We knew this would happen, right? We knew as soon as Angelina Jolie filed for divorce that the tabloids would start saying that Brad Pitt was “reconnecting” with his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. It honestly surprises me that A) it took this long and B) that the story is coming from Us Weekly, a seemingly more “legitimate” gossip source. Us Weekly claims that Brad reached out to Jennifer and that they’ve been texting and talking on the phone. Blerg.
Brad Pitt is reconnecting with his past. Amid the 53-year-old’s bitter divorce from Angelina Jolie, he has “been texting” with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, a source close to the Mother’s Day star reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. Pitt, who didn’t have Aniston’s cellphone number (they divorced in 2005 after five years of marriage), tracked it down through “a tangled web” of contacts so he could send well wishes for her 48th birthday February 11, explains the insider. “They started talking once he wished her a happy birthday.”
The Allied star — currently battling Jolie, 41, for joint custody of Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 10, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne — “has confided in Jen,” reveals the source. “Brad told her he’s having a hard time with his split and they exchanged a few texts reminiscing about the past.”
While the Oscar-winning actor’s personal life has been troubled since Jolie filed for divorce in September after an alleged child abuse incident that month involving Maddox (the FBI cleared the star in November), Aniston is happily settled. The 48-year-old actress, who married Justin Theroux in 2015, spent her birthday in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with her love of six years after he whisked her away on a private jet for a romantic six-night birthday and Valentine’s Day escape. And for his part, the Leftovers star, 45, wasn’t rattled by his wife’s phone time with her ex. “Justin is OK with them being friends,” notes the insider. Besides, the source adds, he knows “Jen just wants to be nice.”
What’s interesting – I guess? – is that Us Weekly claims that they got this info from “a source close to the Mother’s Day star,” which if you forgot, that’s Jennifer (I honestly forgot that she made a movie called Mother’s Day). As for the idea that Brad reached out to Jennifer… I mean, whatever. Maybe he did. I find it weird that Brad had to go through a “tangled web” to get her cell phone number though – they are both represented by CAA. They have friends in common. It would have been a matter of Brad calling one person to get Aniston’s cell phone number.
Speaking of Aniston-related sources, sources claim that Aniston is actually kind of mad that Jimmy Kimmel made her give her Sama Eyewear sunglasses to tourist Vicki Vines during the skit at the Oscars. Kimmel told Aniston to give Vicki something out of her purse, and Aniston handed over the sunglasses. Apparently, Aniston thought it was just a skit and that Vines would give back the sunglasses. Vines kept them. And Aniston is mad because she spent $625 on the sunglasses, apparently. My first thought was “Aniston is so cheap,” but now I’m wondering if they were prescription sunglasses? Aniston wears glasses and contacts so maybe she really was like, “Hey, those are MY sunglasses!”
Last thing: Aniston really needs to chill with the fillers, OMG.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Off topic but since you’ve mentioned it….. ‘Mother’s day’ is probably the worst film I’ve ever seen in my life. I don’t know wtf Julia Roberts, jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Sarah Chalke were thinking when they agreed to appear in that mess.
Geeesh
aren’t most of those ensemble “holiday” films pretty bad? I don’t think I’ve heard anything good about any of them.
Only good one is Love Actually IMO.
no, I meant the ones that have a holiday in the name…like, I think there was also a NYE one.
I have heard that Love Actually is pretty good, I just didn’t put in the category I was referring to.
Julia Roberts was loyal to Gary Marshall, who made her a star with Pretty Woman. There seemed to be a lot of affection in general toward him. But, yes, truly abysmal script.
Also off topic, in the second pic ole girl is starting to look like Kim Zolciak from the Real Housewives of Atlanta and Don’t be Tardy.
Kim is actually much prettier.
You’re right!
Kim used to be really pretty until she started messing with her face , esp those huge duck lips she now has.
Mothers Day? Is that the movie with that “Wig” ?
Have you ever seen “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” Yikes . . . .
@paolanqar Yeah, I couldn’t even finish it and I was watching mostly because I hoped for some hair-p0rn… Alas even the hair was boring in that movie so I quit after about 20 minutes. Have no patience for crap anymore. Life’s way too short.
they probably thought “woah, thats a very nice amount of money im getting paid to swallow my pride”
Suuuuuuuuch bullshit.
thats nice of her. I hope Justin is sincerely being “understanding”. I hope they both get some closure out of this. I like Brad – especially considering he “was cleared by the FBI in November”
Please note: he was cleared of any CRIME by the FBI, not necessarily cleared of any wrongdoing.
