Jennifer Aniston has spoken out to deny claims she had an affair with Barack Obama, calling the tabloid rumor “absolutely false.”
The Friends actress, 55, was romantically linked to the married former president, 63, in an unfounded story published just a few weeks ago.
But, during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! On Wednesday night, Jennifer finally set the record straight after the host introduced her to the magazine.
Wagging her finger, the Hollywood star said: “Of all the calls you get from your publicist where you’re like, ‘Oh no, what’s it going to be?’ or you get an email saying that some cheesy tabloid is going to make up a story, and then it’s…’
“I wasn’t mad about it,” she later added with a chuckle, before clarifying that the story is “absolutely false.”
Jennifer Aniston has denied wild claims that she had an affair with Barack Obama.
The Friends actress was sensationally linked to the former president in an unfounded tabloid story
‘So the truth about Jen and Barack is that there is no truth?’ Jimmy confirmed.
Jennifer continued: ‘I met him (Obama) once. I know Michelle better than him.
Jokingly, Jimmy asked: ‘Is there any truth between you and Michelle?’
“That’s not true,” he said with a smile.
Jennifer is not known to be dating anyone currently and has not been romantically linked to anyone for the past five years.
Meanwhile, Barack and Michelle have been married 32 years and share daughters Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23.
Last year, Barack paid tribute to his “kind” and “beautiful” wife in a gushing anniversary post celebrating their 31st year together.
“Happy anniversary babe,” he captioned a post that showed him and Michelle, 60, standing together in front of a large green field.
Jennifer addressed the rumor on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he said it was “absolutely false”
Jimmy Kimmel gave the Hollywood actress the magazine in which the accusations were made
The duo cleared up any speculation about the story during Wednesday’s episode.
“@MichelleObama, you are brilliant, kind, funny and beautiful, and I am lucky to call you mine.”
Also to mark the occasion, Michelle posted a loving photo of her and her husband.
“31 years and a lifetime ago,” she captioned the sweet upload. ‘I love living life with you by my side, @BarackObama. Happy anniversary, darling.
Elsewhere during her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jennifer said she suffered “kind of from PTSD” from having to belly dance in front of her family as a child.
“You know, the Greeks love any kind of family dinner, they said, ‘Let’s get up and watch.’ It’s like when you say to your child, ‘Play the piano for everyone, let’s sing for everyone.'”
Barack and Michelle shared effusive anniversary tributes as they celebrated last year’s wedding anniversary.
The former president and his wife were married at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago on October 3, 1992.
‘It makes me very anxious when my friends do that to their children.
“I have an internal trauma from having to perform and belly dance in front of my Greek aunts, uncles and grandmothers,” she said.
In 2016, the Morning Show actress told EW: ‘When I was a kid, they used to make me belly dance. On Christmas Eve.
“My dad’s side of the family is Greek, so I would dress up as a Greek girl and then at Christmas, after taking belly dancing classes, I would do that.”
And he added that he did not believe his family had good intentions.
“It didn’t even have anything to do with Christmas,” he said. “It was just, ‘Let’s humiliate Jen on Christmas.’