Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt: That’s why the dream couple failed

Everything seemed so perfect: Brad Pitt (61) and Jennifer Aniston (56) spent assets for their dream wedding, appeared in love with events, and in 2001 Pitt even had a humorous guest appearance in Aniston’s success “Friends”. But in 2004 rumors suddenly arose that he fell in love with the set of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” in colleague Angelina Jolie (50). In January 2005, Pitt and Aniston finally announced their separation – less than five years after the yes word.

The two got to know each other in 1998. A year later, Pitt made an application for the “Friends” actress. On July 29, 2000, they said yes on a private property in Malibu. The wedding was one of the society highlights of the year: it is said to have cost around one million dollars-including a spectacular fireworks and live performances of several bands.

The equipment was also ready for film at the time: the location is said to have been decorated with 50,000 roses, tulips and other flowers. According to the US media, prominent colleagues such as Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Edward Norton, Salma Hayek and Cameron Diaz were among the 200 guests.

In 2003 Brad Pitt finally met his future partner Angelina Jolie while filming “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”. The first speculations soon made the round, because the two were seen together more and more well away from the set. In 2007 Jolie remembered the “Vogue” that she could hardly wait to go to work at the time. “Everything we did together was just fun and real teamwork. We naturally became something like a couple.”

However, Brad Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston. In the interview, Jolie also spoke: “I didn’t know much about how Brad was doing private. But it was clear that he was with his best friend he loves and respected.” She added: “I think it took until the end of the shooting until we realized that it could mean more than we had expected before. And we both knew that the reality was a big deal, something that would require serious considerations.”

Pitt and Aniston finally announced their marriage on January 7, 2005. “We would like to announce that we have officially separated after seven years together. For those who pursue things like that, we would like to explain that our separation is not the result of the speculation of the tabloid press,” the two emphasized in a joint explanation towards “People”. The decision is “the result of a ripe consideration”.

Aniston submitted a few weeks later, on March 25, 2005, the divorce due to “insurmountable differences”. The marriage was legally divorced in the same year on October 2, 2005.

However, as it only became known years later, the marriage of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston was probably no longer as harmonious before he encountered Angelina Jolie as it seemed to the outside world. “They separated because they had serious problems,” said a source in 2018. The marriage just didn’t work.

The separation of the supposed dream couple made many headlines worldwide. While Brad Pitt came together with Angelina Jolie and built up a family, Jennifer Aniston was often depicted as the unhappily abandoned – without a man, without children. Over the years, she had to put up with questions about the desire to have children again and again. It was not until 2022 that she spoke openly in “Allure” that she had tried to get pregnant for a long time, but also did not work with in vitro fertilization.

It didn’t work for Jennifer Aniston with a permanent relationship. In doing so, she quickly oriented herself after the marriage. During the filming of “Separation with obstacles” in the summer of 2005, she came together with her colleague Vince Vaughn (55). After that, she was in a relationship with singer John Mayer (47) for about a year. In 2015 she married again, but the marriage to actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux (53) also failed. The couple announced their separation in February 2018.

As is well known, Brad Pitt was also not only around since 2005. As “Brangelina”, together with Jolie, he initially became the new dream couple with three adoptive and three biological children. The wedding followed in August 2014. The marriage ended two years later. A legal dispute over years of fortune and especially the children followed. In the course of the separation, decades of alcohol addiction became known for decades, which he could defeat with withdrawal and therapies. With jewelry manager Ines de Ramon (32) he found his new private happiness.

And he should also have a good relationship with his first wife. When they met with the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2020, they greeted themselves warmly. A year later, Jennifer Aniston emphasized in an interview with Howard Stern that she and Pitt were “buddy” and “friends”.