Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are both nominated for Golden Globes and SAG Awards. Aniston has been nominated for The Morning Show (in the TV categories) and Brad has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. By they time the awards shows come around, Brad and Jennifer will have been divorced for 15 years. It was just after New Year’s in 2005 that they announced their split. Fifteen years of this tabloid bulls–t, although to be fair, the tabloid bulls–t has been quieter in recent years. Except for February and March of this year, when Brad attended Jennifer’s big 50th birthday party in LA and the tabloids were partying like it was 2004 all over again, and Bradifer were getting back together.
It truly feels like Jennifer and Brad finally buried the hatchet for good after the end of Brangelina. And it’s not like the 2020 Globes and SAGs will be the first time they’ve been at the same awards show. It will just be the first time they’re at the same awards show post-Brangelina and post-JustJen. Remember Justin Theroux? Poor Justin, no one cares enough about him to speculate about him in the tabloids! So Brad’s single and Jen’s single and… well, a source wants us to talk about it, I guess.
Don’t expect any tension between famous exes Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston when they reunite at a string of glitzy Hollywood award ceremonies. They have both been nominated for Golden Globes and SAG Awards. But a source told Page Six: “There won’t be any issues, no tension.” Pitt even went to Aniston’s 50th birthday bash in February and joined a starry crowd of pals including his ex Gwyneth Paltrow, plus Aniston’s ex John Mayer.
The source added: “Brad and Jen are still friends. They speak once in a while, and even though there are these fools who say they’re getting back together, of course they’re not. But they will always be fond of each other.”
Pitt is still mid-divorce from Angelina Jolie, with a sticking point over access to their kids. Although the younger kids are mandated by a court to see him, it’s more difficult for him to see the older kids, we’re told.
“They speak once in a while, and even though there are these fools who say they’re getting back together, of course they’re not.” Don’t be so sure! I’m not sure that CAA won’t cook up some speculation just for old time’s sake. If Brad and Jennifer posed together for photos at any of these upcoming events, it might break the internet. Or something. But I have a general theory, and I’m curious if anyone will agree with me… it feels like after Jennifer’s fake-ass marriage to Justin Theroux, she’s just “over” the whole big, public romance speculation thing. Like, I could actually see Brad wanting to play those games a bit and Jennifer is like “you know what, I’m over this.”
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Yeah, I agree. Jen is giving the performance of her life in the morning show, and my guess is that now, at 50, she is really excited about what’s next. Feeling her power. Life can get very exciting at 50, creatively speaking. Maybe I am projecting but my guess is that Jen likes some d from time to time, but takes it to go because she’s got isht to do and the rest of that package is all nonsense. Just the sausage please, hold the sides!
At 52 years of age…even without the wonderful economic freedom that JA has…I gotta say…I agree with you on THIS…WHOLEHEARTEDLY!
I really like the way you put this, v witty too. And just to add, I think a lot of women may be feeling this way. Post Trump, Kav, Me Too, it’s like the curtain has been pulled back and the powerful wizard we were all searching for is just some sad weird guy sitting in a booth trying to seem like something he’s not. I mean look at the diff w Brad Pitt between the illusion of his handsomeness and who we all thought he was to the reality of whatever happened on that plane, and likely for years before and since. Same w Johnny Depp and so many more.
I was also thinking about some of the men in my life, many lovely talented sweet guys, but how vulnerable so many of them are personally, professionally, financially. Lovely but I bet they’d be v hard to live w. There’s something in our culture — one analyst calls the men’s crisis “aggrieved entitlement” — the disconnect between men’s increased vulnerability apparently, the often toxic ways they handle that, and the message we as women still get that we’re somehow less than without a man, couple that with the growing misogyny, and backlash, the elevation of men who are so so much less than so many of us and it’s like a collective cognitive dissonance.
Sorry for the rant… With the holidays coming I’m just sick of people making me feel bad for being single after years of being in relationships that were often so challenging… Clicking my red heels here…
sue denim
“I was also thinking about some of the men in my life, many lovely talented sweet guys, but how vulnerable so many of them are personally, professionally, financially. Lovely but I bet they’d be v hard to live w”
I was having this conversation with one of my best friends. We have a LOT of male friends in common who are all around great friends, great fathers to their kids, responsible, decent folks, but they absolutely SUCK at relationships. They cheat, are hard to live with, etc. It’s like they all missed the class at being good partners and I have no clue why. Maybe part of it in my orbit is the culture. Men are just kind of taught to sow their seeds or whatever. And they also don’t really talk about their feelings but whatever. I’m done trying to dissect these creatures lol.
