Jennifer Aniston calls The Morning Show ‘one of her hardest jobs’ ever as it brings up feelings of isolation

JENNIFER Aniston has called The Morning Show “one of her hardest jobs” ever as it brought up feelings of isolation.

The 50-year-old actress stars as veteran news host Alex Levy in the Apple TV series alongside Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell.

Alex wakes up one morning to find her co-host Mitch Kessler has been fired following allegations of sexual assault.

She not only has to deliver the news to the nation while dealing with her own feelings on the situation, but she is also trying to renegotiate her contract with the network.

The complex set of emotions took a lot out of Jennifer, who admitted to : “This role never could’ve come to me any sooner than now.

“It’s one of the hardest jobs I’ve had. I knew I was up to the task, but then there was the excavation of all the emotions in order to create this world for this woman. All of her lifelines are falling away.

“I would walk out of some of those scenes feeling like a manhole cover just came off my back.”

It’s no surprise Alex feels isolated at home and at the network with Mitch gone and Reese’s character Bradley Jackson guns for her position.

It’s something Jennifer admits she can relate to, having starred on one of the biggest sitcoms every made as Rachel Green in Friends.

She said: “I understand the isolation — not wanting to be seen, not wanting to be public, not wanting to have to go on a red carpet.

“It’s not always easy to go out there and have to be the person that you have to be.”

But there are very few – if any – similarities between Alex and Rachel, with  the show’s director Mimi Leder revealing. “This is such a different performance from Jennifer Aniston, and I feel like people are going to lose their minds.

“No one has ever seen Jen Aniston jump into the deep end like this. She’s totally a woman on the verge.”

The Morning Show debuts on Apple TV+ on November 1.