Jennifer Aniston is going to appear as a guest on the final episode of Courteney Cox’s FX show Dirt. She was said to be encouraged to appear by producers asking her if they should create a cheating Brad Pitt-like character to ridicule on the show. Aniston was said to be all for it, and word is that the plot will include a married celebrity falling for his sexy female co-star, just like Brad and Angelina:

An insider told The Enquirer: “Jen wants to be on ‘Dirt.’ She just hasn’t decided who she wants to play or when she’ll do it.

“But insiders say she [Jen] will definitely want her [Courteney] to include a Brad-like character, as well as an Angelina character.

“I think Jen would like to have her ex-hubby squirming in his seat seeing some guy dump his adorable – and adoring – TV star wife for a sexy co-star!”

The idea of Jen appearing on “Dirt” was a joke at first, said the source.

But after Courteney asked Jen if she wanted to play herself, someone suggested getting an actor to play Brad – and the idea took off.

“A thinly veiled character based on Brad would be a natural for ‘Dirt,'” said the source.

[From The National Enquirer print edition, January 29, 2007]

The article is worded kind of tentatively, like someone thinks it would be a good idea rather than it being a done deal, so we’ll have to see. They’re right though, it sure would boost ratings.

Our posts about the Aniston/Pitt/Jolie triangle are always heated. I’ll add to the controversy by mentioning that while googling something else I ran across a website that discussed the different ways that people cheat by examining high-profile celebrity infidelity. They claimed that the way Pitt left Aniston was “emotional cheating” and that it is often the most dangerous. A relationship expert said if you suspect your spouse of having an emotional affair with a friend or coworker you should not wait for it to progress and should confront it right away.

Another site I found detailed the many ways Pitt’s “friendship” with Jolie undermined his marriage, and how it’s a lesson to jilted wives everywhere. Note that I am just reporting this in response to a lot of heated comments on it and am not saying I agree. Personally I think that relationships end for a lot of reasons, and I have the kind of hoaky notion that things happen for a reason and that no one party is to blame. A lot of people are firmly in one camp though, and that article lays out the arguments for team Aniston.

Brad and Angelina are shown at the Bridge of Life Museum of Bio Diversity in Panama City on 12/28. Pictures from SimplyBrad.

Update: Sorry for beating a dead horse you guys, but it’s still fun. Now there’s news that Aniston and Cox are going to play lovers in Aniston’s guest episode. Given their friendship with Sheryl Crow, it doesn’t seem so far-fetched to me.