Jennifer Aniston Allure Cover Slammed by Piers Morgan

Former Friends star Jennifer Aniston was slammed on Wednesday by Piers Morgan after she debuted on the cover of Allure Magazine for the December edition.

The cover photo shows Aniston, 53, in a simple black micro bikini top from a Chanel 1996 collection and a Saint Laurent skirt. The tagline on the cover beneath her name reads, "I don't have anything to hide at this point."

On Wednesday, British broadcaster Piers Morgan tweeted the photo of the magazine cover, along with the caption, "Oh Jennifer... sooo tacky ?."

Fans of Aniston came to her defense in the replies of the tweet, one user writing, "She looks incredible what's the problem".

Another wrote, "She looks beautiful. Not sure what you are complaining about."

One user tweeted a photo of a shirtless Morgan asleep outside, writing, "Oh Piers... sooo tacky ?."

Separate from Morgan's criticism, many fans on the internet praised Aniston for the cover.

"She looks sooooo good OMG!!!!!!! Major fn goals. Jennifer Aniston is 53 and just wow.???," said TV host Denise Salcedo, tweeting several photos from the Allure photoshoot.

"God is a woman and her name is jennifer aniston," said another user.

Aniston opened up in the Allure cover story about her fertility struggles and her journey with IVF (in vitro fertilization), a treatment used to try and get pregnant.

"All the years and years and years of speculation....It was really hard. I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it. I was throwing everything at it," Aniston said. "I would've given anything if someone had said to me, 'Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.' You just don't think it. So here I am today. The ship has sailed."

After being married to Brad Pitt for five years until 2005, she dated actor Justin Theroux and was married to him in 2015. In early 2018, the couple announced they had separated at the end of 2017.

When approached with the subject of marriage, Aniston told Allure, "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.'"

Aniston also shared her appreciation for Friends, the sitcom that began in 1994 and launched her into stardom.

"There are people who say that watching Friends has saved them during cancer diagnosis, or so many people with just so much gratitude for a little show," Aniston said. "We really loved each other and we took care of each other. I don't know why it still resonates; there are no iPhones. It's just people talking to each other. Nobody talks to each other anymore."

Newsweek reached out to a representative for Aniston for comment.

Update 11/09/22 12:57 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.