Publicist Stephen Huvane with Jennifer Aniston on March 27; Aniston and Brad Pitt with Sting
Jennifer Aniston’s publicist, Stephen Huvane, is denying our cover story that Vince Vaughn popped the question on June 27. But, then again, he’s told some whoppers over the years. Let’s revisit them, shall we?
1) BRAD AND JEN ARE NOT ENGAGED
After Jen and then-boyfriend Brad Pitt took the stage during a Sting concert in November 1999 and Jen flashed a big diamond ring on her left ring finger, Huvane told the media: “She has a ring, but it’s not an engagement ring.” He continued to deny any engagement until the couple married July 29, 2000.
2) BRAD AND JEN ARE OK
Two weeks before Brad and Jen announced their separation on January 7, 2005, Huvane told Us: “They are looking forward to spending the holidays with each other. There is no split. They are fine.”
3) JEN ISN’T MOVING TO HER FORMER BACHELORETTE PAD
In February 2005, Huvane denied reports that Aniston was planning to move back into her former Hollywood Hills home, telling the New York Daily News, “Jennifer is not planning to move back into her home that is leased out to Ali G [Sacha Baron Cohen]. That is another fabrication.” Cohen and his fiancée, Isla Fisher, were ousted from the place that same month, Aniston moved back into her old pad later that year, and Vaughn joined her in January 2006.
4) JEN AND VINCE ARE NOT DATING
When pictures of Vince and Jen cuddling on the set of The Break-Up surfaced in July 2005, and rumors circulated that the costars were dating offscreen, Huvane denied the coupling to the New York Post: “There is no romantic interest. Vince is a good friend of Jennifer’s. I think the tabloids are so eager to see her with someone romantically that they just make these false assumptions.”
And, hey, for good measure…
5) GWYNETH IS NOT DEPRESSED
In 2003, rumors surfaced that Gwyneth Paltrow’s depression over her father’s death caused the actress to drop out of the films I Heart Huckabees and Happy Endings. Huvane, who is also Gwyneth’s publicist, denied the reports, saying, “She’s not going through a serious depression, she just needs some time off.”
“I was so depressed about my father,” the actress later said of the time in her life.
Us Weekly
I can tell you Us Weekly is so right. His way of confirming most rumors is not to respond. He only responds if it so big and he has no other choice. He is also the worst crisis management publicist in Hollywood. How can I say that? Well he was (not sure if he still is) Janet Jackson’s publicist during Nipplegate and we know how that turned out. He also let’s clients skip out on junket interviews, maybe Jennifer Aniston would’ve had a few more number ones if she did a few more interviews. Press does helps a movie, but if your publicist doesn’t let you do press oh well. So you might be asking why does he have such great clients? My theory research his brother Kevin Huvane?
