Jennifer Aniston reveals dad John Aniston’s warning for acting

Jennifer Aniston almost didn’t pursue a career in acting if she had followed her soap star father John Aniston’s advice.

On the Monday, October 20, episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, the Emmy-winning actress, daughter of the late Days of Our Lives actor John Aniston, revealed that despite his immense acting career, her dad warned her against joining the industry.

“My dad was telling me, please don't do this. You're just going to suffer rejection,” Jennifer recalled while speaking with podcast host Dax Shepard.

Reflecting on her dad’s time in Greece studying medicine, Jennifer jokingly added, “Yeah. You're gonna end up in Greece anyway. Go get a real job. All the cliché things.”

Moreover, acknowledging her “nepo baby” title, given to children of actors, the Morning Show actress added, “So maybe you got into a door because you're so-and-so's kid, but if you suck, guess what? You're not going to continue to do it.”

Jennifer also noted her father’s acting stint on Days of Our Lives for 37 years before he died in 2022.

“He was on that show forever,” she said. “In fact, the last episode he shot aired like a week after he died. So he worked right up until that was it. That was literally a wrap on John.”

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