Why do we dream of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt getting back together?
In a relationship from 1998 to 2005, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were the most famous couple in Hollywood. Closer than ever at the 26th SAG Awards ceremony, they set the web alight. Why does the whole world always seem to fantasize about the reunion of the couple?
If the Screen Actors Guild Awards still attract the attention of Internet users, this Sunday, January 19, it is the reunion of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston during the ceremony that ignited the Internet. Moments captured by the many lenses present, revealing them closer than ever.
In some photos, we even see Brad Pitt grabbing his ex-girlfriend's hand, or the two actors hugging each other tenderly. Clichés that made fans of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, who were in a relationship from 1998 to 2005, nostalgic.
Between jokes and tenderness
For the actors, both rewarded during the evening, the ceremony was marked by jokes and moments of tenderness. While Brad Pitt was the first to take the stage, receiving the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, he couldn't help but joke during his speech.
“Well, I can add that to my Tinder profile,” the 56-year-old actor began, before ironically comparing his character's life to his: “Let's be honest, that was a tough role. drug, who goes around shirtless, and who does not get along with his wife ... There is a big gap ". A joke that made Jennifer Aniston smile.
It was the Friends star's turn to accept her award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her lead role in The Morning Show (Apple TV). The actress gave a touching speech, taking the time to thank her co-stars, including Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell. Brad Pitt was then filmed backstage, listening intently to his ex-wife's speech.
Another look at Brad Pitt watching Jennifer Aniston winning her statue for #TheMorningShow at the #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/Wg6vQm8Q1z
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 20, 2020
It was back behind the scenes that Jennifer Aniston joined Brad Pitt. The two actors complimented each other before hugging. One photo even shows Brad Pitt holding Jennifer Aniston's hand, as she walks away.
A couple who continue to fantasize
If these pictures have ignited social networks, it is because they reminded Internet users of a time when the two actors were one of the most glamorous couples in Hollywood.
After all, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston ticked all the boxes for the perfect couple according to Hollywood: beautiful, blond with blue eyes, Caucasian, with a flourishing career and eternally smiling, they gave the illusion that between them, and for them, everything. was "easy".
To the point that some come to fantasize of a return of the Pitt-Aniston couple. A fantasy that could be understood as nostalgia, generational, of a past era: the 90s, and the beginning of the 2000s.
We can also see the desire to see the fulfillment of a proof of the absolute love sold by Hollywood. Even though the years have passed and each of them has had other foundational experiences, it is also pretty, and a little conservative, to think that despite everything, they would, perhaps, really be " made "for each other. This prospect can be "heartwarming" as the number of marriages has more than doubled worldwide between 1970 and 2008 *.
An iconic Hollywood couple
It was in 1994 that the two actors met for the first time, when their respective agents were good friends.
"[Brad Pitt] was just that nice guy from Missouri, you know? A normal guy," she confided in an interview with American magazine Rolling Stone in 2001. At the time, the Fight Club actor was in couple with Gwyneth Paltrow, but the two separated in 1997.
[Brad Pitt] was just that nice guy from Missouri, you know? A normal guy.
Four years after their first meeting, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have their first date, before going public in September 1999, during the 51st Emmy Awards.
Things then accelerate for the two lovebirds, who get married on July 29, 2000 in Malibu. Their wedding party is lavish, with more than 200 guests, 50,000 flowers, several bands and fireworks, reports People.
Fans of Friends inevitably remember the appearance of Brad Pitt in a flagship episode of the series, in the eighth season. In this special Thanksgiving episode, the character played by the actor hates Rachel, and reveals that he started a rumor about her during high school days, with the help of Ross.
So many elements that inevitably make vibrate the nostalgic fiber of popculture fans, who see in the photos of this Sunday at the SAGAwards a reminiscence of the past, and of an emblematic couple who marked a generation.
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston break up
In February 2003, Jennifer Aniston confided in W Magazine: "In this crazy, wonderful and difficult business, it's nice to have someone who is there and who knows you, someone who really knows you".
The following year, as Friends draws to a close, the actress announces that the couple will make sure they spend more time together when the filming of her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, will be finished.
But it is precisely during this shooting that things start to turn sour for the couple, while Brad Pitt meets Angelina Jolie. Quickly, a rumor circulated, accusing Brad Pitt of cheating on Jennifer Aniston with his co-star.
In an interview with Vogue in 2006, Angelina Jolie said: "Because of this movie, we had to do all these crazy things, and I think we forged a friendship by chance ... We had to wait until the end. of the shoot to realize that our relationship could become more important than we thought.
We remain good friends, who have a lot of love and admiration for each other.
In January 2005, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt officially announced their divorce in a press release. "We would like to announce that after seven years of relationship, we have decided to officially separate," they said. “For those who follow this stuff, we would like to explain that our separation is not the result of rumors reported by some media. We remain good friends, who have a lot of love and admiration for each other. 'other".
Recased and divorced again
For their part, Brad Pitt and Angelina get married in September 2014, after almost ten years of relationship. Jennifer Aniston, she married American actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux in August 2015.
However, the two unions did not last: the Bradlina couple separated in September 2016, and their divorce is still ongoing. While Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux also divorced in February 2018.
15 years later, still so close
If it's been 15 years since the two actors separated, it seems that they have remained very close. In February 2019, Brad Pitt was seen at the actress' birthday party, who was celebrating her 50th birthday.
More recently, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were reunited at the 77th Golden Globes ceremony on January 5, 2020. Internet users had already noticed the actress's emotion during the speech of her ex-husband, who received the award for Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
If the two Hollywood stars do not seem to have plans to get back together, it is in any case a beautiful friendship that they have kept. A friendship in vintage colors.
