How Jennifer Aniston Really Feels About ‘The Rachel’

It’s hard to come by a beauty interview with Jennifer Aniston that doesn’t mention ‘The Rachel’. And yet, despite the haircut being such a ’90s phenomenon, it was really only featured in its purest form during one season Friends.

So, considering it didn’t hang around for long, what did Jen really think of it?

Well, we now have the answer thanks to Adam Sandler.

Did Jennifer Aniston like ‘The Rachel’?

It’s important to note that ‘The Rachel’ reached peak popularity around 1995. So that’s 28 years that Jen has been answering questions about her hair and that particular cut. She’s even capitalised on it by launching her own hair brand, Lolavie.

So trust funny man Adam Sandler to ask about it when she addressed him with, “What’s something you’ve always wanted to ask me?” during an interview with ET.

“‘The Rachel’, I know no one talks to you about that,” he joked. “I just wanna know, when you saw it in the mirror for the first time, did you say ‘this is it, this is the one I wanted, this is fantastic’?”

To which Jen responded, “I really did enjoy it when it first happened. Which we interpret as: “But I don’t enjoy it now”.

“When did you say I can’t do ‘The Rachel’ anymore?” he followed up.

“I just started growing it out,” Jen responded. “It was too hard because I couldn’t do it on my own. And I just looked like Roseanne Roseannadanna.”

Roseanne Roseannadanna via Getty

In case you didn’t know, Jen’s natural hair is quite curly when left to air-dry. So you can imagine the havoc those layers would wreak before she had a hairstylist on speed dial.

It’s a lesson we’ve all probably learned the hard way; don’t commit to a cut if you’re going to hate the upkeep.