And I’m with the rest of you gals. I’m still in my early 40’s but I’m completely over relationships and will take the “D” a la carte. I don’t need to add more complications in my life. I already had and raised a child who is now an adult and I like my freedom, my space and my tranquility. My apt is my fortress of solitude and I have a small circle of good friends that I talk to and go out with. At this point, I’m not saying I would turn away a good relationship, but dude would have to blow my mind and knock my socks off at this point, and the older I get, the harder it is to impress me.
Sue, that is no rant, that is so thoughtful, and I really love what you wrote!
Regina, yep, same.
Ladies, I agree with you all. I’m “only” in my late thirties, and definitely over the “big romance” thing. I so treasure my independence, and my friendships. Hopefully we’ll see a cultural shift on this matter?
That said, a hinted fauxmance between Brad and Jen would be entertaining… Let the tabloid fanfiction begin. Or do a movie together. 😀
Great comments ladies. I too had relationships with men who simply hadn’t matured emotionally enough to handle the responsibility of being in a relationship and being a good, supportive partner. They were like perennial 5 year-olds and the universe revolved around them and their needs. Help with cooking? Nope. Help with housework? Nope. Unfaithful? Yup. So after my last relationship came to an end in 2004 I simply stopped wanting to be with a man. For 11 years I was happily single and celibate. I’m now in a great relationship with a fellow who is supportive, responsible, respectful and loves me to bits. I had to wait til my sixties to get what I wanted but he was worth the long wait. There are good guys out there, maybe my picker was off when I was younger but this one’s a keeper.
@ sue denim: this hit me at my core
“Post Trump, Kav, Me Too, it’s like the curtain has been pulled back and the powerful wizard we were all searching for is just some sad weird guy sitting in a booth trying to seem like something he’s not. I mean look at the diff w Brad Pitt between the illusion of his handsomeness and who we all thought he was to the reality of whatever happened on that plane, and likely for years before and since. Same w Johnny Depp and so many more.”
Comment of the Year.
Thank you for articulating this. This is what it feels like: surrounded by so-called wizards of oz who are really pathetic, small men who bring about destruction and yet are never truly held accountable to who they hurt.
Now when I look at photos of Bradifer, I don’t think of how beautiful they were but what Jennifer A had to endure to be with him. I hope she doesn’t follow the same old PR rule book of Bradifer-baiting. A man who is estranged from 3 of his 6 kids is no damn prize. There is no fantasy for us normals, just a pathetic man whose recklessness destroyed his ties with his family. Something that is all too familiar for too many of us.
Congrats Jaded, I’m happy for you:)
Agree and I’m sort of surprised P6 hinted at what’s going on with his kids and who’s mandated to see him and whose not.
No, I actually think its Jennifer who wants to play this kind of game. she stayed relevant all these years by coatailing Brad and Angie. She is the one who always stays in touch with Brad, she is the one who invited Pitt to her bday party. I think she lives for all these kind of drama being the center of attention and that she has fans that still want her to be back with Brad. Rember she invited half of HW to her vanity bday party to show the world that she is so well loved by her peers. She likes being America’s sweetheart too much.
She seems to be super duper nice to her exes even if they were the ones who dumped her, Brad, John Mayer and even Theroux. She always wants to be this popular sweet woman who is a friend to everyone, thats the image that she wants to project.
On the other hand, I dont think Brad really cares about them being together in a room or in the same party, he always like the typer who just wants fun and nice.
I think he tried to avoid associating with Jen when he and Angie were still together because most of the time, Angie was painted in the tabloids as the homewrecker that stole Brad from Jen, Angie became always the villain in the triangle.
But without Angie by his side now, he can just go with the flow and be nice to Jennifer.
That’s who you need JA to be. It’s not reality though.
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s a great way to put it.
None of us know any of these people. SOOOO much stuff is projected onto them.
@Jade….I think…perhaps…you should not put that much THINK…into this…since you don’t know these folks like THAT! I mean…DANG!
I agree, Jennifer loves attention and playing the poor me aka Taylor Swift.
Brad is the same so I can totally see both of them playing the game to the max during award season. Brad more so than Jennifer.
but when was the last time she actually played the “poor me” victim?
seems to me all of her interviews lately are “don’t cry for me, I’m living the good life with my money/mansion/margarita/friends/dogs”. plus she’s been getting EXCELLENT reviews for TMS…both her performance and the show itself (she’s producing, right?). she didn’t even do any “poor me” when she and Jorts broke up.
