Jennifer Anistonhad her friends to thank for her new Instagram fame.
The actress, 50 — who not onlybroke the internetwhen she joined Instagram, but also seta Guinness World Recordfor the fastest time to reach one million followers — toldJimmy Kimmelon Wednesday night that she finally joined the popular social media platform because she “got tired” of people in her life telling her to join.
“[I’m the] most reluctant person to ever join Instagram,” she said of her amassed following, which has reached 11.8 million as of Thursday. “It’s kind of crazy.”
When Kimmel askedThe Morning Showstar who talked her into making the account she responded, “I don’t know, a lot of people.”
“I just got tired of, you know… what you resist persists,” she added. “So, what the hay? Just do it.”
Aniston then revealed that she hasn’t had time to really peruse on the app since making her account, jokingly adding, “I’m just trying to build content, as they say.”
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Prior to creating her official account, Anistonadmitted that she had a private “stalker account”that she used to occasionally view people’s posts, but realized it was time for her to get with the times.
“When I was thinking about doing this I sort of figured it was time to understand the world and dip my toe into the social media pool,” she told Kimmel.
Kimmel, 51, then joked that it would be hard for the actress to follow that entrance, suggesting that she only post reunion selfies of the cast from now on.
“Wouldn’t it be funny if you only posted reunion photos of you and the group fromFriends,like here they are again at my house,” the host teased.
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Shortly after Anniston’s famous friends and fans noticed her account, theactress’s account temporarily crashedwith the page showing as “Sorry, this page isn’t available.”
“Everyone in the world is trying to followJennifer Anistonon Instagram at the moment and it won’t let me….. #amsad,” one user wrote onTwitter.
Another wrote, “Jennifer Anistonjoined Instagram and broke it. A QUEEN.”
Said Instagram to PEOPLE in a statement: “We are aware that some people are having issues following Jen’s page — the volume of interest is incredible! We are actively working on a solution and hope to have the page up and running smoothly again shortly.”
In less than an hour, Aniston had racked up more than 116,000 followers and had followed dozens of famous pals, likeDavid Spade,Julia Roberts,Adam Sandler, and ex-husbandJustin Theroux.
And in five hours and 16 minutes, she had reached one million, dethroningPrince HarryandMeghan Markleas the new Guinness World Record title holder.
source: people.com
