Will it Matter What Jen Thinks of Angie?

Oscar season is a rough. Things you think wouldn’t matter sometimes do matter. I always said that if Jennifer Aniston had had an awards-worthy performance after her breakup with Brad she would have won. Dumped women tend to do better at awards time as long as they weren’t the cause of the breakup. A hint of scandal can derail an Oscar-worthy performance; one only need glance Russell Crowe’s way to see how much. I honestly think that Sean Penn’s 11th hour breakup with Robin Wright Penn might have cost him some of what he lost last year when Into the Wild was snubbed by the Academy. But I could be wrong – that is a theory. At any rate, Jennifer Aniston is telling what she never has told before and doing it in a big way right during the most fertile Oscar voting season. And thus, this will likely impact Angelina’s Oscar nod in one way or another. It might seem superficial and silly but voters go on instinct and whether they “like” the person or not, which is why it’s important to get yourself out there. They have to know you to vote for you nine times out of ten.

The cover of December’s Vogue will show Jennifer Aniston and her soon-to-be-blown-way-out-proportion quote, “What Angelina did was very uncool.” And just like that the story that will never go away will last a little bit longer. People will say it doesn’t matter what Jennifer Aniston thinks. Maybe it doesn’t; she was just lampooned on Saturday Night Live for being someone who never takes a stand on anything.¬†¬† Maybe now she feels she must let loose and say all. Who knows. Either way something tells me this might not be good for Ms. Jolie during awards season. It could turn out to be great publicity, however.