Seriously. During an appearance on Late Night With Conan O'Brien back in 2005, Aniston told shocked viewers that she once found herself in a serious situation with one of the most beloved fictional characters on the planet: Santa. Recalling the story to Conan, Aniston said:
"Santa slapped me. There was a homeless guy wearing a Santa hat. I was walking down Broadway after a dance class and I was with my girlfriend. I basically saw this guy standing in the middle of the street and I just happened to be passing him right at the time that he went 'BEEEH!' And backhanded me. Really hard. I was stunned. I was like, what the hell are you doing? And nobody stopped! I dont what youd expect people to do, like go beat up the homeless Santa? Very strange. Its fun growing up in New York."
Well, not a whole lot of people can say they've been slapped by Santa. Shame it had to be Jennifer, but hey - at least now she'll always have this incident in her inventory as an "amusing anecdote" to use on late night chat shows, right?
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
