Jennifer Aniston appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show, Ellen, in the US yesterday and indulged the audience with a little singsong.
The 40-year-old actress is training to do her own singing and guitar playing in The Goree Girls, a drama based on a real-life all-female country band in a Texas prison in the 1940s.
This led Ellen to request a live musical interlude from an apprehensive Jen.
“They promised they would not do this to me,” Jen joked with the audience.
But after some cajoling from the host and studio audience Jen reluctantly gave a short rendition of the George Gershwin standard ‘I’ve Got a Crush on You’.
“I’m absolutely mortified that you did that to me,” Jen exclaimed.
Jen’s reluctance seemed a bit pre-fabricated after she eventually gave in but maybe she was just being a good sport.
Ellen, being a newly appointed judge on American Idol, charitably said “I would put you through to the next round.”
However, we’re not so sure Jen would make the cut if she weren’t already world famous. Her voice was nice, but not show-stopping.
The talk show host also braved Jen’s least-favourite topic: her love life.
“They’re always saying you’re devastated. You don’t look devastated,” Ellen said.
“I know. I don’t know how I get that end of the story every time,” Jen said. “I have to talk to those people … that are writing up those stories.”
Jen suggested her former boyfriends should be painted as the heartbroken ones in the gossip mags.
“Yeah, change it around,” Ellen agreed. “They’re getting the raw end of the deal losing her. What’s wrong with people?”
In related news it’s been reported that Jen has been plaguing one of her exes, John Mayer, with text messages asking the singer to give her tips for her role in the movie.
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