Thanks for pointing that out @paranormalgirl.
I don’t know what’s worse, that some women here think Angelina and supporters of the family as a whole was somehow rooting for Brad to be prosecuted, or…
…that these same women conflate lack of a criminal charge/arrest with Brad not having serious problems related to substance abuse/alcohol.
They also seem to miss the point that The first consideration is keeping the children safe and in the home with at least one custodial parent. At the time, since the altercation was public and agencies were involved there was no way to know, had Angelina not done what she did, the children might have been removed temporarily from both of them.
It happens with spouses who side with the abusive spouse over the well being of their children, all the time.
I used to like him until I realized he has a bad habit of never accepting responsibility for his actions. Everything he does is someone else’s fault.
I’m starting to feel this way about Brad. And this is coming from a big fan of his work. I think there’s a big difference between Brad and Angelina. She owns up to her mess. She never sugar coats it. Brad doesn’t owe the public anything but I’ve yet to here him say I had issues in my relationship with… I had a part in messing up my relationship with… He blames the women. The next lady he dates or marries will get all the blame if things turn sour. He can’t place all the blame on Angelina this time around like Jen Aniston because if he does and his kids learn about it I don’t think think they would appreciate him talking trash about their mother.
Girl needs to chill and stop leaking stories which link her to Brad. She needs to find something else to keep herself in the news….. and please do not tell me she is happily married. NOT BUYING IT!
It is (and has been for 10 years) her only way to remain relevant, given that she hasn’t been in a single successful film in a decade.
That’s a bingo @clare
+1
The Millers
People’s story says they’ve been texting for awhile and that he never had to jump through hoops for her number, according to a Pitt source. It could’ve been him who put the story out.
Well HE is the one trying to do an image overhaul. I wouldn’t be surprised if he used Jen to try and do it. Also, I don’t think it means anything.
Yes it’s pretty clear it’s him putting this stuff out for rehabilitative purposes. Which is sad. He never would have even addressed stories like this let alone actively put them out. He’s weak. But a better actor than I thought. Because he seemed as authentic as Angelina.
Omg this was a good laugh I needed before reading about Orange Cheeto
Her face, though….
Seriously when I saw her onstage as a presenter (in the gold dress), her face looked so puffy I thought she could be pregnant. It happens; talk to Halle Berry. But CB is probably right-it’s fillers…
Or it’s some kind of steroidal anti-inflammatory. That wide, moon face in older women often comes from arthritis medication (or fillers).
So much excessive and thick mid-face filler tragedy.
She is morphing into Chelsea Handler. Scary.
As someone who wears prescription glasses, I would get pissed off if someone took my prescription sunglasses. And not because of the money but because they’re such a pain to get made. So I feel Jen on that one.
In regards to this story, I believe Brad and Jen reconnected long before him and Angie split.
I would agree. I’m sure it’s easy for Jennifer to get another pair, but she’ll still have to wait a week or two for them to get made and sent to her. I’d be annoyed!
Plus they’re completely useless for the person who received them.
Also I don’t think Jennifer is cheap for not wanting to give her glasses to someone completely random. It wasn’t her place to give anything to those people and I though Jimmy was very rude in putting her on the spot like that if front of millions of people who were watching.
Just because she is rich doesn’t mean she has to give her personal stuff away.
Just imagine if she didn’t give her glasses away.. people would say how greedy, tight and cheap she is. Bullshit!
Those glasses could have been a gift, they could be something she was attached to or just the ‘perfect pair of glasses’. I’m nowhere near being as rich as she is but if someone asked me to give my prescription glasses away to someone i don’t even know i would tell them to back off.
nah, with places like Lens Crafters you can get them in (yes, it’s true) under an hour.
but it’s still a pain.
ETA: paolanqar, I agree completely. I love my ‘script shades and would be annoyed if I had to give them to a random person because of pressure from someone else.
I put it on the woman who accepted the glaases. Geez, if I had been roped into that moronic skit I would have said thanks, but you keep them.
He said to give her something. I was like damn she didn’t have a stick of gum in that purse.
lol V4Real…I don’t keep gum in my purse! Sunglasses, wallet, phone, lip balm, and SOMETIMES lipstick. (and sometimes tampons.) OH! and Altoids. she’d either get those or the tampons.
Exactly. I don’t blame her for not wanting to give a random stranger anything of hers, but she’d have been crucified (especially here) if she hadn’t.
Assuming they are prescription and not just sunglasses.
