Jennifer Aniston appears to be more than just ‘Friends’ with dashing wellness guru Jim Curtis – better known by his online nickname, “Hypnotist Jim.”
This week, the pair were pictured together on vacation on the Spanish island of Mallorca and confirmed their romance as they held hands and Curtis was seen giving his new love a back massage.
The trip comes after Page Six revealed how they were spotted getting cozy at a restaurant in Big Sur, California, just last month.
However, they seem to have been hiding their relationship in plain sight as Curtis follows Aniston’s best friends on Instagram, including Courteney Cox, Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka – whom they’re currently away with.
We’re told the pair, were introduced by mutual friends.
“The Morning Show” star Aniston is still recovering from a shocking break-in at her $21 million Bel Air home in May while she was at the property, as well as the loss of her beloved co-star Matthew Perry which, as we revealed, left her heartbroken. She later told how she had texted with the tragic actor just hours before his 2023 death.
“Jen has a very small group of trusted – and extremely protective – friends,” said a Hollywood insider, “She lives in kind of a bubble, and Jim’s been hanging out with them for a while now.” Indeed, the insider pointed out that Aniston had actually posted a photo of Curtis – albeit blurring out his face – as she posed with “Will & Grace” pal Sean Hayes last month.
Aniston, 56, has been married twice, to Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux. Curtis, 49 – who calls himself a “transformational coach and hypnotherapist” – has also had his own rocky love life.
“I can’t keep a girlfriend because I get bored,” the divorced dad-of-one admitted in his 2017 book, “The Stimulati Experience,” in which he detailed his stream of failed romances.
At one low point in his life, he said he was dating “a new girl every quarter,” and also told how he rarely sees his son.
“I wish I had a better relationship with my son, but he lives with his mother most of the time, and he’s pissed at me,” he wrote in his book.
We can reveal that Curtis’ teenage son Aidan lives with his ex-wife Rachel Napolitano in upstate New York.
Curtis met Napolitano when she was working as a cocktail waitress in a West Village bar in October 1999 and the pair wed in June 2003.
A wedding announcement in The Observer noted that Curtis admired her “very straight white teeth.”
“I thought she was really smart,” he added, “We talked about spirituality.”
However, it was only after months of dating he realized she was also the girl he had earlier lusted after on segment of Howard Stern’s E! TV show.
“I want to date a girl that looks like that,” he recalled saying of seeing the NYU grad, who had gone on the show to meet actress Lucy Lawless.
At the time, Curtis was working in sales at WebMD.com. He proposed on a Cape Cod beach with a two-carat diamond ring.
They wed on the Cape in a 200-person reception in an old manor house.
“I think she’s really hot,” Curtis said, “I like to watch her walk. I find myself, even four years later, turning around to watch her walk by me. She just looks good.”
But the marriage was not to be, and they split after having their son. Page Six/The Post has reached out to Rachel and Curtis for comment.
Following his divorce, Curtis, who embarked on his healing journey after being diagnosed with lesions on his spinal cord as a student at the University of New Hampshire in 1995, bought a penthouse apartment in Brooklyn and dated a string of women.
He referred to one former love, “Lucy Lou” whom he met at a leadership course in NYC, as his “kryptonite.”
Despite buying an engagement ring, things fizzled out. He was so in love, however, that he says he ignored red flags and “glaring issues.”
He also admitted to stalking his girlfriend’s new boyfriend on Facebook in the midst of their breakup, which caused him to “spiral into inadequacy” and “not enough-ness” around the loss of the relationship, then shame myself for not only the relationship’s ending but also for Facebook stalking them.
Curtis said he writes the “details of my shame” on little pieces of paper and sets them on fire while alone in his bedroom.
Now, however, his social media page is filled with inspirational quotes and “manifestations” to help other people “break free from their past and patterns” and find love.
His Instagram page boasts more than 560,000 followers. Curiously, Aniston has been following him on the platform for almost two years.
Back in November 2023, she ‘liked’ one of his posts, which read, “Is it better to settle or stay alone? The answer lies in nurturing meaningful relationships.”
Last week, Aniston also liked another of Curtis’s posts about healing from a divorce.
And back in April, Curtis – who gave a TED talk in 2023, The Cosmic Algorithm: Deciphering the Signs – hinted at romance between the pair when he commented a heart emoji on an Instagram video of Aniston working out.
Last month, Aniston and Curtis were spotted at luxury hotel Ventana Big Sur in Northern California and were seen cozying up together in the restaurant.
Aniston remains friendly with both her ex-husbands, having finally buried the hatchet with Pitt around five years ago after he left her for Angelina Jolie.
The Golden Globe winner famously reunited with Pitt, 61, at the Screen Actors Guild Awards that year.
Meanwhile, she and Theroux, 53, even text and FaceTime each other, the “Leftovers” alum told Esquire in 2021.
“We don’t talk every day,” the filmmaker, who recently wed actress Nicole Brydon Bloom, said. “It would be a loss if we weren’t in contact, for me personally. And I’d like to think the same for her.”
Aniston has also been open about her struggles to have children and spoken about going down a failed IVF route. When asked about romance, she told Allure in 2022, “Never say never, but I don’t have any interest. I’d love a relationship. Who knows?
“There are moments I want to just crawl up in a ball and say, ‘I need support.’ It would be wonderful to come home and fall into somebody’s arms and say, ‘That was a tough day.’”
Hopefully with her new life coach she’s found someone who can connect with her on every level.
