As we found out over the weekend, Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler were in Mexico for Jennifer’s 41st birthday celebration. Of course, Sheryl Crowe and Courteney Cox were there too, so it’s not like people were like “Oh my God, Butler sex in Mexico!” But it was interesting, and continues to be interesting. Page Six is running a “behind the scenes” story about what’s really going on between Aniston and Butler, and it kind of confuses me even more. Are they romantic, or are they just friends staying in different villas? I need to know this, especially if Gerard and I get married, as planned.
Jennifer Aniston celebrated her 41st birthday with a romantic weekend at a luxurious Mexican resort with on-again flame Gerard Butler and some chaperones. Sources said Aniston rented a $9,000-a- night, four-bedroom villa at the lush One & Only Palmilla resort in Cabo San Lucas and installed Butler in a one-bedroom casita a short stroll away.
Eyewitnesses said she and Butler looked “very friendly.” One of them said, “Jen invited 50 of her close friends to celebrate her birthday, and Gerard Butler was one of them. She was staying at a villa that had a 12-strong staff including a personal chef and two butlers, a private infinity pool, a spa with Jacuzzi, its own terrace with fire pits, an outdoor rain shower and day beds.
“Gerard had his own one-bedroom villa with a private pool, but he joined Jen for all the celebrations, and they looked extremely friendly but not overly flirty in public. Jen’s top request is always margaritas and guacamole,” our source said. “On Saturday, the staff lit 65 candles for her on the terrace of her villa, where all her guests, including Gerard, dined and drank, before a Mariachi band sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to her in Spanish and she was presented with a dark chocolate cake decorated with her star sign, Aquarius. Despite all the eating and drinking, Jen took care of herself and did yoga every morning.”
Aniston’s other guests included her longtime friend Sheryl Crow, who was spotted working out with her one morning at the resort’s gym, as well as Courteney Cox and actor Jason Bateman. The source added that instead of giving gifts, she asked her friends to donate to the charity Friends of El Faro, which helps children at the Casa Hogar Sion orphanage in Tijuana.
Reps for Aniston and Butler — who were recently spotted canoodling backstage at the Golden Globes — didn’t get back to us.
[From Page Six]
Hm… this is interesting. Over the weekend, I was totally like “they’re friends with benefits” but now I’m starting to doubt that. Even though this Page Six story makes it seem like romance is a possibility, I kind of come away from it thinking they’re not bangin’. Weird.
In other Butler-Aniston news, in an interview that will air today on Access Hollywood, Jennifer talks about how Gerard is “just fun” and “the most unpretentious guy”. She also says they “have each other’s back”. And now I’m thinking that they’re bangin’ again. What the hell? Aniston draws me in every time!!!
Jennifer Aniston makes no secret that she’s Scottish hunk Gerard Butler’s biggest fan, praising her co-star in The Bounty Hunter as “fun” and fueling long-standing rumors that the pair are more than just friends.
“We just had so much fun together you know. He’s just fun. Gerry’s the most unpretentious guy,” Jennifer tells Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush in an interview airing tonight.
“He’s a guy’s guy, but he’s absolutely the most lovely and sort of self-deprecating and just what you see is what you get,” she says of Gerry, who stayed with her in Mexico. “We look at work the same way…we always had each other’s back.”
Jen is celebrating her 41st birthday at the One & Only Palmilla resort in Cabo San Lucas, with an A-list gang of friends including Courteney Cox Arquette, Jason Bateman and Sheryl Crow.
So, how does she feel about turning 41? “Thirty-one, pssh,” she jokes. “It’s quite lovely I have to say. 30 was a hump but you know 31 is fabulous. It really does get better doesn’t it?”
What else brought Jen back to Mexico for the birthday trip which was organized by a friend?
“He said to me, ’You come to Mexico all the time and Mexico is really hurting right now because of the swine flu and the drug trafficking and all of this sort of stuff but it’s not all of Mexico,’” she explains.
“These people survive on us coming down and spending money and coming here to these beautiful places. It sort of made sense to sort of say ‘Hey, let’s help out Mexico,’” she says. “Let’s shout out to these kids in Tijuana at El Faro and you know, have a big…that’s sort of our birthday celebration this year.”
[From OK! Magazine]
Jason Bateman was Aniston’s costar in The Baster, so it’s not like Gerard is the only costar who came down to Mexico for a little vacation. By the way, even though Gerard is my future husband, The Bateman is far, far superior, and I only disregard him as marriage material because he’s already happily married with a gorgeous daughter. The Butler might be a moob-tastic sexy beast, but The Bateman is the one you want to hang out with.
