Jennifer Aniston Shoots Back At Bill O'Reilly

Jennifer Aniston has shot back at Bill O'Reilly following his comments about her comments about single motherhood.

Confused?

It started when Aniston said women no longer need a man to have a baby. "Women are realizing more and more knowing that they dont have to settle with a man just to have a child."

After that, O'Reilly, while supporting single moms, said, "She's throwing a message out to 12-year-olds and 13-year-olds that, 'Hey, you don't need a guy! You don't need a dad!' That's destructive to our society," he said.

Now Aniston has responded. Speaking to People magazine, Aniston said

"Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age. Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth. "And, of course, many women dream of finding Prince Charming (with fatherly instincts), but for those who've not yet found their Bill O'Reilly, I'm just glad science has provided a few other options."

Aniston is promoting 'The Switch,' in which she plays a woman who has a baby using a sperm donor.

Comments

[Beverly Dinsmore McEwen]

03:02 PM on 08/22/2010

Jennifer's honest comment has no doubt wounded the male ego. Ideally the 1950's taught us what a perfect family "should be". Jennifer is facing reality. Now people can choose their mates and desired "parent" type. And not be forced by religious lack of choices for women and to marry "a man who will rule his family", whom one can never divorce type, to avoid some hypothetical sins. Men and women can make good parents, women luckily can do so without men. That's life. .

[Phil Cave]

06:51 PM on 08/21/2010

I like Jen a whole bunch, but it isn't preferable to deprive a child of a father or a mother.
Just because science makes it possible to have baby without a partner, that doesn't make it
the best option. A baby is a human being, not a pocketbook. When you become a parent,
it is the baby's needs that matter, not the parent's.

[bonniebell]

02:07 PM on 08/20/2010

I am not taking a position on the matter, but I think both of them responded by speaking about their own feelings and neither was saying something that does not make sense. All in all, it was well-worded, from both sides, from what I see here.

[gilis]

05:12 PM on 08/18/2010

She is so hot: http://www.actressscene.blogspot.com/search/label/Jennifer%20Aniston

[DrBlunt]

04:25 PM on 08/17/2010

zzZZZ, zzzZZZZZZ, zzzZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

[emncaity]

07:57 PM on 08/16/2010

Really cannot stand O'Reilly, but there's a grain of truth in what he's saying here. Aniston (whom I tend to like, in general) made an original statement that was different from her revised version; her original sounded like it advocated a more-or-less casual decision about having a child that barely even recognized that there were advantages in having both parents there, all other things being equal. For people like Aniston, who have unlimited money, control over their schedule, the ability to hire nannies, etc., it's a far different question from some of the teenagers who read magazines with quotes from stars like Aniston and who--wrongly, of course--get their values and their ideas about what life is like from celebrities who should know better. (And save all the "where are the parents?" talk. Kids from the best parents in the world still listen to peers and celebs, often more so than they do to parents. It's universal and unavoidable.)

Anyway, I don't think Aniston is quite the saint or O'Reilly quite the idiot in this specific situation that everybody seems to think. A two-parent household is not just "an ideal scenario" but a greatly preferable situation by nearly any researched measure.

[emncaity]

08:09 PM on 08/16/2010

I mean, this controversy has gotten so ridiculous that the normally sane Keith Olbermann missed the point entirely in his "Worst Person" award the other night to Billo, citing O'Reilly's own allegedly abusive family history. This was not only a bit of a cheap shot, but also off-point, because it was a big old dirty chunk of the kind of anecdotal-evidence nonsense that Fox does routinely. O'Reilly's own background, true or not, is not even close to the point. Two-parent households are almost always best in almost any situation. Introducing a comparison between an abusive two-parent home and a nonabusive single-parent home is simply irrational.

It is also irrational to ignore the evidence indicating that abuse occurs more often in single-parent homes than in two-parent homes (some of it likely due to financial pressures), and more in homes after remarriage than in two-parent homes where the original parents are still married.

