On October 22, 2004, Jennifer Aniston stepped onto The Oprah Winfrey Show and delivered one of the most emotionally raw interviews of early 2000s television, speaking publicly just 83 days after her separation from Brad Pitt became known. Dressed simply, she told Oprah, “I’m sitting here today not as a victim, but as a woman who chose to stand up,” a line that resonated worldwide. Aniston revealed she had journaled since age fourteen and wrote “Today I choose myself” three times before calling h