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One man knows thatJennifer Anistonwill be there for you.
TheFriendsstar was still a rising star back in 1997 when she was generous with her time and granted a radio intern an unexpected, and surprisingly extensive, interview. That intern wasJoe Pardavila, who went on to become a podcaster, an actor and now author who’s dishing on his celebrity run-ins.
Back in 1997, Pardavila visited the set of Aniston’s filmPicture Perfectin hopes of getting an interview with the actress.
But when her bodyguard “saw me and sensed what I was about to do,” Pardavila writes inGood Listen: Creating Memorable Conversations In Business And Life, perPage Six, “he made a beeline straight for me.”
“Holding up my radio mic, I said in my most soothing and innocent tone, ‘Hey, I only want to ask Jennifer a couple of questions, that’s all,'” Pardavila recalls.
“The guard let me know that wasn’t going to happen,” he reveals, deadpanning, “His tone was neither soothing nor innocent.”
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But Pardavila’s luck changed when the futureEmmy winnerhad a change of heart later that day.
Aniston, now 53, had her assistant reach out to the radio station where he was interning with a make-good, telling them, “Jennifer felt badly about what happened. Better yet, she’d be happy to do an interview with the morning show.”
The interview was booked, and Aniston chatted “for 20 minutes with us about the movie she was making, her time onFriends, everything you’d want to talk about withJennifer Aniston,” Pardavila wrote, according toPage Six.
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Pardavila’s encounter is hardly the first time Aniston has made someone’s day.
During a special appearance on YouTube’sBeauty Festivallast month, the actresssurprised two fansat her hairstylistChris McMillan’ssalon.
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“Are you really here, is this real?” one asked — to which Aniston joked, “I live here.”
When fans were asked, “Who’s your favorite character?” and darednotto answer Rachel, Aniston was a good sport, telling them, “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that.”
source: people.com
