Jennifer Aniston Just Made It Instagram Official With Jim Curtis

Ever since Julia Roberts stood before a bumbling Hugh Grant asking him to love her, we’ve been hooked on the celebrity-meets-civilian love story. From Lana Del Rey and her Alligator Man to Keeping Up With The Sussexes, the worlds-collide couple remains one of pop culture’s great obsessions, and proof that, just maybe, you too could end up with Harry Styles if you loiter around Hampstead Heath long enough. Formally entering the A-lister/“normie” canon this week? Jennifer Aniston, who just went IG official with wellness coach and hypnotist Jim Curtis.

Even after a week in which there was much discussion of whether it’s actually embarrassing to have a boyfriend, the layman other half still holds a sacred spot within the A-list dating hierarchy. Something of a celebrity answer to the real world’s ever elusive Man Without Social Media, he serves as a refreshing alternative to red-carpet overexposure, and presumably won’t have dated half of the past nominees in the Best Actress category in the past.

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After a history of sometimes painfully public romances, Aniston’s wholesome hard launch was met with delight from fans. A quick scroll through Curtis’s feed reveals a sensitive, spiritual type with a penchant for reciting mantras to camera. And while I advocate muting anyone who ever refers to their “better half” online, this is a social media tribute I can stomach. After all, Jennifer Aniston might be rich, famous and beautiful, but she’s also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.