Aniston Opens Up About Brad and Angelina

[Janice]

Aniston Opens Up About Brad and Angelina


By Karen Thomas, USA TODAY

In her first interview since splitting with Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston sets straight those reports that she didn't want children and fesses up about the pain caused by Pitt's relationship with Angelina Jolie.
And she sheds a few tears.

Aniston tells September's Vanity Fair, on stands Friday: "Am I lonely? Yes. Am I upset? Yes. Am I confused? Yes. Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely. But I'm also doing really well."

Except when the topic of Jolie and Pitt possibly starting their own family comes up, and tears flow down her cheeks.

But the idea that Aniston, 36, was stalling on starting a family with Pitt, 41, gets the actress fuming. "I've never in my life said I didn't want to have children. I did, and I do, and I will!"

She's forgiving of Pitt, even though they no longer talk, and she says she believes him when he says he did not sleep with Jolie before the marriage broke up in January.

Best friend Courteney Cox chimes in to reveal that while there was no affair, "there was a connection" between Jolie and Pitt, "and he was honest about that with Jen."

Aniston says she expects their divorce to be final this fall, and she's not dismissing the idea of another marriage — with kids — in five years. "I love Brad. ... I will love him for the rest of my life," she says. And she has no regrets. "I really do hope that someday we can be friends again."

[TripperFan]

Actually, this is exactly how I thought it happened - that there was no true affair, but that Brad did have feelings for Angelina, and I figured he was honest when Jen. Could be their relationship was stalling, and he thought that it would either make them work harder at their relationship, or if it wasn't going to work, would be the straw.

Jen will find love again for sure and I'm sure they just weren't the perfect mates the press made them out to be afterall. It happens.

[Janice]

Originally Posted by Janice

She's forgiving of Pitt, even though they no longer talk, and she says she believes him when he says he did not sleep with Jolie before the marriage broke up in January.

Sorry, I don't believe him. I think Jenn wants to believe him and needs to believe him. It's too much of a stretch to buy that Pitt didn't have an affair with Jolie, but ended his marriage when the movie wrapped. During filming of the movie, rumors were flying wild over an affair.

There are very few men who will admit to cheating. Unless caught in the act, most will deny it until their dying day.

Everywhere you look these days, Brad and Angelina are pictured together. I think they're a couple but are waiting for his divorce to be final and for the dust to settle to come right out and say it.

[MsOrange]

I think Jenn is being the bigger person and just trying not to make this a big cat-fight for the tabloids to splash around. I don't think we'll ever know the true story; but despite this, i've still lost any respect i had for Brad.


(i talk as if i know them both personally )

[TripperFan]

Originally Posted by MsOrange

(i talk as if i know them both personally )

I know - I've caught myself with that too - like either really care what we think - not like we're good friends with them.

Funny how as fans, we do tend to get a bit emotionally involved in their lives eh? Imagine people doing that with us. No wonder being a celebrity is weird.

[Janice]

Aniston Was 'Shocked' by Pitt-Jolie Pics


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NEW YORK (AP) - In her first interview since splitting with Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston says she was "shocked" by the breakup and is trying to "pick up the pieces in the midst of this media circus."

Aniston broke down twice during the interview for the September issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands nationally Aug. 9. Mostly, though, the actress comes across as resilient.

"Am I lonely? Yes. Am I upset? Yes. Am I confused? Yes. Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely. But I'm also doing really well."

Holed up in her Malibu, Calif., bungalow, the 36-year-old actress says the media coverage and tabloid rumors have been hard to deal with - especially reports that she didn't want to start a family.

"A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children," she says. "I've never in my life said I didn't want children. I did and I do and I will!"

Aniston filed for divorce in March, citing irreconcilable differences after 4 1/2 years of marriage. The couple separated in January.

Aniston says she was aware of Pitt's attraction to Angelina Jolie, his "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" co-star, but doesn't blame their split on her.

"It's just complicated," Aniston says. "There are all these levels of growth - and when you stop growing together, that's when the problems happen."

But when pictures showing Pitt and Jolie together with her 3-year-old son, Maddox, on a beach in Africa were published, the former "Friends" star says, "the world was shocked and I was shocked."


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She was also hurt by a fashion spread in W magazine - a concept of Pitt's - that showed the actor and Jolie as a 1960's-style married couple.

"There's a sensitivity chip that's missing," Aniston says of Pitt.

Says Aniston: "I just don't know what happened. ... I feel as if I'm trying to scrounge around and pick up the pieces in the midst of this media circus."

Otherwise refusing to talk badly of Pitt, the actress says she doesn't want to mimic the bitterness of her parents' divorce.

"I love Brad; I really love him. I will love him for the rest of my life," says Aniston. "I don't regret any of it, and I'm not going to beat myself up about it."


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"The sad thing, for me, is the way it's been reduced to a Hollywood cliche - or maybe it's just a human cliche."

