Friends star dismisses reports of her engagement to Vaughn as ‘insane’

Jennifer Aniston has vociferously denied US reports she is engaged to Vince Vaughn.

Friends star Aniston told People magazine that reports of her engagement to the Be Cool actor, including an article in Us Weekly, were false, calling the stories “insane”.

“I’m not engaged, and I don’t have a ring, and I haven’t been proposed to,” Aniston told People, according to an article on the magazine’s website.

Us reported in an August 9 cover story citing anonymous sources that Vaughn had proposed to Aniston on June 27 on a private jet after a trip to Mexico. Us is sticking by its story, which other media outlets picked up.

“Us Weekly based its story on lengthy interviews with four separate and independent sources close to the couple, including two who learned of the engagement directly from Vince Vaughn,” the magazine said in a statement. “Jennifer’s publicist never denied the engagement in advance of publication.”

People magazine said Aniston, who played Rachel Green in Friends and has starred in movies including Along Came Polly and Bruce Almighty, called to clarify the reports.

Aniston said that, though she normally ignored rumours published about her, she wanted to speak in this case because the reports had been picked up by mainstream news outlets.

“The only reason I’m saying something is because if we’re listening to the news we’re supposed to be believing in the news,” she said.

Aniston was vague about her relationship.

“We’re just being,” she told People. “We’re having a good time.”