"I'm sure the guys who came up with [social media] thought it was a great idea and, yeah, congratulations on your billions, but it has taken down a huge portion of humanity."
"I catch things all the time, she said. Or friends send me things saying, I don't think this is you', or I don't think you're advertising this', and I'll send it to my lawyers so they can do a cease-and-desist. It's just such a runaway train."
"[The media] didn't know my story, or what I'd been going through over the past 20 years to try to pursue a family, because I don't go out there and tell them my medical woes. That's not anybody's business. But there comes a point when you can't not hear it the narrative about how I won't have a baby, won't have a family, because I'm selfish, a workaholic. It does affect me I'm just a human being. We're all human beings. That's why I thought, What the hell?'"
Jennifer Aniston criticized social media as having taken down a huge portion of humanity. She described decades of tabloid and online gossip that focused on her relationship with Brad Pitt and her fertility struggles, and noted that such coverage has migrated online where anonymity allows people to publish harmful claims without accountability. Deepfake images of her appear regularly, prompting legal cease-and-desist actions. The Morning Show includes a storyline reflecting those experiences. She publicly disclosed fertility difficulties to counter persistent narratives portraying her as selfish or career-focused, and increasingly refuses to correct every circulating narrative.
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