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\n\t\tJennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon have known each other since Friends (Picture: Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tJennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon have known each other since Friends (Picture: Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Jennifer Aniston<\/a> was left dumbfounded by Reese Witherspoon<\/a> when she only just learned the actress\u2019s real name, despite having known one another for over two decades.<\/p>\n The pair have returned to screens this week with a new season of the bonkers TV anchor drama The Morning Show, which sees Aniston, 56, and Witherspoon, 49, play frenemy presenters.<\/p>\n The Apple<\/a> TV Plus prestige soap is back for a fourth season, which sees the gang tackle the likes of AI, deepfakes and the Paris<\/a> Olympics from their headquarters at the UBA media building, following a high-stakes merger deal at the end of the previous season.<\/p>\n But while promoting the show Aniston learned there are still things about her longtime pal Witherspoon that she doesn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n The exchange between the two was captured on LADBible\u2019s<\/a> Do You Even Know Me? segment during their press tour for the Apple drama, which they both also executive produce.<\/p>\n At one point, Witherspoon quizzed her co-star and asked her: \u2018What is my real middle name? A: Jane, B: Jean or C: Joan.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t When Aniston incorrectly guessed Jane, Witherspoon revealed that the answer was in fact Jean.\u00a0<\/p>\n She nonchalantly added: \u2018It\u2019s confusing. I\u2019m Laura Jean.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n However, Aniston was shocked at the revelation of Witherspoon\u2019s first name rather than her middle name, exclaiming, \u2018Laura Jean?\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n Witherspoon explained: \u2018That\u2019s my real name. Yeah.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Laura! Who\u2019s Laura? Who the hell\u2019s Laura?\u2019 Aniston asked, adding, \u2018I\u2019m not calling you that from now on! Where did Reese come from?\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n Witherspoon explained: \u2018It\u2019s my middle name. I\u2019m Laura Jean Reese.\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tDid you know Reese Witherspoon’s real name?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tWant to get bespoke updates on the TV shows you love? Sign up to Metro’s TV newsletters and tell us which ones you can’t get enough of<\/p>\n \t\t Aniston later asked her co-star why she used Reese for her professional moniker.<\/p>\n Witherspoon replied: \u2018I didn\u2019t change it; my name was just always Reese,\u2019 before admitting that she didn\u2019t know Aniston\u2019s middle name either, which is Joanna.<\/p>\n The pair have been longtime friends since Witherspoon made a guest appearance on Friends in 2000 as the shopping-obsessed younger sister of Aniston\u2019s character Rachel Green.\u00a0<\/p>\n The pair are once again on screens as of this Wednesday, when the first episode of The Morning Show\u2019s season four premiered on Apple TV Plus<\/a>.<\/p>\n Got a story?<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"US](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SEI_266903002-97fa.jpg\")
\n\t\tThe pair co-star in Apple\u2019s The Morning Show (Picture: Angela Weiss\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"PASADENA,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SEI_266902997-59e1.jpg\")
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