Jennifer Aniston says she got ‘choppy bob’ haircut out of boredom

When Jennifer Aniston’s hair falls in a salon, everyone hears it.

The trend-setting “Friends� alum chopped off her luscious locks last week, opting for a neck-skimming bob that she debuted while she was out and about in Los Angeles on Monday, according to Us Weekly.

The 44-year-old “We’re the Millers� star, who immortalized “The Rachel� haircut with longtime stylist Chris McMillan, said she and McMillian cut off six inches at her direction this time.

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“Chris McMillan actually chopped all my hair off!� she told Vogue.com. “I actually don’t have any red carpets coming up. This is truly just for me!�

Aniston previously denounced her infamous “Rachel� from 1994 as “horrible� in Marie Claire, explaining that the ‘do was too “high maintenance.� She described the new cut as a “choppy bob� to Pop Sugar.

Justin Theroux’s fiance said she’ll begin shooting “Horrible Bosses 2� in a few weeks, but that the cut didn’t affect the shoot because she’d be wearing a wig over her honey-colored locks anyway.

“It’s fantastic, [the wig] actually saves your hair because you can put a leave-in conditioner in, wrap it, and then it’s like putting on a hat,� she said. “It’s easy and fun and you get to change your look. I did that for ‘Life of Crime’ as well. It’s one of those things they say: ‘Once you start wearing a wig, you’ll never go back.’�

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Her latest cut comes just about a year after Aniston bought the hair-care company Living Proof.

“It’s right at my jaw line, maybe a little longer,� she said of the new style. “It was kind of spur-of-the-moment. I was flipping through the television channels and I paused it to take a picture and I sent it to Chris, and he said, ‘That’s [stylist] Lawren Howell from Vogue!’ And then he said, ‘I just cut that!’ So that’s it. He went way shorter than hers, but she was the inspiration.�

Aniston, whose propensity for simple styles and beachy waves can sometimes befuddle critics, sported a bob back in 2001, following months of wearing extremely long hair extensions for her role in “Rock Star.� She later grew out her locks only to chop them off again in 2011, when she got an angular bob.

This time, Aniston opted for the chin-grazing style after her hair reacted poorly to an intensive Brazilian hair-straightening treatment, and because she was “bored.�

“I don’t know, man. I did it! I feel great. I feel lighter. It’s simple, it’s really simple, that’s for sure. But I’m always one of those girls who does a big old chop just to get it really healthy, to repair all the [damage from] hair coloring and stuff like that. And I just got bored, honestly. It’s fun to change it up once in awhile.�

Hey, at least it isn’t a pixie cut.

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