This combo of photos taken in June 2006, shows
actors Vince Vaughn (L) and Jennifer Aniston, in Sydney during a promotional
tour for their movie "The Break-Up". Aniston will not be hearing wedding bells
in the near future : her publicist has denied a report the "Friends" star was
engaged to long rumored beau Vaughn.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)
Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn engaged? Don't be ridiculous, Aniston says.
The "Friends" actress told People magazine that reports of her engagement to
the "Be Cool" actor, including an article in Us Weekly, are false, calling the
stories "insane."
"I'm not engaged, and I don't have a ring, and I haven't been proposed to,"
Aniston told People, according to an article appearing on the magazine's Web
site Wednesday.
Us reported in an Aug. 9 cover story citing anonymous sources that Vaughn had
proposed to Aniston on June 27 on a private jet after a trip to Mexico. Us is
sticking by its story, which other media outlets picked up.
"Us Weekly based its story on lengthy interviews with four separate and
independent sources close to the couple, including two who learned of the
engagement directly from Vince Vaughn," the magazine said in a statement
Wednesday. "Jennifer's publicist never denied the engagement in advance of
publication."
People magazine said Aniston, who has starred in such movies as "Along Came
Polly" and "Bruce Almighty," called it to clarify the reports.
Aniston said she normally ignores rumors published about her but wanted to
speak this time because the reports had been picked up by mainstream news
outlets.
"The only reason I'm saying something is because if we're listening to the
news we're supposed to be believing in the news," she said.
Aniston was vague about her relationship with Vaughn, whom she met last year
while filming "The Break-Up."
"We're just being," she told People. "We're having a good time."