As the theme tune to Friends famously goes, ‘I’ll be there for you’.
And it appears that one of the US sitcom’s biggest stars, Jennifer Aniston, has very much stayed loyal to the lyrics from The Rembrandts’ 1995 tune.
Jim Curtis, her new partner, shared that someone has brought joy back into his life after he felt ‘broken’ from what he termed an ‘unhealthy relationship’.
Tied twice in marriage, Ms. Aniston, who portrays Alex Levy in The Morning Show on Apple TV, was first associated with Mr. Curtis in June when the two were seen together at a high-end resort in Big Sur, northern California.
In a moving message to his supporters, the hypnotherapist, life coach, and author appeared to acknowledge his relationship with the celebrity, noting that he was ‘left questioning my worth’ prior to meeting the Hollywood actress earlier this year.
He talks about finding love again after some long nights of the soul but stops short of mentioning the new woman in his life.
He revealed: ‘I found love again, but only after I learned how to align with love from the inside out.’
Yet in July, Mr. Curtis reportedly joined Ms. Aniston on a getaway to Majorca, where she was vacationing alongside actor Jason Bateman and comedian Amy Schumer.
Friends star Jennifer Aniston and her boyfriend Jim Curtis seen heading out for dinner in New York
By August, the pair was spotted on a double date with Ms. Aniston’s close friend Courteney Cox and her long-time partner Johnny McDaid at Nobu in Malibu. Last month, they were also seen exiting a New York eatery together.
Mr Curtis was using a walking stick because he has a limp after being diagnosed with lesions on his spinal cord aged 22.
In the previous month, the 56-year-old intrigued her Instagram followers by sharing a collection of 18 images captured over the summer, which included a picture showing the back of a man’s head.
The man was later identified as Mr Curtis, though she mysteriously didn’t tag him in the picture, unlike her other friends.
There were also photos of their three dogs, with Ms Aniston’s labrador Lord Chesterfield and schnauzer Clyde next to Mr Curtis’s rescue dog Odie, which he has called ‘the world’s cutest dog’.
Sources have suggested it was their love of dogs that brought them together. Baring his soul to his followers, Mr Curtis told how a previous romance ended badly, leaving him feeling alone and ridden with anxiety.
‘Not long ago, I was in a very different place than I am today,’ he wrote. ‘I was in pain, physically and emotionally. An unhealthy relationship had left me broken-hearted and questioning my worth.
‘Maybe you’ve been there too – those nights when anxiety and fear keep you awake, when you can’t stop thinking or when you wake up in the morning with dread.
Curtis, 49, a life coach, hypnotherapist and author, in New York last month
‘I felt alone, stuck and uncertain about what the future could possibly hold.’
Mr Curtis, 49, went on to describe overcoming his struggles through the hypnotherapy methods he now teaches, saying: ‘I reprogrammed my subconscious, which gave me confidence I didn’t even know I had.
‘I let go of the belief that I was broken and started to feel whole again. If I could create that transformation from where I was, you can too. And I’ll guide you every step of the way.’
He signed off: ‘With purpose and belief in you, Jim Curtis.’ He didn’t name the partner who left him broken-hearted.
Ms Aniston split from Brad Pitt in 2005 after five years of marriage, and in 2015 wed actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux, but they separated in 2018.
