Jennifer Aniston has condemned JD Vance, Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate, for resurfaced comments in which he disparaged Democrat women as a "bunch of childless cat ladies with miserable lives" who are "making the country miserable too".
On Wednesday the Friends star posted a clip of Mr Vance's remarks on her Instagram story, expressing her disbelief.
She penned: “I truly can’t believe that this is coming from a potential VP of the United States.”
Aniston used the moment to directly address Mr Vance and criticise his views on IVF, adding: “All I can say is… Mr Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day.
“I hope she will not need to turn to IVF as a second option. Because you are trying to take that away from her, too.”
In a 2021 interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, JD Vance criticised Vice President Kamala Harris’ leadership, questioning it due to her lack of biological children.
As the presidential election approaches, the video has resurfaced, with many women without children labeling Mr Vance’s comments as sexist and misogynistic.
They argue that his remarks perpetuate the outdated stereotype that women who choose not to have children are lonely and unloved.
Mr Vance said in the clip that the country was run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too”.
He continued: “Look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC, the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children. How does it make any sense we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it?”
Vice President Harris, one of the politiciansMr Vance referred to as a “childless cat lady”, addressed his views on IVF and abortion during a campaign speech last week in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
She shared: “Understand, this is a fellow who — in the United States Senate — participated in blocking protections for IVF. This is an individual who has made every indication that he is for a national abortion ban.”
In June, Mr Vance voted against the Right to IVF Act, which aimed to ensure nationwide accessibility to IVF services.
Aniston, who has been candid about her own IVF journey, has consistently challenged the stereotype that women without children are somehow incomplete or unsuccessful.
In a 2016 essay for the Huffington Post, the Hollywood emphasised that women do not need to be married or mothers to lead fulfilling lives.
The 55-year-old wrote: “We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies. That decision is ours and ours alone.
“Let’s make that decision for ourselves and for the young women in this world who look to us as examples.”