This may get all up in the grill of progressives--although I don't understand why, particularly, since it's not hard for me to look at or evaluate, and I'm a progressive--but it's the plain truth, like it or not.

[Said One]

03:10 AM on 08/17/2010

Please this is the option women and men struggling to be financially viable in their twenties would take.

To make it as a normal person when one has kids and a permanent relationship one has to consider - is next to imposssible.

More normal - non-millionares will be taking this option and concentrating on careers in their twenties and thirties and kids later on

[onecaguy12356]

05:53 AM on 08/17/2010

You make some great points. I don't know where people got the completely false notion that single parents are just as good as both parents, but it's a destructive concept.

How is a single mother (father) going to effectively raise a child (children) and working full-time?

[David Soll]

02:59 PM on 08/16/2010

Bill Orally is a loud mouth piece of trash. This is the same guy who calls people pinheads for daring to have a differing opinion than his. Screw him!

[Said One]

10:13 AM on 08/16/2010

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/most-american-women-agree-with-jennifer-aniston-83-surveyed-support-a-single-woman-using-ivf-to-conceive-a-child-100751414.html
Study finds:

Most American Women Agree with Jennifer Aniston: 83% Surveyed Support a Single Woman Using IVF to Conceive a Child

[sexyrexy]

02:27 PM on 08/16/2010

talk a bout derange.. here you areexpounding this rubbish.. yet you have kept basdardising.. Jolie & Pitt for having their f amily.. who a t least give their children proper parents!

bloody hypocrite!

[onecaguy12356]

05:51 AM on 08/17/2010

Your link is a PR story from Barbados IVF Clinic.

[onecaguy12356]

04:48 AM on 08/16/2010

She's Jennifer Aniston, do you really think she has a problem "finding a man"? She can hire 10 matchmakers, she's a good-looking, multi-millionaire actress with face recognition the world over. Yeah, guys are running away from her in droves.

Puh-lease.

[chicamorena]

04:31 PM on 08/16/2010

Her problem isn't finding them; her problem is keeping them. Every single guy she has been with since her divorce has dumped her after a couple of months. She must be putting out some really bad vibes.

[Said One]

03:11 AM on 08/17/2010

Shes had three and she might not want to get married again after her husband c he a ted and publicly humiliated her

[onecaguy12356]

05:54 AM on 08/17/2010

Let me guess what JenJen would say: it's them, not her. :)

[TigersEye]

12:39 AM on 08/16/2010

It's funny that people are freaking out over this. There are plenty of women who have raised children alone. So what? There are a lot of single dads out there, too. It's quality, not quantity.

[Said One]

02:30 AM on 08/16/2010

Agree and whether people like it or not - single mode parenting due to technology is going to become one of the major modes of parenting - in the future we probably will be having "donor" parties like they do in the movie - sounds unbelievable now but.

And one wonders why O Reilly doesn't go after the MEN who leave deposits at the sperm banks - surely they are the ones willingly diminishing their roles as fathers to deposits and DNA

[sexyrexy]

03:38 AM on 08/16/2010

you keep yapping on things you have no clue about..

[onecaguy12356]

04:44 AM on 08/16/2010

I don't know...yes the age of conception will go up, but I think many will just choose to be childless.

Having a child is a LOT of work, so unless you're rich, it becomes an incredible burden to have a child. If someone is so busy at work, how can they effectively raise a child?

[onecaguy12356]

04:43 AM on 08/16/2010

People are "freaking out" because we will all be living with these children when they grow up. It's optimal that children have a mother and father, for both sons and daughters.

People think that having a child is like having a goldfish, just feed it and you're done.

It's pretty sad.

[Said One]

10:26 AM on 08/16/2010

People are not freaking out, polls are showing that most women Republican and Democratic are behind Jennifer Aniston on this one.

Secondly we all have to live with tons of people who are raised by two parent families who didn't turn out that well either

[Juno912]

09:35 PM on 08/15/2010

I'm not a fan of Jennifer Aniston, but I've got her back on this one!

