The skilled relationship between Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon dates again a quarter-century, when the latter was some of the iconic visitor stars on Buddies in her function as Rachel’s sister Jill. At this time, they’re the chief producers and stars of The Morning Present, the most effective sequence on Apple TV+, so that you’d suppose these two would know fairly a bit about one another. Think about their shock once they realized they didn’t even know one another’s actual full names.
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon have been selling The Morning Present Season 4, which premiered on the 2025 TV schedule this week, and Jennifer Aniston’s thoughts was totally blown once they performed LADbible’s “Do You Even Know Me?” recreation. On a query about her center identify, Reese Witherspoon admitted it was “difficult” earlier than revealing to her pal:
- Reese Witherspoon (RW): It’s Jean.
- Jennifer Aniston (JA): Jean?
- RW: That’s complicated. I’m Laura Jean.
- JA: Laura Jean?
- RW: That’s my actual identify.
- JA: Laura?
- RW: Laura Jean.
Jennifer Aniston’s confusion over “Reese” not being Reese Witherspoon’s precise first identify is so hilarious. The insanity continued because the Buddies star exclaimed:
Who’s Laura? What? Who the hell’s Laura? Wait, Laura Jean? Like I’m not calling you that to any extent further. ‘Come on, Laura Jean!’
The Legally Blonde star went on to clarify that her full identify is Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon, however she’s all the time passed by Reese. Probably in an effort to assist Jennifer Aniston get well, Witherspoon turned the main target to her co-star’s identify, which led to extra lovely banter between the 2:
- RW: I don’t know your center identify.
- JA: Joanna.
- RW: What?
- JA: Joanna.
- RW: I used to be right this moment years outdated.
- JA: Yeah.
- RW: No.
- JA: You have been what?
- RW: I used to be right this moment years outdated after I discovered your actual identify.
- JA: You have been right this moment years outdated. You have been proper now years outdated.
- RW: Sure! Jennifer Joanna. JJ! Does anyone name you JJ?
- JA: Mm-mm.
- RW: Nicely, I do now.
Funnily sufficient, for 2 individuals who have been buddies and generally colleagues for 25 years, that wasn’t the one factor that JJ has discovered about Laura Jean not too long ago. Reese Witherspoon additionally revealed to her co-star that she’s acted in entrance of a reside studio viewers precisely zero instances since Buddies.
She known as being on these two Season 6 episodes one in every of her “scariest moments ever,” and admitted she has some regrets as a result of Buddies apparently requested her to return again on the present, however she declined as a result of she was “too scared.”
If you wish to rewatch their earliest interactions from again in 2000 — one 12 months after Reese Witherspoon really rocked “The Rachel” haircut — all 10 seasons of Buddies will be streamed with an HBO Max subscription. You may as well at present catch them on The Morning Present with an Apple TV+ subscription. New episodes drop every Wednesday.