(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Jennifer Aniston has announced that she is "madly in love."

The 42-year-old actress made the proclamation at Glamour's Women of the Year awards in New York last night.

But she was not speaking about her beau Justin Theroux but of her new best friend, talk show host Chelsea Handler.

"I rarely comment on my personal life, but I am here to tell you that I'm madly in love," the former Friends star teased.

"I'm madly in love with the one and only Chelsea Handler!

"It was not love at first sight. Like most logical people in the entertainment world, I only appeared on her show so she wouldn't talk s**t on me that, and I really wanted to work with the esteemed E! network."

Jennifer was at the event with her love Justin and the pair were apparently very close all night and were seen holding hands and snuggling up together.

Chelsea meanwhile received much praise throughout the night before receiving her honour.

Reese Witherspoon called the blonde funny girl, "one of the most supportive friends I have."

It was a female empowerment evening with women like Jennifer Lopez, Lea Michele and former First Lady Barbara Bush in attendance.

The comedienne couldn't resist having a laugh during her own speech.

"There are a lot of no's along the way," Chelsea said before joking, "There are a lot of people who will tell you, you can't do something or you're not good enough or you're not pretty enough or skinny enough or your butt's not as big as J.Lo's."

Chelsea was reportedly nursing a broken heart last night after splitting from Uma Thurman's ex Andre Balazs after nearly a year together. She is said to be doing "fine."

"If she's feeling down, she's certainly not showing it," a source told Page Six. (C) Cover Media