[WriterGirl]

12:08 AM on 08/16/2010

Ditto!

[sexyrexy]

03:39 AM on 08/16/2010

funny.. how many people loathe billie biy that anisaton is getting fans by default.

[BurgessPenguin]

11:51 AM on 08/16/2010

Yoo nede tu lern ryte spelin.

[klinzboy]

09:17 PM on 08/15/2010

Bill's a money grubbing, atteniton seeking, entertainer who is making a fortune playing to a conservative audience that believes that their beliefs should be the rule for all of humanity. This was a great opportunity for him.

[bonniebell]

02:11 PM on 08/20/2010

I believe that if you do closer observation, you may be describing MANY entertainers and political talk personalities. It's good to see any of them being passionate about a topic, as it gives multiple perspectives. When it gets to be a attack, that's where I personally draw the line on whether it's education, or even opinion, or if it has become a personal vendetta or mudslinging session.

[Bruisersmom]

08:40 PM on 08/15/2010

I took Jen's comments as her speaking from her experience. She's forty-one, and hasn't found Mr. Right yet. It's time for her to just have a child if she wants one. I don't think she was speaking to thirteen year olds who have years to find someone before their biological clocks run out. I also don't think Jen has very many thirteen year old fans. I think most of Jen's fans are old enough to have watched Friends, so I think O'Reilly doesn't need to worry about waves of thirteen year olds getting pregnant because Jen's over searching for Mr. Right before she starts a family.

[ValdaDeDieu]

09:45 PM on 08/15/2010

Here's where it's illogic logic, Bill O'Reilly style. The thirteen-year olds aren't "trying" to have babies without a daddy...it's the "daddies"--i.e, the boys they're having sex with, who are "giving" them the babies in the first place. He's using teen pregnancy as a "hot-button" topic, to get people riled up. Very few teenage girls want babies in the first place. Many feel pressured to have sex to keep the "daddies" aka, their boyfriends, around.

[dim]

01:14 AM on 08/16/2010

Yeah, young women actually liking sex interferes with the feminist message.

[bonniebell]

02:14 PM on 08/20/2010

Most likely that was her intention. She did say "women" after all.. however, it does come with some responsibility to be an "icon" in the entertainment world, and since she is looked at by many young women as well, it's important to think through everything that is said publicly and include such things as that in the statement.
I do think she was not speaking to youths, and based on her retort, she feels maturity and so on are important. This same situation arises when someone is parenting, making this a more valid topic, because they are always watching, listening. Every incident that is not clarified has the potential to be a misunderstood lesson that can stick with that child forever. Even the very little, minute, passing phrases are shaping everything a child will base their personal belief systems on.
So, in that aspect, it is important to be specific when making a general statement about needing men or not, that you are referring to a stage in your life, not in all cases.
Thanks.

[Todd Beaucoudray]

07:14 PM on 08/15/2010

I'm torn. I despise them both.

[chicamorena]

08:33 PM on 08/15/2010

A pox on both their houses. :-)

[Karama]

11:32 PM on 08/15/2010

LOL!

[hedah]

06:30 PM on 08/15/2010

I'm NO fan of O'Reilly, but understand he's OK on this one ! NO child should be fatherLESS - motherLESS !!! That's cold SELFISHNESS, pure & simple !

[CheapTrick]

09:22 PM on 08/15/2010

I''m sure that if you asked all those single-parent kids if they'd rather have not been born, they won't agree with you.

[Karama]

12:09 AM on 08/16/2010

That's not the question to ask. I understand that a large percentage of single-parent families are headed by women, and I have no doubt that children who only have a mom would also love to have a dad. To have a caring and loving mom AND dad IS the ideal. . Of course it's better to have one parent than to be an orphan.

[persimmon8]

10:34 AM on 08/16/2010

our current president essentially came from a single-family household.....he turned out pretty okay!!

[Rozanna]

10:54 PM on 08/15/2010

Neil Patrick Harris and his partner are about to become fathers. Do you think that gays should not be parents also?