Jennifer Aniston takes on tabloid rumours: I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up

Jennifer Aniston "is fed up" with tabloid magazines constantly speculating over her being pregnant. The Leftovers actress's representative was forced to deny she was expecting after post-lunch photos of her in a bikini showcasing her belly circulated in June.

"For the record, I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up," said Aniston, in an essay for Huffington Post titled For the Record. "I'm fed up with the sport-like scrutiny and body shaming that occurs daily under the guise of 'journalism,' the 'First Amendment' and 'celebrity news'."

The 47-year-old actress goes on to explain how the "stalking and objectification" she has faced from the media is harmful to women in general.

"The way I am portrayed by the media is simply a reflection of how we see and portray women in general, measured against some warped standard of beauty," Aniston commented.

"The message that girls are not pretty unless they're incredibly thin, that they're not worthy of our attention unless they look like a supermodel or an actress on the cover of a magazine is something we're all willingly buying into.

"I have grown tired of being part of this narrative. Yes, I may become a mother some day, and since I'm laying it all out there, if I ever do, I will be the first to let you know. But I'm not in pursuit of motherhood because I feel incomplete in some way, as our celebrity news culture would lead us all to believe. I resent being made to feel "less than" because my body is changing and/or I had a burger for lunch and was photographed from a weird angle and therefore deemed one of two things: 'pregnant' or 'fat.' Not to mention the painful awkwardness that comes with being congratulated by friends, coworkers and strangers alike on one's fictional pregnancy (often a dozen times in a single day).

"The sheer amount of resources being spent right now by press trying to simply uncover whether or not I am pregnant (for the bajillionth time... but who's counting) points to the perpetuation of this notion that women are somehow incomplete, unsuccessful, or unhappy if they're not married with children," she added.

Aniston also slammed paparazzi for going overboard in trying to get photos of her and husband Justin Theroux, who she married in 2015.

"Every day my husband [Justin Theroux] and I are harassed by dozens of aggressive photographers staked outside our home who will go to shocking lengths to obtain any kind of photo, even if it means endangering us or the unlucky pedestrians who happen to be nearby."