Why didn’t she just give her lipgloss or some easily-replaceable makeup product that was surely in her purse as well? Don’t get why the sunglasses were her go-to giveaway if she was upset to part with them.
People might have been like, “ew, why is she giving her used lipgloss to a stranger?” But I honestly didn’t even remember she gave something to Vicki so what do I know 🙂
She probably had a very limited number of things in her evening bag. My guess (because evening clutches are small), phone, lipstick, sunglasses, house keys. It’s not as if she was carrying her “everyday handbag”.
Prescription or not, if I had dropped $625 on a pair of sunglasses, I’d be wanting them back. Well ok, I have dropped that amount on a pair of Dior sunglasses. I would be super pissed if someone just decided to keep them.
To me it seems unfair to blame and be angry at the tourist for accepting the glasses. She was in the state of shock and excitement. It probably never occurred to her that they weren’t actually a gift. Did Jennifer even ask for them back? The story doesn’t indicate she did and that Jennifer just assumed she would get them back.
I’d be annoyed too if they were Rx glasses. Mine are just Warby Parker and I love them so.
True on the fillers, thought something looked off. Also, did Matt Damon’s wife, Luciana, have her faced tweaked? She looks great but somehow different. Nose job?
I thought she had some work done too. I think she looks fantastic!
Pshh— Jen’s assistant had those glasses reordered at 8am Monday morning. That’s all just silly story telling. I do not understand how these people think those fat cheek fillers look good.
Exactly! It’s Page Six, so highly unlikely to be true. Dumb story either way though, she’s just Jennifer Aniston, FFS. One text to her assistant and those sunglasses would be replaced before she even needed them the next day.
Are fillers the new face lift? Rather than having a joker smile, you get a mahoosive head…..
It’s not that fat cheeks look good, it’s that fat high cheeks take away the dark circles from lack of collagen under the eye, so you look like a cheetah instead of an exhausted human.
I have a naturally full face that I’ve always hated. I was baffled when the filler thing started. Oh well. Now that I’m in my forties, it helps me look younger.
I’m have a full face, too, and you really do begin to appreciate it as you age. No fillers needed here, either —
Sure, Jan.
hahahaha! this was my exact reaction, too.
I don’t doubt that, if they ran into each other, they’d be friendly, but I DO doubt that they’re calling/texting regularly. maybe a “happy birthday, girl!” and a return “thanks – hope you’re doing ok!” type of thing, but no more.
Thank you, doofus for a comment that makes sense!
They’ve both said repeatedly over the years that they bear each other no ill will. I don’t see why this is suprising although I don’t think it’s worthy of a “story” either.
Fake news at its finest. Doubt these two have spoken in years. For someone up thread who suggested Jennifer leaked this story…..seriously do you really believe she wants to relive the never ending tabloid headlines with a man she’s been divorced from over a decade. Not so much. To the same poster, you’re certain she’s not happily married to Justin….probably about as certain that Brad and Angelina were deliriously happy in their marriage. How did that work out?
bam and bam and is this Huvane?
Of course it’s fake 100%.
I knew once I saw this headline the aniston detractors would be out in full force with irrational venom times ten!
I was not disappointed
Lol
Huvane was busy calling USlies.
Well to be fair, she still needs Brad and Angelina to stay in the news. Aniston is not really that interesting…
True, she still need this kind story to stay on the gossip column.
But according to the same tabloids, I thought these two were in constant contact hence the Leg of Doom’s furor and Brad crying at the ocean??? What is the truth? Also, Jen needs to leave her pretty face alone. It looks painful.
Somehow I have the feeling that JA thought that JT and she will be the next Brangelina after the divorce announcement. Jmo
Nah. I don’t think she’s that delusional.
If anything both she and her power PR flack Huvane are worried that her ‘Brangelina’ coattail ride has stopped at the station, permanently.
Who is she, if she’s not a mascot for average bitter jealous scorned mini-vans everywhere, who side with her because they live to hate Jolie?
We saw this in the number of Internet memes that had Aniston cackling over schadenfreude when it was wrongly rumored Brad left Angie for an actress instead of what actually seems to have happened: Angelina leaving him for the purported drunk ragey Dad nightmare.
Well I don’t agree with your last sentence but with the rest. You weren’t with them on the plane and so on.
Have a nice day (it’s 18:39pm where I live and just finish work, so I won’t reply to your next comment if you write one).
