece for the Huffington Post), the issue of having a family is something Theroux has “a non-traditional view of,” he told US OK! “I consider some of my best friends family members, and my wife, obviously. There are different ways of doing a family.”
Their way involves simple pleasures (he buys her thongs and Snuggies as gifts) and as Theroux told Rhapsody in April, “Marriage makes the small things much smaller and the big things small. You have an ally. It’s good to have someone have your back.”
“We are happy together” —Justin Theroux