Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston has denied she uses her love life to further her career - insisting those stories are "way below the belt".

The former Friends star - who is currently promoting new movie Marley + Me - is recently rumoured to have split from rocker John Mayer.

And Aniston is furious she has been accused of using her romances to drum up attention for her films.

She tells British magazine Hello, "I usually go about ignoring such things but when someone says - as has often been incorrectly alleged - I'd abuse a romantic attachment as a publicity stunt or to promote a new movie of mine, that's really just way below the belt."

"To love and be loved is the most beautiful thing that can happen to a person, and one's own life is much more important than all the glamour and fame in the world."