What is the deal with using “mini-vans” as an insult? You know, lots of people drive mini-vans, because they are useful for toting around kids, aging parents, dogs, groceries, etc. In my neighborhood (Brooklyn, New York) I see all kinds of people driving them – Orthodox Jews, Muslims, African-Americans, Russians, folks from Latin America, and your assorted white people. I would bet that most of them do not concern themselves with Jen vs. Angie tabloid stories.
Considering the public blow-up of their relationship following years of self-congratulatory publicity about themselves and each other, who would want to be the next “Brangelina”?
Undoubtedly, there is some young couple out there (below 40 minimum) that will capture the public zeitgeist and be the new “it” couple particularly if scandal is involved! I don’t think mature adults need apply (nor should they want to).
‘a source close to the Mother’s Day star’ – lol Jen and her team couldn’t make it more obvious.
Lmaooooo. I enjoy coming on Aniston threads now as opposed to before when this woman was slammed for daring to draw breath after being Brad’s ex wife. I’m sure it hurt to get cheated on and dumped and watch your partner move on with someone younger and for everyone to think he traded up. But I hope she’s not talking to him though. You guys, I’m still not over The Great Brangelina Demystification of 2016!!!!
Omg LOL @ “The Great Brangelina Demystification”
TBF, not all of us were “mystified” over Brangelina, incredulous over the OTT stuff but not mystified!
The only thing that surprised me about Brad and Angie was that they actually got married. I pointed to one of two things:
1. They really did it for the kids as they said cause they were fine as is
2. They did it as a last ditch relationship saver
Maybe they will be kind of enough to each other to leave us “mystified” over everything to do with their break-up.
@Mona,
I don’t know if he had no rights without marriage although marriage may have strengthened his position. One of our resident lawyers would have to weigh in on that. I believe he would have taken care years ago to protect his place as the children’s father. Also, even if they hadn’t married, I don’t believe this split would be any less acrimonious and I think they would still be fighting over custody of the children.
I think it is fair to say, at some point, they were both staying together only because of the children. At some point, that became untenable to one or both. I don’t think this break-up should be lain at the feet of the Jolie-Pitt kids. The parents are the ones who decided to make a family together and, eventually, that the two adults no longer wanted to parent that family together. Their feelings toward one another obviously changed, it happens. It isn’t fair to refer to the children as the catalyst. Adult decisions, behaviors, etc. was the reason for the split as with all marriages.
Just to be clear, I am not talking to myself. There was a comment from a Mona that is now gone. Her speculation was about why Pitt and jolie married.
They act like aniston killed their families and caused the holocaust
I’ve seen nicer comments on the Mel Gibson and Casey affleck threads!lol
If it is true, it’d be a PR play to make Angelina look like a controlling psycho bitch and now that Brad is suddenly “free” from her, he’s making amends with Jen, etc.
Off topic, Jen looked horrible at the Oscars. Like super spray tanned and tweaked/weird.
They have been apart twice as long as they were together. He needs to rebuild his family & think that is exactly what he’s doing. Not secretly dating kate hudson or calling his ex wife. Seriously these stupid tabloids need to let it go. Only idiots believe the crap they come out with.
Goldie Hawn was at the Vienna Opera Ball and they asked her about Brad. Goldie said that she has never met Brad and it’s just a stupid rumor.
She went to the ball with the millionaire that invited Kim Kardashian. I hope it worked out better for him this time. He should have went with Goldie to begin with. I wonder if Jennifer has ever gotten an invite? It’s possible, no?
@Lady D: Well one of his guests was Paris Hilton (2007), so I think JA has a chance LOL
The Kate Hudson stories were just out of the blue. Tabs can’t wait to get Pitt re-attached so they can print stories about him, Jolie, and the “new love”. *rolls eyes*
I would hope he is concentrating on his children, his own part in the divorce, and co-parenting amicably with his soon to be ex-wife.
His first ex-wife, literally, and I am usely this correctly: LITERALLY, has nothing to do with any of it.
Her figure looks so beautiful but her face was jarring to me at the Oscars. She is looking Nicole Kidman-esque. I’m so upset that women feel the need to do this to themselves. I know that they do it because we literally refuse to let women age in peace. I’m not blaming these women for a kind of institutionalized misogyny and ageism that they are not responsible for but it looks awful and it makes me sad.
Agree. Poor Meg Ryan as well.
I’m sure the hatchet is burried and I would be surprised if they havent spoken at least once. They reportedly maintained a distant friendship after the divorce which is why she was so hurt when he said silly stuff to interviewers. I’m sure they’ve stopped avoiding each other at gatherings too so I’m looking forward to those first pics. Some people will be very pressed which always makes me very happy.
