Jim Curtis Shares ‘Origin Story’ of Jennifer Aniston Relationship as He Admits to Blushing On-Air

Jennifer Aniston and Jim Curtis met through — you guessed it — friends.

During the hypnotherapist’s Monday, January 26, appearance on Today to promote his upcoming book, The Book of Possibility, Craig Melvin asked Curtis to share his and Aniston’s “origin story.”

“We were just introduced by friends,” the author, 50, revealed. “That’s it. We found out that we had mutual friends, and we started to just chat.”

Curtis explained that it took quite a while before he and the Friends actress, 56, officially entered into a relationship, adding: “We chatted for a long time, and we became close.”

Though the Morning Show star only went Instagram official with Curtis in November, he revealed on Today that they’ve been dating for “close to a year” now.

Melvin, 46, then joked, “I’m not gonna put you on the spot anymore because you’re kind of blushing right now,” to which Curtis replied, “OK, yeah I sure am.”

Days after they went Instagram official, the couple made their red-carpet debut at Elle’s 2025 Women in Hollywood celebration.

Still, a source told Star last month that the LolaVie founder is still adjusting to her new normal with a boyfriend who isn’t wrapped up in Hollywood.

“It’s a culture shock, but Jim isn’t interested in turning into a piece of high-fashion arm candy just to keep up with Jen,” a source with longtime ties to Aniston’s team said.

According to Star’s source, “For Jen and Jim to work out in the long term, they’re going to have to find a middle ground between Jim’s low-key, thrift-store approach and Jen’s world, where she gets waited on hand and foot as a matter of habit.”

“For this to work, Jen is the one who has to change, and she knows it,” the source insisted. “For all the talk about how she is ‘down to earth’ and ‘normal,’ Jim is the one who has real-world, non-famous friends, not Jen.”