I haven’t seen, nor do I expect to see, any “poor me” stuff. yeah, she’ll likely campaign, but they all do (except Mo’nique).
But it’s Brad who ends up in all of these stories. Neri Oxman, the guru lady, Alia Shawkat, Charlize Theron, Jennifer. Jennifer didn’t play games with Justin Theroux in the tabloids even though he wanted to so badly. The only other person she’s brought up with is Brad Pitt. I don’t think she’s behind any of it anymore.
Or maybe she’s just a decent person? You’re thinking waaaaay too much in to this.
I agree with Jade. Both of these people play the game so well and love the attention it brings. I am so hoping these two end up together. They deserve each other. Jen coat tailed Angie all these years and now that Angie is no longer in the equation, guess she’ll hang onto Brad. Only now he doesn’t seem to be biting. It was ok when he was with Angie. Appearing to have two women fighting over him. Now that angle can’t be played out any more. Angie is gone and she doesn’t seem to give a flying fig about what and who he is doing. That is on him. Dude looks bad. Don’t know why people still call him a heart throb at his age. Plastic surgery has done wonders for him. I admit he looks good for his age. But that’s it. He only looks good. He’s not the pretty boy he used to be. And where are the divorce papers for Jen and the love of her life, Justin? I don’t believe they ever married and it was only done for publicity after B&A married. I’m just glad Angie is living her life and it is a good life. Now if Brad and his sorry PR team would learn to leave her out of his life and focus on someone else. . . but wait? How else would he get attention without them hating on her? This child needs to grow up and find him a life. Today he is with this 25 year old woman. Tomorrow it will be someone else. Flitting from one woman to the other. He doesn’t know what he wants.
It seems to me Aniston broke up with Theroux thereafter when Angie dumped Brad, maybe hoping she can find her way back to his arms. It just looks to co-incindental. Thats why the invite to her bday party and im supposing lots of sympathy texts to him from Jen. She has been chasing him up to now. Too bad, Brad is not biting, as he repeated twice in her interviews his first marriage was uninteresting and boring. Now, Aniston is back to her second option, apparently she is also chasing Mayer, calling and texting him and flirting with him on IG.
Ranny
Flirting with JM on IG? LOL What kind of drugs have you been taking? She likes his posts and he likes hers. She’s not chasing either of them. She has moved on. Something you should probably consider doing too. Get over your hatred.
It’s way more likely she is just friendly with her exes. It’s not like she is actively hanging out with Brad, but they can be in the same room together now and be chill. She does hang out with Justin Theroux though and I would not be surprised if those two were banging occasionally lol.
I feel like we’re probably going to see more than one article like this coming up the Globes. They have to know the media will be doing the MOST hyping up the fact that they’ll both be there and be all breathlessly salivating over the pictures and the close-ups and possible “dramatic reunion” pics or whatever, so I would think “sources” from both their camps will probably try to play it cool and “no big deal” it all as much as possible and try and lessen some of that dramatic tone in advance.
The important little information at the bottom is that the children are mandated to see him.
Kind of hinting they are forced to be with him but don’t want to.
Another news was Zahara also choosing not to see Brad as soon as she turned 14 (the legal age to decide).
If Shiloh does the same next year, then you can be certain that none of the children wants to have anything to do with their father.
Very sad that Brad ruined the relationships and couldn’t get rid of his alcohol before destroying the family.
This was definitely the most interesting and real tidbit in the article. I can’t even imagine how toxic and abusive he must have been for all of his children to not want to see him.
I’ve been watching TMS from the beginning and I still don’t know how i feel about it.
I remember I was at a sleepover and my dad called me and told me that they separated.
I’m glad they’re friends
So Zahara doesn’t see him either? I was wondering why it said “the older kids” instead of saying the “older boys” or “Maddox and Pax”? Interesting?
I also think it’s odd that we have never seen him or heard about him being out with the kids. So they have never let the house for somebody to tweet, “I saw Brad Pitt with his twins at XYZ restaurant.” Even when Brad and Angie were together and under the radar in LA ,people would see them and tweet about it.Fansites would post the tweets and blurry photos.I haven’t seen any pic of Brad out and about with his kids in years so I guess they stay on his compound.
According to Us Weekly Brad isn’t expecting to see Zahara at Christmas, but the three youngest will be with him on Christmas Eve. It’ll be the first Christmas without a monitor.
