Inside Jen and Justin’s split
JENNIFER Aniston’s hatred of New York doomed her marriage to Justin Theroux, friends say. The actress tried moving to Manhattan after she fell for Theroux, 46, who owns a place in Greenwich Village, but Aniston, 49, “couldn’t deal with the paparazzi and the pokey apartment,” and retreated back to the privacy of her sprawling Bel Air estate.
“Jennifer is more comfortable in Los Angeles with her close-knit group of friends,” said a source, adding, “But Justin doesn’t feel as at home in LA, nor with Jennifer’s friends. He loves New York and the edgier crowd in the city.”
While the couple, who married in 2015, spent a lot of time apart for work, he began taking more time alone in NYC. The source added, “As they spent more and more time apart, their problems became bigger. He’s very focused on himself and his craft. And Jen is not the easygoing girl she wants the public to think she is. She isn’t as happy, and she is far more complicated.”
Putting further strain on the relationship, Theroux’s career is busier than ever with upcoming films “On the Basis of Sex,” “Mute” and “The Spy Who Dumped Me.” Aniston, who still earns millions from product deals and “Friends” reruns, has been taking on fewer big roles.
The split was announced on Thursday, hours after Page Six contacted their reps about the separation, which we were told was initiated by Theroux.
Uncomfortably, Aniston is on the cover of Architectural Digest’s new issue, showing off her and Theroux’s supposed Bel Air “love nest.” The article swoons, “Jennifer . . . crafts a scene of pure domestic bliss with husband Justin Theroux.”
The actress coos in the piece, “I look around at my husband and my dogs and our home, and there’s nowhere else I want to be.” Tellingly, there’s no sign of Theroux at the home.
On Thursday, as Architectural Digest editor Amy Astley hosted an NYC cocktail party to celebrate the issue, “everyone’s phones started pinging with a news alert that Jen and Justin had split. It was all rather embarrassing. The magazine editors had no idea.”