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How Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston met

They say that Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt was love at first sight. After having coincided at a Hollywood party in the late 90s and breaking up with their respective partners to date (while he ended his relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow, she did the same with Tate Donovan) the representatives of Aniston and Pitt organized an appointment between both of them.

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The perfect couple (back in the 90s)

“As soon as I saw him for the first time I knew that this man was going to be for me,” Jennifer Aniston herself confessed in an interview with Diane Sawyer. “She is simply wonderful,” Brad Pitt replied when asked regarding the famous actress from the series ‘Friends’.

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Wedding in the year 2000

Flattery that ended with the confirmation of their romance in 1998, a request for a hand and an (almost) secret wedding held in Malibu in 2000.

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Success also professionally

They were both at their best personally and professionally. While she celebrated her success thanks to her unforgettable Rachel Green in ‘Friends’ and became the new diva of the romantic comedy, Brad Pitt was already emerging as one of the most promising actors of the moment. Movies like ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ or ‘Fight Club’ (‘The Fight Club’ / ‘The Fight Club’) demonstrated this.

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very close

They were the couple of the moment and they knew it. All eyes were on them (it is said that they even went to the hairdresser together to agree on their changes of look and, thus, combine better) and the big day of the wedding was regarding to arrive.

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Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt wedding photos

Thus, on July 29, 2000, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston said yes I want at a wedding that had hundreds of security guards who prevented any type of image from leaking. Only one image, the one that might be seen on the cover of ‘OK!’ magazine, showed the link in the media.

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a great day for them

Later it was learned that regarding 200 guests attended the wedding, that the bride (Jennifer) wore a Lawrence Steele design in silk and satin and that the groom, Brad, opted for a black Heidi Slimane tuxedo.

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together nothing more

After the link, rumors of pregnancy arose (which never existed). Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston bought an impressive mansion in Los Angeles (California) – look at the mansions of these other Hollywood celebrities – and they even filmed an episode of ‘Friends’ together. Everything seemed to be absolutely perfect.

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And the worst news came

But some media, two or three years following the celebration of their link, began to echo alleged problems between Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston that, in 2005, were confirmed: the divorce came.

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Breakup between Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt

Goodbye to kisses, laughter and caresses. Hello to a good number of headlines, in the press, in which they wondered the reason for a breakup that came five years following their wedding celebration.

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The reasons for the divorce

“Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are already leading separate lives,” ‘People’ magazine headlined in 2005. Later, and following spending New Year’s Eve on the island of Anguilla, in the Caribbean, together with Courteney Cox and David Arquette, the couple made their divorce official with a statement sent to the media.

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The protagonists speak

“We would like to announce that, following seven years together, we have decided to formally part ways. For those who follow this kind of thing, we would like to explain that our separation has nothing to do with what is being speculated in some tabloid media.” An explanation that didn’t explain much either.

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And suddenly, Angelina Jolie

They added, then Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, that they would continue to be friends and that there were no third parties in their breakup. All while in more than one medium Angelina Jolie was pointed out as the new illusion of Brad Pitt following both coincided in a film that would be the beginning of a happy marriage and full of children between Brad and Angelina: ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ (‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’).

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What Jennifer Aniston Says

They never confirmed the reasons for their breakup. “They put us on a pedestal, but Brad and I were a normal couple,” Jennifer Aniston confessed years later to Vanity Fair magazine. “We thought differently and, honestly, I think that a relationship cannot be forced, even when people idealize it.”

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What Brad Pitt Says

“I realized that I wanted to find an interesting movie because my real life was not being interesting enough,” said Brad Pitt in 2011 according to ‘InStyle’ magazine. “My marriage to Jennifer had a lot to do with it; we were trying to appear what wasn’t there.”

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Brad Pitt following Jennifer Aniston

Shortly following their breakup, a month specifically, the first steps of the romance between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie began. Their relationship ended in September 2016 but, before that, they passed through the altar and had time to have 6 children together.

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Jennifer Aniston following Brad Pitt

For her part, Jennifer Aniston also turned the page. In 2015, she married fellow actor Justin Theroux but, in 2018, they announced their divorce.

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Time following

By the way, in 2020 a new love of Brad Pitt was known: the model Nicole Poturalski (this is the actor’s new girlfriend) but, as has been repeated since his breakup by numerous nostalgics, there has also been talk of a reconciliation between Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston.

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Reconciliation in sight?

Will this image be repeated soon, that of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston together, following giving themselves a new opportunity? At the moment, they have no problem greeting each other affectionately at galas or during virtual rehearsals that unite them with people around them. We will have to pay attention to the future.

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