Friends First
It all started in 2000, when Reese Witherspoon guest-starred on two episodes of Friends as Rachel Green’s (a.k.a. Jennifer Aniston) youngest sister, Jill. She managed to cause a lot of trouble in a short time, going after Rachel’s on-again, off-again love Ross Geller and running up her dad’s credit card bill.
Witherspoon told Harper’s Bazaar of their first meeting, “I was really nervous, and she was like, ‘Oh, my gosh – don’t worry about it!’ I marveled at her ability to perform in front of a live audience like that with no nerves. They would change all the lines and she was just so effortlessly affable, bubbly, and sunny.”
Witherspoon added, “We’ve been friends ever since.”
Post-Friends, the stars continued to run into each other on the awards show circuit – and sing each other’s praises. “She’s an awesome friend,” Witherspoon told reporters at ELLE’s 18th annual Women in Hollywood event in 2011.
Sweet Sentiments
“On one hand, she is this gorgeous, breathtaking beauty that men lose their thought process and their speech patterns when they see her and then on the other hand, she’s a woman who lets you in,” Witherspoon told reporters at the ELLE event (pictured) in 2011.
“I have a major girl crush on Jennifer Aniston, but I think that’s, like, doesn’t everybody have a crush on Jennifer Aniston?” Witherspoon shared during a visit to Conan in 2012, calling her fellow actress “lovable and amazing.” One year later, the stars caught up at the Vanity Fair Oscar party
