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Topics: Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, Nostalgia, Sex and Relationships, Angelina Jolie
Jess Battison
Topics: Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, Nostalgia, Sex and Relationships, Angelina Jolie
Long before Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury, before the separation of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck (again) and the rollercoaster of Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, there was one celebrity break-up that shocked fans globally.
It’s easily one of Hollywood’s most high-profile splits of all time, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, of course.
The actors started dating in the late 90s, before they tied the knot beachside in July 2000. But in January 2005, they announced their decision to separate, with their divorce finalised in October that year. And while fans were taken aback by this news, Pitt was seen spending more and more time with his Mr & Mrs Smith co-star, Angelina Jolie.
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This all led to the sale of ‘Team Aniston’ and ‘Team Jolie’ t-shirts and a crazy about of media attention.
‘Brangelina’ reportedly fell in love while working on the action film, but he maintained that he did not cheat on his wife.
That was pretty much the general consensus among fans and the media though, while Aniston said in following interviews that she would ‘love’ Pitt ‘for the rest of her life.'
And in her first interview after the split, Vanity Fair asked if she believed his claims of not cheating, she said: “I choose to believe my husband. At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised by anything, but I would much rather choose to believe him.”
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In January 2006, Jolie confirmed she was pregnant with Pitt’s child and was said to be two months pregnant by the time his divorce with Aniston was finalised.
They announced their engagement in 2012 and were married in 2014.
In her interview, while the break-up was still relatively raw and fresh, Aniston explained she had only met Jolie one time and took an opportunity to quickly say hey.
The Friends star recalled her last words to Jolie - completely unaware that she would become her exes next partner - before her split from Pitt.
“It was on the lot of Friends—I pulled over and introduced myself,” the star recalled.
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“I said, ‘Brad is so excited about working with you. I hope you guys have a really good time.’”
Aniston said she really did believe their marriage was ‘the real thing’ and puts what went wrong down as ‘complicated.'
“I think—it changed,” she added. “We both changed. You do the best you can, and I think we did. We did the best we could.”
Jolie later filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ and the legal battle went on for years, with the pair only reaching a divorce settlement at the end of last year, according to her lawyer.