Courteney Cox "Leaning on" Jen Aniston After Split
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Neither Courteney Cox nor David Arquette "is holding up great, but they are adjusting to life on their own again," a family source tells the new Us Weekly (now on newsstands) of the couple, who shocked fans Monday by announcing that they have separated after 11 years of marriage.
Arquette, 39, is relying on his siblings, including Medium star Patricia, for support.
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Meanwhile, Cox’s BFF, Jennifer Aniston, in a role reversal, is playing the part of comforter.
“Courteney is leaning on Jen,” says a source.
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Cox, 46, cared for Aniston, 41, after her divorce from Brad Pitt and a string of other dead-end relationships, including John Mayer and Bradley Cooper.
Perhaps that is why Cox just couldn't take care of Arquette anymore, he suggested in a very candid Howard Stern interview Tuesday.
"She tries to take on everybody's problems," he said. "She's the mother to everyone. That's why she doesn't want to be the mother to me anymore."
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For their 11th wedding anniversary this past June, he said she bought him a motorcycle. "She said to me, 'I don't want to be your mother anymore,'" he recalled.
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8Aniston is the one that help talk her out of her marriage or else Courteney would still be with David. Friends like Aniston who needs enemies. Aniston was always in the middle of their marriage. Courteney has already has already been running with other men but the media just will not report on that.
Dear David, your wife should not be your mother d-bag. Grow the f up!
Colleen i am glad i am not your friend...you are a mean person...friends are there supporting each other...how many friends do you have...Courteney needs to take care of herslef and daughter...and David needs to be a man...and then they wiol get back together...they were in love...and they can love each other again...and also relationships change during time...good luck and hope all is best with your daughter
I have no doubt that Jen would be there for her, after all they are best friends. I do find it interesting though that it is said Courtney takes on other people's problems and is the mothering type. It is similar to her Friends character. I think she may needed to be a wife to her husband and not his Mother, and same would go for friends, be a friend not their MOM.
who cares, people break up everyday, her friend Jennifier helping her out, she is a loser with men how would she know . Now both of them are losers with men, whats new Let move on.
i bet Jennifer is the sweetest friend ever!! when my ex and i broke up my b-friend of 27 yrs was there for me, it's just a wonderful thing.
It's always a great thing to have a good friend there to comfort and support you in times of need. These two have been friends for many years and have always been there for each other. Friends like that are very hard to find in today's world.
I am glad that she is there now for her. Courtney has done the brunt of "mothering and solving everone elses problems" for too long to the dtriment of being able to focus on her marriage. maybe had she told her"Friends" to take care of themselves for a minute, they could have focused on the marriage issues more. It is time for Jen to give back.