Jennifer Aniston has revealed that as a youngster, she received a slapping – from Santa. She explains, “I was walking down Broadway after a dance class with my girlfriend. I basically saw this homeless guy dressed as Santa standing in the middle of the street and I just happened to be passing him right at the time that he went BEEHHHH!!! And backhanded me really hard.” The former Friends star recalls she was stunned, saying, “I was like, what the hell are you doing? And nobody stopped! I don’t know what you’d expect people to do, like go beat up the homeless Santa?” But Jennifer sees it as part and parcel of life in the city: “Very strange. It’s fun growing up in New York.” [20 April 2006]