Jennifer Aniston admits she thought she was too ‘hot’ to join Saturday Night Live in the 1990s

Jennifer Aniston had a ‘self-righteous attitude’ towards joining Saturday Night Live in the 1990s.

The 56-year-old actress nearly joined the long-running sketch show before she was cast as Rachel Green in Friends, and Jennifer now admits that she was a little bit hesitant at the thought of joining the Saturday Night Live cast.

During an appearance on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, Jennifer shared: ‘I always thought I was such hot s***. The story of that is all very confusing.

‘Honestly, today I’d have to ask Lorne, because I remember, I was in New York City, and I had a meeting with Lorne Michaels, and I ran into [Adam] Sandler and [David] Spade in the room right outside. And I knew Sandler forever.’

Jennifer was reluctant to join such a ‘male-dominated’ show at the time. And ultimately, she was offered a starring role in Friends instead.

Jennifer Aniston had a ‘self-righteous attitude’ towards joining Saturday Night Live in the 1990s. The 56-year-old actress nearly joined the sketch show, and Jennifer now admits that she was a little bit hesitant at the thought of joining the Saturday Night Live cast

During an appearance on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, Jennifer shared: ‘I always thought I was such hot s***. The story of that is all very confusing. ‘Honestly, today I’d have to ask Lorne, because I remember, I was in New York City, and I had a meeting with Lorne Michaels, and I ran into [Adam] Sandler and [David] Spade in the room right outside. And I knew Sandler forever.’ Seen in 1990

She explained: ‘I don’t know why I had this self-righteous attitude of ‘I don’t know if women are treated the way they should be treated on this show.’

‘It’s a very male-dominated [show,] I would love to be here if it was in the Gilda Radner day.

‘I mean, this is the brain that semi-remembers things that are back that far. Something like that. I can’t remember, but I just remember Friends then happened.’

Jennifer previously revealed sow she reacted to the opportunity to join the hit comedy show.

The movie star told The Hollywood Reporter in 2021: ‘I was so young and dumb and I went into Lorne’s office and I was like, ‘I hear women are not respected on this show’. 

‘I don’t remember exactly what I said next, but it was something like, ‘I would prefer if it were like the days of Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin.’

‘I mean, it was such a boys’ club back then, but who the f*** was I to be saying this to Lorne Michaels?! So yes, adorably that happened and I’ve hosted Saturday Night Live a couple of times, and I love it so much.’

The SNL talk came right before she sign on to play Rachel Green on Friends

Jennifer was reluctant to join such a ‘male-dominated’ show at the time. And ultimately, she was offered a starring role in Friends instead. Seen in NYC in September

Aniston also shared this week that she didn’t adopt a child during her struggle to become a mother because she wanted to have her ‘own DNA in a little person‘.

The former Friends star, 56, recently opened up about her 20-year battle to start a family – revealing she went through many rounds of unsuccessful IVF treatments – and now she’s explained why she didn’t turned to adoption.

During an appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast, Jennifer said: ‘When people say: ‘But you can adopt’. I don’t want to adopt.

‘I want my own DNA in a little person. That’s the only way, selfish or not, whatever that is, I’ve wanted it.’

Co-host Monica Padman asked the actress if she’s found ‘peace’ after her fertility struggles and Jennifer replied: ‘t’s so peaceful,. But I will say there’s a point where it’s like out of my control. There’s literally nothing I can do about it.’

Jennifer acknowledged she has had relationships with men and thought they ‘would have made some good kids’ but she admits the thought often passed ‘within three seconds’.

She went on to add: ‘It [having kids] just wasn’t in the plan, whatever the plan was. It’s very emotional, especially in the moment when they say ‘that’s it,’ because there is a weird moment when that happens.’

The Morning Show star previously spoke out about her IVF struggles back in 2022 when she told Allure magazine: ‘My late 30s, 40s, I’d gone through really hard s***, and if it wasn’t for going through that, I would’ve never become who I was meant to be. I was trying to get pregnant.

Aniston also shared this week that she didn’t adopt a child during her struggle to become a mother because she wanted to have her ‘own DNA in a little person’. Seen in September in NYC

‘It was really hard. I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it. I was throwing everything at it.

‘I would’ve given anything if someone had said to me: ‘Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favour.’ You just don’t think it. So here I am today. The ship has sailed. But I have zero regrets.’

Jennifer spoke about her struggle again in a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK, admitting she hated the ‘false narrative’ that she decided against having children because she is a ‘workaholic’.

She said: ‘They 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?’