I can’t find my eyes! They rolled too far back in my head with this comment.
He may have reached out to her. When in pain, people go to those in their past who they trusted. Brad betrayed her – she didn’t betray him, so she may be trusted by him, still. Who knows? But I hope that they are friendly, cause life is too short to hold such hate in your hearts.
Just imagine aalllll the stories that will accompany that photo. Magazines will be outdoing each other with the outlandish stories to go with the pic.
Just out of curiousity, Ramona, do you see them getting back together?
You know the denizens of Female First and the Daily Mail would be loopy with joy if they showed signs of getting back together, but then what’s Justin supposed to do? Fade gracefully out of the picture?
I dont really care one way or another who in this triangle hooks up with who. I’m just endlessly amused by the emotional over investment by some. These two are going to turn up at the same event one day very soon and they will be friendly towards each other. The cameras will capture it and tantrums not unlike the one here will be had. These things are invetibale. On that day, I will be sitting in the corner sipping my tea laughing my head off at the heads exploding. Twihards have the same effect on me. I cant help it.
I’m not Ramona but I am curious, how could anyone see them getting back together? It’s been a decade. They both moved on long ago.
@Ramona,
I love your take on all of this! The over-investment is mind-boggling and a little scarey. I’ll admit I have opinions but I don’t pretend to know the ends and outs of any of these peoples lives and feelings. Some of the speculation and outright statements are eyebrow raising but, I guess, it isn’t really hurting anyone (I mean other than the over-invested). Honestly, I wish them all well.
Brad and Jennifer probably haven’t spoken in years. Many years. I don’t think we’ll see pics of them being friendly anytime soon. Its fine to forgive someone for their actions but that doesn’t mean you have to be friends with them. Forgiving someone doesn’t mean we’re going to be best buddies. It just means I’m not going to hate you for the rest of forever. You can forgive someone and not mingle with them.
I agree and I think the forgiveness took place years ago too because most people don’t want to carry around that kind of bitterness.
I don’t see anything having changed at all between them actually.
I don’t know nor really care if this is true or not but I can see why he may have had trouble getting her phone number even though they have mutual management/friends. If my friend or business partner’s ex husband called me for her phone number there is no way in heck I would give it to him. If I did, I would definitely ask for her permission first.
@bubbles
The pathology behind the willingness to believe the tabloid narrative by some is the real story. I understand why some need to believe that in the midst of Brad’s winning award season with Moonlight, his therapy with his children and healing his family, he’d try to reach out for the 6987th time (per tabloids) to Aniston…
I just don’t get how you do it consistently for 12-13 year.
I’ve come to the conclusion it’s not so much you believe tabloids, it’s that you like any tabloid lie that tears them down. Like gleeful mean girls hearing the head MG, attack the new girl with lies from across the lunchroom. They know it’s a lie they just like the attempt at humiliation.
Okiedokie.
The story was confirmed by Gossip Cop, if that means anything.
AlmondMilk,
I agree that Brad has other priorities right now. I think his family and career are where his concerns lay. He may have exchanged friendly text with old friends or loves post-split but that’s all and I don’t doubt he has done so before anyway. It wouldn’t take but a second and isn’t a big deal. In other words, there is no “story” here
I don’t understand the comparison you make to “mean girls” in your second paragraph. Who is being mean-girled? Who is being humiliated? IMO, no one. It’s just a click bait article that even if true is uneventful.
Wow this coming from the ultimate mean girl on this board
Didn’t you disgustingly make awful comments about anistons appearance that went beyond the pale of insulting?
Why would you choose to bring a women down by attacking her looks instead of her crappy movies?
Hypocrite
I don’t think Angie can be mean girled
She is too strong for that
You are projecting that onto yourself lol
How bad were you bullied as a child?
You are way too invested almondmilk. It stunning that you’re commenting on th pathology of others buying into tabloid narratives. Something about beams and eyes….
Furthermore, even if they do share an agency company, what self-respecting agent would give out a client’s phone number to their ex???
I wouldn’t give ANYONE’s phone number out without asking their permission first. Or tell the person asking for the number, give me your number and I’ll tell her you’d like her to call you. You just don’t hand out people’s phone numbers without their consent.
Her face does look a bit puffy.
I doubt this story. But IF it’s true, it would be kind of lousy of BP to call her of all people and cry about his divorce. But again, I doubt it. They all moved on a long time ago.