Another false report, Aniston says, is her relationship with Vince Vaughn, her co-star in the upcoming movie "The Break Up."

"I like a lot of people, but I'm sooo not 'in like' with anybody."

Aniston also hasn't lost her sense of humor. On Pitt's recently dyed blond hair, she says, "Billy Idol called - he wants his look back."

[EmoJoe]

Brad Pitt annoys me for some reason, I think it's his personality. I like Jennifer Anisten, though.

But I agree, I do think Jen is the bigger person.

[Superstar]

I really admire Jennifer for the way she's handling it, I've always liked her but now I have alot more respect for her, she doesn't really diss Brad, even though she does say a few things about him. I don't like Brad and I think that him and Angelina were having an affair the whole time. I think Jennifer is just saying she believes him, hoping that this whole thing might blow over.

[Janice]

Originally Posted by Superstar

I really admire Jennifer for the way she's handling it, I've always liked her but now I have alot more respect for her, she doesn't really diss Brad, even though she does say a few things about him. I don't like Brad and I think that him and Angelina were having an affair the whole time. I think Jennifer is just saying she believes him, hoping that this whole thing might blow over.

I agree. Jenn has her pride and no woman wants to have it made public that her husband left her for another woman. And Angelina Jolie, no less.

It's really a connect the dots deal to me. Brad fell in love with his gorgeous co-star, dumped his wife, and is still with the other woman now. The guy's a dog in my opinion.

[Janice]

People Magazine

Jen's 'Anger' over Brad


Jennifer Aniston reveals fury, pain and even sarcasm – as well as forgiveness – in her first interview since her January separation from her husband of 4 1/2 years, Brad Pitt.

In a story titled "Jen Finally Talks! (And talks and talks. And cries. And talks....)" for September's Vanity Fair magazine, the former Friends star declares: "Am I lonely? Yes. Am I upset? Yes. Am I confused? Yes. Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely. But I'm also doing really well."

Aniston, who filed for divorce in March, speaks out about erroneous reports claiming she didn't want to start a family with Brad ("I've never in my life said I didn't want to have children. I did, and I do, and I will!") and she gives her reaction to seeing published photos of her estranged husband frolicking with his Mr. & Mrs. Smith costar, Angelina Jolie.

"The world was shocked, and I was shocked," says Aniston, 36. "I'd be a robot if I said I didn't feel moments of anger, of hurt, of embarrassment." As for the shots of Pitt and Jolie playing with her young son Maddox, "I can't say it was one of the highlights of my year," Aniston admits.

Aniston is working with a therapist to deal with the situation, she tells the magazine, which has released advance copies of the issue to media outlets. As for what happened behind the scenes of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Aniston, who says she had bought Brad's claim that he remained faithful to her, now says: "I just don't know what happened. There's a lot I don't understand, a lot I don't know, and probably never will know, really.

"I choose to believe my husband," she goes on to say. "At this point, I wouldn't be surprised by anything, but I would much rather choose to believe him."

Even so, Aniston (who reportedly grows tearful when asked to comment on rumors that Jolie might be pregnant with Pitt's child), says: "There's a sensitivity chip that's missing (from Brad). ... He makes his choices. He can do – whatever. We're (about to be) divorced, and you can see why."

Unable to resist taking a swipe at Pitt's recently peroxide-enhanced scalp, Aniston snaps: "Billy Idol called – he wants his look back."

And yet, she reveals, "I love Brad. I really love him. I will love him for the rest of my life. He's a fantastic man. ... I really do hope that someday we can be friends again."

[TripperFan]

I gotta agree with the Billy Idol reference!! If anything, she IS being kind because I think he looks more like Bart Simpson with the "yellow"!!

[Janice]

Originally Posted by Janice

As for what happened behind the scenes of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Aniston, who says she had bought Brad's claim that he remained faithful to her, now says: "I just don't know what happened. There's a lot I don't understand, a lot I don't know, and probably never will know, really.

"I choose to believe my husband," she goes on to say. "At this point, I wouldn't be surprised by anything, but I would much rather choose to believe him."

This is what I meant in my original post. Jennifer needed and wanted to believe him, almost a defense mechanism. Denial has its advantages to get us through some terrible situations. I think reality is setting in with Jen, and she's starting to read the handwriting on the wall.

Sometimes the closer you are to a situation, the less you see. What is obvious to most others is often lost on someone when they want to believe otherwise...when the truth is too hard to handle.

This is a seven year relationship, a marriage. It's obvious by her statements that Jennifer is in a world of pain now over this.

Good for her for taking the high road though. I think I'd kill Pitt and Jolie.

[Mikado]

Hollywood, where morals go to die

[Dianne3]

Originally Posted by Mikado

Hollywood, where morals go to die

[Rene]

aww thats sweet of her to forgive him- i hope she finds someone to be happy with. im now on TEAM ANISTON! lol i wanna get that shirt now