Brad Pitt is a widely recognized actor who has received numerous awards, including two Academy Awards. He has also gained fame for his personal life, particularly his dating experiences which are regularly publicized. One of Brad’s most famous relationships was with actress Jennifer Aniston, whom he married in 2000 but divorced in 2005. Their marriage and subsequent divorce were highly publicized, with rumors circulating about Brad’s faithfulness due to reports of an affair with Angelina Jolie. However, trouble in their relationship appeared much earlier when Aniston refused to declare Brad as the ‘love of her life’ even while they were still married.
Brad Pitt was previously engaged twice before he dated and married his current partner. His first engagement was with his Cutting Class co-star Jill Schoelen, which came as a surprise to his fans when they called it off in 1989. Pitt was heartbroken and disappointed when he traveled all the way to Hungary to see her only for her to break it off with him. After several relationships, Pitt started dating his Seven co-star Gwyneth Paltrow, and they got engaged after three years but soon called it off, remaining great friends. In 1998, Pitt met Jennifer Aniston, and they were dating until 2000 when they got married. Their dating and married life were highly publicized, and they separated after five years in 2005 due to irreconcilable differences. During the divorce proceedings, Pitt was seen with his Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie, leading the media to speculate that they got together during Pitt’s marriage, but they clarified that no infidelity was involved. Pitt and Jolie confirmed their relationship in 2006 after she got pregnant with his child, and they share six children together. They got married in a private ceremony in 2014 but two years later, Jolie filed for divorce after accusing him of abuse, and they were granted a divorce in 2019. Jennifer Aniston has not commented much about Brad Pitt.
Prior to the infidelity accusations against Brad Pitt, it was already evident that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s marriage was troubled. Their highly publicized courtship and marriage were reported to have contributed to the issues between them. Brad Pitt’s admission that he fell in love with Angelina Jolie on the set of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” further fueled speculations that he was unfaithful to Aniston. These speculations persisted in tabloids at the time, but a statement from Jennifer Aniston during a 2003 interview with “W” magazine hinted at trouble much earlier. When asked if her husband Brad Pitt was the love of her life, she gave a non-committal answer, saying that she had never been someone who says, “He’s the love of my life,” but he was certainly a big love in her life.
Although it doesn’t reveal anything about the state of their relationship at the time, the couple eventually got divorced two years later. In a 2009 interview with W magazine, Pitt spoke about the events surrounding their split. When asked about his current relationship with Aniston, he said, “We still check in with each other. She was a big part of my life, and me hers. I don’t see how there cannot be [that]. That’s life, man. That’s life.” Aniston was reportedly devastated by the divorce, but has since defended Pitt by stating that his public appearances with Jolie during the divorce proceedings were not intentional. The pair seems to be on good terms now.