I’m guessing Jennifer Aniston talked to Brad Pitt about as many times as she has been called pregnant. That’s about 10000000 times, isn’t it?
Who cares? Angelina Jolie seems to be moving on already and isn’t looking behind. Not that i believe this story anyways. But they can chat on all they care. the deed has been done already.
Does anyone think this story has anything to do with the fact that people are saying brad is not in good terms with all of his exes but Angelina is friendly with all her exes… That says a lot about Brad doesn’t it
+1000
Brad is really gross. Obsessed with his image and media manipulating himself in the best light. His soul is coming across as bloated as he used to look, pre- split.
“Brad is not in good terms with his exes but Angelina is friendly with all her exes.
Well if that’s the case this means that Angelina will soon be friendly with Brad as well. See, there is sunshine after the rain.
This is true. Also, out of all of Pitt’s or Jolie’s exes the ones that matter the most in terms of being friendly and getting along is with each other. I’ll be really impressed if after all the drama, they put aside everything and co-parent happily and healthily.
Give me a break. No one believes that. They moved on long, long ago.
If Brad wanted to contact Jennifer he would reach out to Courtney for Jens digits. He would not need to go thru a tangled web…
Anyway, I think they have maintained contact over the years and a picture of the two would be amazing for gossip. Justin can replace Angelina in the triangle. Have the 2 men warring for Jens attention.
Has Brad contacted Melissa Ethridge yet??
@sage
Or better yet, have Justin replace Jen in the triangle. Maybe Angelina hooks Justin (who infamously not long ago tweeted a pic of himself in front of a painting that said ‘Eff Brad Pitt’.) haha. Angelina scores another another one post Jen.
Afterall, I’d believe that before the Brad and Jen stuff, particularly given the filler face mess Jen’s made of her already less than average face.
Main reason: a friend and co-star of Justin’s a few years back has him on record saying Angelina was his dream woman and the most beautiful in the world. They tried to shut him up but it’s on the record. Lol
“Jenn’s less than average face”
Your comments are so hypocritical. And you are way too invested in the great triangle.
She is so plain and boring… I have never understood the threat she represents to the loons that condtantly have to tear her down because she dared to marry someone else’s future ex husband.
Angelina is removing herself from the narrative. She scorched earth letting everyone know she’s done. She does not want to play anymore.
The new triangle is Brad, Jen and Justin.
Brad has a movie to promote and since he can’t count on Angelina he reached out to Jen. Next week the tabs will state Justin is jealous and the new triangle will be formed. Lol.
IIRC, what Justin said about Angelina was actually pretty gross. Something about how it didn’t matter that she was skinny as long as her lips weren’t.
“who infamously not long ago tweeted a pic of himself in front of a painting that said ‘Eff Brad Pitt’.”
actually, he wasn’t in the photo, and it was a pic of a wall in Berlin that said “F” a WHOLE LOT of stuff. Pitt’s name just happened to be on the wall. It was, as Theroux’s caption made clear, about his mood regarding the election.
So — in that new tabloid narrative — is Justin going to be the one running/motorcycling away crying magical man tears?
“…particularly given the filler face mess Jen’s made of her already less than average face.”
Speaking of “gleeful mean girls”…
Almondmilk,
you are I agree on so much but we do get there on different paths! Completely agree that Jen and Brad are never, ever getting back together. I don’t think her “face” is the problem which I find perfectly lovely, btw, as is Pitt’s since his work has settled and he has lost weight. The problem is that they tried and failed and both moved on with other people. He’s been very clear how unhappy he was in the end of the relationship and she has been very clear that she has matured into finding a partner with qualities she values. They are just not for each other.
As for Justin, I’m sure he and many others, including myself, have found Jolie to be beautiful now or at some point in the past. So what? Good for Jolie.
This coming from the stalker er I mean poster who is always talking about women tearing down other women and the first thing you do is make the nastiest comments possible about anistons looks on ever thread?
Smh with the hypocrisy
Have a seat
Yeah, sure, Jennifer is so nice that she’s willing to ‘finally’ let go of the past and help poor Brad in such a difficult time. Such an angel! *rolls eyes*
If true then it seems to me just another way for him to disrespect the mother of his children. Why would anyone wonder why she wouldn’t want him back. She cannot trust him. Sad ending to a great family.
How is it disrespectful to her? Because he was once married to Jennifer? Angelina stayed friends with her exes throughout her relationship with Brad and there have always been stories about Brad and Jen staying in touch. It’s not malicious on either side.