It just makes me wonder, is Christmas the next time he’s seeing them? Does he go weeks without seeing any of them? Or maybe they were just implying it will be special because it’s Christmas Eve.
Yes that’s very telling. I’ve seen his fans claim he has a big house and the kids have all they need there and it’s bullshit. No kid wants to sit at home all the time with their parent. To never take your kids anywhere fun, not even a dinner everyone once in a while isn’t normal. Not when you claim you’re a good parent and are trying to fix your relationships with them. He can get papped with friends and hang out with Kanye but not once be seen anywhere with any of his children since Angelina filed for divorce? That’s why i’m convinced Angelina actually has primary custody, the kids live at her house full time and he only gets a couple hours visitations with the youngest ones every once in a while.
Or he’s not allowed to take them out.
Ive always liked JA but since her ig , I love her more. She seems sweet and chill, and also seems to have a very forgiving heart
Yeah, I really like her too. I think it’s fine if you want to spend your evenings in cashmere pj’s drinking wine and watching a movie with your dog. It’s not like she doesn’t work hard and have her charitable causes. She just isn’t a pretentious tw$t. Brad is.
Not as forgiving as Heidi Bivens…
I’m thinking of that line from the Carly Simon song that said, ““they said that we made such a pretty pair”.
She’s too good for him. Especially how he cheated on her and left her. And then proceeded to call her boring and uptight. Don’t do it girl.
I agree. The headline should point out that they’re friendly again, not STILL.
I feel like a hypocrite posting in a gossip blog and saying this but, seriously, it’s about fucking time people get over Brad and Jen. They have very obviously gotten over it. Ages ago. We don’t even know them. TIME. TO. MOVE. ON.
I’ve been saying that for a decade! But there are some who will never let it go.
I agree that Brad Pitt would be totally down to fan the flames in the tabloids of the will they/won’t they BS and it’s Jen that’s like nah, I’m good, don’t need that.
And I’m tired of people saying that she plays the perpetual victim. She was extremely hurt by the end of her marriage and how it ended and had to go through it very publicly but she certainly hasn’t been riding BP/AJ’s coattails. As Kaiser has mentioned, all 3 liked to step on each other’s news cycles from time to time, but even that hasn’t happened in YEARS (that I can think of).
Anyways, I think Jen is in a great place and has been for years. AJ, not so much, because of what that as*hole has put her and the kids through, but I’m so glad she’s doing so much better these days. She’s a class act. Anybody who continues to talk shit about one of these women, but gives BP a pass can go somewhere and take several seats.
Disagree. While Jen may have been hurt by the end of her marriage, why put all the blame on Angie? She went on national TV with Okra (Oprah) basically stating Angie broke up her marriage and put absolutely no blame on Brad at all. All she said was she was hurt because he did not mourn the end of their marriage. Kinda hard to morn something when he wanted out so bad. He was just a coward and couldn’t walk away. She does play a perpetual victim and then she became friends with Chelsea Handler who talked bad about Angie at every turn. A woman she had never met and actually had no good reason about why she disliked her. After Jen and Handler were friends no longer, Handler offered an apology saying Angie was living her life and doing the best she could do. Kind of suspicious. Jen is a user, a perpetual victim and someone I just can’t stand. If she had come out way back when and just said the marriage didn’t work out instead of all that BS about wanting to keep her marriage together, which everyone getting divorced probably wants to, it would have been so much better instead of Angie broke up my marriage and stole my man. Just can’t stand women like this.
I don’t think most people care as much as CAA and the HW media wants us to believe they care. They are both in their 50s and getting aged out. They’re not gonna break anything except a hip. Lol. Young people aren’t checking for either of them like that.
The picture of pitt used for this post is not flattering
I think him shirtless in thelma and louise and later longer blonde hair is what made people think hes attractive but his face is not IMO
When I look back at his pics in Seven, I can’t believe how beautiful he was. Didn’t really appreciate it at the time. Must suck for him to age.
This source is probably coming from Jens camp. She is reiterating the fact that she is OVER his ass, and has been for a long time. Good for her! She doesn’t need his baggage, and I DON’T mean the kids. I mean whatever the hell it is within him that caused his life and his family to explode into pieces and his kids to be so traumatized that they don’t even want to be in the same room with him anymore. NO woman wants to deal with that, especially in her 50s when she herself is absolutely thriving and living her best life. Good for her👏