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Was it a message about her relationship status or a fashion statement, or simply because she could?
WHEN JENNIFER ANISTON stepped on to the red carpet at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for last Saturday’s Screen Actors Guild awards, it soon became clear that there was something different about her. It wasn’t her newly chopped long bob (courtesy of longtime hairdresser Chris McMillan), nor the fact she’d eschewed her faithful, strapless little black dress look in favour of a silver, sequinned Celine gown with a thigh-high split. Although neither of those things went unnoticed (of course, when Aniston makes a style switch-up, it matters), what really made headline news was the fact that the 55-year-old actor was wearing a ring on the fourth finger of her left hand. ‘Jennifer Aniston sparks engagement rumours after wearing HUGE diamond ring,’ said one newspaper, while another simply asked: ‘Is Jennifer Aniston ENGAGED?!’
And, if you were to go solely by the ring on Aniston’s finger, you may be inclined to say yes, although Aniston herself has remained, up until the time Grazia went to press at least, schtum on the significance of any ring – and she hasn’t been publicly linked with anyone for some time. Though she’s not prone to making statements about developments in her love life, nor does she share such details on social media, sources close to the star say that even for someone as private as Aniston, it would be hard (but not unheard of ) to have a serious relationship without it being leaked in some way, especially with the development of Deux Moi, the gossip platform that farms out celebrity sightings to followers.
So, what’s with the ring? A little bit of informed digging brings up the fact this isn’t actually the first time the Friends star has made such a statement, choosing to wear a giant diamond on her ring finger for the 2020 Golden Globe awards. At the time, Aniston had been single for three years since announcing her divorce from actor Justin Theroux, and wore a jewel on the ring finger of each hand. This time, Aniston wore a large, round stone on a gold band, not dissimilar, in fact, to the $500,000 ring given to her by Theroux when they got engaged in August 2012. Viewers of the awards – where Aniston was nominated for her role in The Morning Show – were given a good look at the ring as she took to the stage to present Barbra Streisand with a lifetime achievement award (telling the audience, ‘Barbra did not just pave the way for us women; she bulldozed a clearing for us.’)
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