I think BP & JA connecting might be true. I don’t believe it is a romantic hookup. If BP is dealing with recurring substance/alcohol troubles or even life counseling then it would not be strange to reach out to former connections. Sometimes it is necessary to reflect on your past to make sense of the future. IMO.
The connection is called 12 steps,when you go back and aplogy to the one you hurt.
In this case, the ones he hurt are Angie and their children.
I could see tje comversation going like this
“Hey Jen… you know how you and Kristin Hahn still like linking yourself to Plan B? Well, don’t. Plan, for you, was 12 years ago and Hahnie… 8. Plan B is an entirely different animal than when you both left… stop scamming credit.”
This really surprised me. I wasn’t aware that Aniston or Hahn was trying to connect themselves with Plan B which is undeniably a Brad Pitt operation. Where did you read that they were doing this? I’ve read that Aniston and Hahn share a production company that has done very little and that Hahn also has her very own although I don’t know what she has produced.
Mainly, it’s Hahn, primarily on Yahoo.
@pwal
Hmmmm, thanks for the info. I will look it up. I hadn’t even realized Hahn had been with Plan B following the 1st divorce. I really like Hahn, I find her talented so I hope that she only spoke about projects that she actually worked on at Plan B. which wouldn’t be “scamming” credit. I would be disappointed to hear otherwise.
Whatever
I never thought I would agree with Lainey but it sure seems that Brad is working hard at playing the PR game. He probably did call Aniston to get Huvanes number. Coincidence his promo comes out for new Netflix movie comes out the day of Angelina’s perfume launch.
Brad hasn’t said anything. And People could say the same about Angie and PR when his movie won and Oscar. Seriously. Brad and Angie neither need to work that hard to get attention. Brad has been silent for a long time hasn’t been seen. So if one is doing “PR” then both are. Angie has talked more about this Divorce than Brad has. So when he does then people can pile on him. The man has said nothing in public. Promoted Allied and never answered one question about the Divorce. and then people got pissed because they want him to come out and say something. He can’t win.. and neither can Angie.
I think they both could have “won” if you want to call it that. They would have had to handled things privately from the beginning tho and that train has long left the station.
If they now present a united front, that’s really all that can be re-gained for their children’s sake. Jolie’s last interview was vague but pointed toward some “family health, coming out stronger” type of statement including that Brad was still a “wonderful” father when questioned further. I believe Brad has said that Jolie is a “wonderful” mother at some point post split as well. If the can, at least, maintain that then all isn’t lost for their family. People may like one over the other or wonder just what all didn’t work in their relationship but they really aren’t under any obligation to explain further and, imo, shouldn’t try for their kids’ sake.
Who knows what’s going on, but Page Six confirmed this via a Pitt source (supposedly). I don’t know why she would ever speak to him again after the things he said publicly about their marriage–but you never know. She does seem like a bit of a sap, and maybe’s he just working through his behavior at various points in his life. A little cordial texting is NBD.
After they printed that story about Marion and Brad having an affair and all the Russian hookers and Angelina hiring a spy, I just roll my eyes at their stories. I feel the same way about People magazine.
I think she’s just a super sentimental type. She’s been known to weep at just about anything so… the way she behaved post-divorce was a bit sappy and embarrassing but she was truly heartbroken by Pitt and ended up using that angle quite well to shore up her own image. I find her more genuine than Angelina though, overall.
I don’t think that it is anything more than cordial texting if it is happening at all. Even then, just once or twice, not a continual thing.
As far as why she would talk to him given some of his post-Jennifer statements. I can think of a few reasons. Uppermost, is that Jennifer likes to get along and be peaceful. She doesn’t want animosity and baggage. Second, she is happily living her life, forgave him long ago, and is able to put it all into perspective. Lastly, I think that she does believe in “life lessons” and learning, evolving as you go. She has moved past all of that stuff and, apparently, he has too. So why not be cordial? Nothing lost and peace gained.
Just wanted to say I started watching The Leftovers last night on HBO. Hunh. It’s good! For the first time, I begin to understand Justin Theroux’s appeal. In photographs he seems so stiff, kind of oily and skeezy, just, EW. But moving and talking in the show, I must say he’s kind of cute…so, good for Jen. I hope they work out.
I haven’t watched The Leftovers yet, and I don’t find JT very attractive, but I do remember that being a pretty common sentiment – that he was super hot in the show. He plays a cop, right? Is he in uniform a lot? That’d get me halfway there by itself.
