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Jennifer Aniston needs no introduction. She’s absolutely gorgeous, smart, and funny. Jen clearly defies everything we’ve ever known about aging. Friends still is one of the greatest television shows of all time and what would it be without Aniston? Her haircuts, outfits, and quotes shaped an entire generation.
We just have one question: how did we live without Jen on Instagram? 2019 was the year we’ve all been waiting for and our girl delivered. As it comes to a close, let’s take a look back at Jennifer Aniston's 10 best posts from her first year on Instagram.
When She Gave Us Realistic Expectations
Instagram vs. reality is no joke: it’s a movement. We non-celebrities look at celebrities’ pictures that seem so effortlessly perfect as we sit on our couches eating a box of KFC chicken. Rarely ever does a celebrity post a picture that isn’t highly worked on prior.
Jen, on the other hand, did the unthinkable. She wore the most unlikely combination of socks and sandals. Who on Earth looks good with socks and scandals? To boot, she posted the blooper of her photoshoot before the chosen shot. Aniston wrote, “I’m just a girl….standing with her hair and makeup. A stylist. A photographer. A lighting crew, a wind machine, props, and a computer …. asking you to think I woke up like this.” All the yes Jen; the role model we deserve.
The One With The Pun
Puns are a crucial part of Instagram captioning. However, very few are done to a non-cringe worthy degree. To excel in the art of punning you must follow this combination: one pun per caption combined with a great picture.
Jen nailed it. Forget the Men in Black, when you can have “Jen in Black.” Aniston rocked a plunge open-back long black gown. It left us with so many unanswered questions. Where is she going? Who are the men in black in her pictures? How does a picture without her face look so good?
A Girl’s Best Friend
Walking down the street and seeing a dog can brighten anyone’s bad day. Imagine seeing Jennifer Aniston walking down the street with her dog. That is most likely never going to happen for any of us so we can thank Instagram for giving us this beautiful image.
Jen was serving looks in a rouched, pink, puff-sleeved dress and Louboutin heels while walking her dog. She captioned it, “Girl’s best friend… bring Clyde to work day.” An added bonus: Jen did a swipe. The second picture was even better than the first. A selfie of her and her pup: cuteness overload.
Cover Girl
What’s the only thing better than Jennifer Aniston on the front cover of a magazine? That would be Jennifer Aniston on both the front and the back of the same magazine. Still, Jen remains so humble writing, “Thank you @people for putting me in such great company. @jlo @michelleobama @taylorswift OH MY….!”
But let’s just take a second to acknowledge her outfit. Jen is giving us major Greek goddess vibes in this side-split black dress. To also be noted: her cover says, “This year I learned I can do anything.” Cue Shania Twain, *let’s go girls.*
The Green Sisters
Guess whose back, back again. Who remembers when we first saw Reese Witherspoon on Friends as Rachel’s little sister? Jen posted one of the Green sister’s most memorable fights on her Instagram saying, “My pain in the ass little burst of sunshine sister and I are working together again.” Say, what?
She then threw out an even bigger teaser saying maybe this time they’ll be nicer to one another…or not.
A Classic #TBT
As if it seemed nearly impossible for her to be any cuter, Jen shared a baby picture. But wait- there’s more: she even did a swipe! For someone who has never used Instagram before, Jen learned the ropes at lightning speed.
She captioned it, “#TBT in style, then and now…” Her face looks exactly the same. General public service announcement: you do not need immense plastic surgery in Hollywood to be flawless. Say it louder for the people in the back! Jen’s big blue eyes and freckles steal the show. We can all agree that her hood-look will never go out of style.
The Mugshot
Jennifer Aniston is the only person who takes a good mugshot. She has no makeup on, her hair and nails aren’t done and guess what? She still is slaying.
The bigger picture is that she is influencing her own show from every angle. Who taught her how to do this? Not only does her mug say, “The Morning Show,” but she even did a swipe to a clip of it saying that a new episode is out. As if we weren’t already watching the new show, Jen’s promotional game has got us hooked.
The Crying GIF
We love an appreciative queen. There is nothing worse than when you idolize a celebrity and then you hear that they are rude to their fans. Fellow average civilians, celebrities are only celebrities because of people like us. This is a rule of thumb to never forget.
If it wasn’t for us watching the TV shows, going to the movies, buying merchandise, music, etc. they wouldn’t be anything more than regular people. Jen captioned this one, “20 million followers?! That’s a lot of thank you notes! THANK YOU, GUYS.” No Jen, thank you.
Jimmy’s F*%king Enchiladas
OK, there’s a backstory to this one. From what we saw on Instagram, Aniston shared a series of three pictures. The first one was her pulling enchiladas out of the oven. The second was a sign that said, “Jimmy’s f*%cking enchiladas,” and the third was a video of her presenting him them.
Every year Jen has what she calls a “Fakes-giving.” This is held the day before Thanksgiving because she prefers a quitter actual Thanksgiving and doesn’t want staff to work on the actual holiday. Jimmy Kimmel, a frequent attendee, says that Jen’s fakes-giving is so good that essentially his the next day feels like leftovers. So he proposed the idea of “Gracias-giving.” Low and behold he got his enchiladas paired with Jen’s extravagant Thanksgiving feast. It seems like a fiesta to us.
The Iconic Friends Selfie
We’ve saved the best for last; or in Jen’s case first. Jen came into Instagram hot. There was no better picture to start things off with this one. She also proved she has a strong caption game; she wrote, “And now we’re Instagram FRIENDS too. HI INSTAGRAM.” To put it short and sweet, the world lost their minds.
Jen raked in over 15 million likes on her first post and it’s still going. Everything about this picture is perfection. Let’s start with the fact that it’s a selfie: stellar choice Jen. She’s managed to get the whole gang in there: Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer. It’s ideal that she’s in the dead center of the picture. Most importantly, they all look so genuinely happy to be together. This is the exact type of content the world needs more of. You win Rach, you win.
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