Jennifer and John Aniston

Jennifer Aniston presented her father with the Lifetime Achievement in Television Award at the annual Daytime Emmy Awards, People reported. John Aniston is best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives for 37 years.

The awards were virtual, as neither John nor Jennifer could attend the ceremony. The Friends star congratulated her father by recording a special video message to his father.

Jennifer Aniston with her father

Jennifer’s relationship with her father was not always warm. In an interview, the actress admitted that as a child, a toxic atmosphere reigned in her family. His family was “not kind to each other” and did not feel safe. But through this experience, she learned to have a positive outlook on life (“Life only gives you lemons? Make lemonade out of them!”) and swore to herself that she would never force what she had experienced on others. self.

Jennifer’s parents divorced when she was just nine years old. According to the actress, the father left the family without saying goodbye once. Jennifer went to a friend’s birthday party and when she returned she was gone. John disappeared for a year, and then suddenly he called his daughter and offered to meet. Since then, they sometimes began to spend time together, but Jennifer could not forgive her father for a long time.

Jennifer and John’s relationship has improved recently, largely thanks to the pandemic.

– said a source close to the actress.

Now Jennifer warmly talks about her father and posts joint photos with him on social networks. Recall that Aniston’s mother, actress Nancy Dow, died in 2016 at the age of 79.