Glasses and sunglasses are personal items so I can understand if she’s a bit miffed. Also her fingerprints are all over that and someone will end up selling that on eBay and profiting from it, probably.
This leak is probably good for both of them. Keeps her in the news and looking like the sympathetic ex-wife and keeps him looking like the poor ditched husband/father who just needs a buddy to tell him, “It’s gonna be okay.”
If true? They are both pathetic. They knew this news would go out today. And what’s also happening today? Angie’s big perfume launch. Think they deserve each other. Two fake ass american sweethearts who spend their whole relationship being potheads & not a lot of intelligence going on. Hope angie finds someone who isn’t totally spineless like pitt.
Strangely, I have read that the same things that attracts people to one another can be the very things that they end up not liking about the other person. For example, an introvert is attracted to an extrovert because they bring them out of their shell. While this may be great for awhile, eventually, the two want separate things. One to sit home and read while the other wants to socialize. Neither is wrong, they are just different.
This dynamic could be at play he Jolie/Pitt breakup, obviously, among other issues. I think Brad may have had plenty of spine and they shared a vision of their life together that, eventually, turned into o separate visions.
For all of Jolie’s accomplishments (which are many), her drive, and her agenda, I don’t think a particularly challenging partner works in the long run. I think that she is attracted to that but I think she may resent it in the end if she can’t pursue what moves/motivates her without objection from an equal partner. I think she needs someone who is just devoted to her and will support whatever moves that she wants to make about her humanitarian work, her career, and her lifestyle. The same may be said of Pitt as well.
These two people are movers and shakers, it had to be hard to balance their work(s), family life, and ultimate goals. It doesn’t make them bad people but it makes them very pressured people. Maybe had one or the other been less type A, more easy-going, it may have worked.
In the late 60’s early 70’s, Erma Bombeck wrote a book called Opposites Attract, then Rip Each Other Apart. It’s a very funny book, but that title made an impression on a teenage me. I’ve never forgotten it.
It’s quite obvious what Pitt is doing. He’s trying to gain the sympathy of JA’s fans, the same who’ve been attacking the mother of his children for the past 12 years. He needs attention and he doesn’t care where it comes from. It’s more than pathetic, it’s disgusting. He’s such a disappointment.
I can’t wait for Angie to get rid of the 12th years old baggage of Brad’s ex-wife and his failed 1st marriage.
I, too, believe Pitt is the one leaking this information. I do believe he thinks that certain people will be swayed by these statements. Also, I am a JA fan and have never attacked the Jolie-Pitt children so, maybe, less sweeping statements next time? I find the children to be overexposed but that isn’t their fault. All in all, they seem to handle themselves gracefully in public which is lovely. I sympathize with all of the attention that they are having to endure. They seem to have a close relationship with their mother, and hopefully, the relationship with their father if not already repaired, can be. I have nothing but positive hopes for the family as a whole.
Brad’s first ex-wife just now finally got rid of him so good luck to Jolie.
@tulip garden. I meant spineless as in he’s never responsible for his own actions. For the demise of both his marriages, he was very involved in the ending of both of them, yet he let both women take all the blame.
Oh, I see. I agree that Pitt needs to take responsibility for his part in the breakdown of his second marriage and his actions leading up to that. I don’t know that he should make a detailed public accounting but, certainly, a “I made mistakes” would probably be appreciated by his fans, Jolie’s fans, and, more importantly, his kids.
I don’t really think it matters anymore what he says about his first marriage and, in fact, the best thing that he could do would be to never mention it again. It has no bearing on his current life at all.
She’s a fool if this is true and I like her. What could they possibly talk about?
B: hey, I know it’s been years but happy birthday.
J: thanks brad. So nice of you to finally reach out after you broke my heart and made me look like a fool. So how’s life treating you?
B: well, I’m heartbroken and Annie has left me and I look like a fool
J: Ya don’t say!
I don’t think it would make her a fool to acknowledge a text from Pitt. It would make her generous. She is most likely, completely uninvested in his life, and finds it easy to respond to a happy birthday text easily, i.e. “Hey, bud, Thanks! Hope everything works out for ya! Congrats on Moonlight.”
Good now they can play the victim together perfect.
I know most are Anti-Aniston here, but I think I’d be pissed off giving my sunglasses away too. It has nothing to do with being able to afford another pair. She liked them and they were hers. I get it.
As for the Brad texting her story, don’t know if that ever happened. They seem like a million years ago !
The only thing I’ll believe is he regrets cheating on Jennifer…. it’s rare that the cheaters relationship works out…