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Jennifer Aniston gave some rare comments about her divorce from Brad Pitt in her newly published September cover interview for Vanity Fair
The Morning Show actress called the time following their split 20 years ago “such a vulnerable” period in her life
Aniston, who later married Justin Theroux, is currently dating hypnotherapist Jim Curtis
Jennifer Aniston is giving some rare insight into her divorce from Brad Pitt.
The Morning Show actress, 56, opens up about the time following her marriage to the F1 star in a newly published cover interview for the September issue of Vanity Fair.
Notably, the story comes almost exactly 20 years after her September 2005 Vanity Fair article titled “The Unsinkable Jennifer Aniston,” which was her first interview following her breakup from Pitt, 61, after almost five years of marriage.
“I haven’t looked at that article in forever,” Aniston said in her new interview, of the 2005 one. “I just remember the experience of doing it — which was kind of jarring. It was also such a vulnerable time. But yeah, that was one for the memoirs.”
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Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston on May 10, 2004
Pitt and Aniston were introduced by their managers in 1994 and secretly dated beginning in 1998, before tying the knot in a lavish July 2000 ceremony.
They ultimately called it quits in 2005 and went on to wed other people: Pitt, his Mr. & Mrs. Smith costar Angelina Jolie, and Aniston, actor Justin Theroux. Pitt is currently in a relationship with jewelry designer Ines de Ramon, while Aniston is dating hypnotherapist Jim Curtis.
In recent years, Aniston and Pitt have appeared to rekindle their friendship, delighting fans with not one but two reunions in 2020: a warm backstage embrace at the SAG Awards that quickly went viral, and a virtual table reading of Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
“I really do hope that someday we can be friends again,” the Friends alum told Vanity Fair in the wake of their split in 2005. “I will love [Brad] for the rest of my life. He’s a fantastic man. I don’t regret any of it, and I’m not going to beat myself up about it.”
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Jennifer Aniston on the September 2025 cover of Vanity Fair
Recalling that period in her life following her breakup from Pitt, Aniston revealed in the more recent Vanity Fair interview her way of getting through it: Telling herself, “Just pick yourself up by the bootstraps and keep on walking, girl.”
“It was such juicy reading for people. If they didn’t have their soap operas, they had their tabloids,” the Murder Mystery actress said. “It’s a shame that it had to happen, but it happened. And boy did I take it personally.”
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Addressing the media speculation and frenzy surrounding their split, Aniston said she “didn’t have a strong enough constitution to not get affected by” the rumors and attention.
“We’re human beings, even though some people don’t want to believe we are,” she added. “They think, ‘You signed up for it, so you take it.’ But we really didn’t sign up for that.”
The Morning Show season 4 debuts on Apple TV+ Sept. 17.
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