As the theme tune to Friends famously goes, ‘I’ll be there for you’.
And it appears that one of the US sitcom’s biggest stars, Jennifer Aniston, has very much stayed loyal to the lyrics from The Rembrandts’ 1995 tune.
Her new boyfriend Jim Curtis has revealed that someone has made him smile again after he was left ‘broken’ following what he describes as an ‘unhealthy relationship’.
Twice-married Ms Aniston, who plays Alex Levy in The Morning Show on Apple TV, was first linked to Mr Curtis in June when they were spotted together at a luxury hotel in Big Sur, northern California.
And now in a heart-wrenching letter to his followers, the hypnotherapist, life coach and author seemed to confirm his romance with the star after he said he was ‘left questioning my worth’ before he met the Hollywood actress earlier this year.
He talks about finding love again after some long nights of the soul but stops short of mentioning the new woman in his life.
He revealed: ‘I found love again, but only after I learned how to align with love from the inside out.’
However, in July, Mr Curtis is known to have joined Ms Aniston on a holiday to Majorca, which she was enjoying with actor Jason Bateman and comedian Amy Schumer.
Friends star Jennifer Aniston and her boyfriend Jim Curtis seen heading out for dinner in New York
In August the couple were seen on a double date with Ms Aniston’s best friend Courteney Cox and her long-term partner Johnny McDaid at Nobu in Malibu. And last month they were spotted leaving a New York restaurant together.
Mr Curtis was using a walking stick because he has a limp after being diagnosed with lesions on his spinal cord aged 22.
Last month the 56-year-old teased her Instagram followers by posting a series of 18 photographs that had been taken over the summer, including a snap of the back of a man’s head.
The man was later identified as Mr Curtis, though she mysteriously didn’t tag him in the picture, unlike her other friends.
There were also photos of their three dogs, with Ms Aniston’s labrador Lord Chesterfield and schnauzer Clyde next to Mr Curtis’s rescue dog Odie, which he has called ‘the world’s cutest dog’.
Sources have suggested it was their love of dogs that brought them together. Baring his soul to his followers, Mr Curtis told how a previous romance ended badly, leaving him feeling alone and ridden with anxiety.
‘Not long ago, I was in a very different place than I am today,’ he wrote. ‘I was in pain, physically and emotionally. An unhealthy relationship had left me broken-hearted and questioning my worth.
‘Maybe you’ve been there too – those nights when anxiety and fear keep you awake, when you can’t stop thinking or when you wake up in the morning with dread.
Curtis, 49, a life coach, hypnotherapist and author, in New York last month
‘I felt alone, stuck and uncertain about what the future could possibly hold.’
Mr Curtis, 49, went on to describe overcoming his struggles through the hypnotherapy methods he now teaches, saying: ‘I reprogrammed my subconscious, which gave me confidence I didn’t even know I had.
‘I let go of the belief that I was broken and started to feel whole again. If I could create that transformation from where I was, you can too. And I’ll guide you every step of the way.’
He signed off: ‘With purpose and belief in you, Jim Curtis.’ He didn’t name the partner who left him broken-hearted.
Ms Aniston split from Brad Pitt in 2005 after five years of marriage, and in 2015 wed actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux, but they separated in 2018.
