Jennifer Aniston had a tumultuous 2005 when it comes to personal and professional life, but the actress says she looks to that period as the beginning of a whole new chapter in her life. Aniston attended the show’s series finale by Ellen DeGeneres and talked about the end of her marriage with Brad Pitt and the ending of Friends which occurred one after the other. When she was asked how she had coped with the end of 10 seasons’s success Friendshe replied to DeGeneres laughing: “Well, I got divorced and went to therapy. And then I made a movie called The Break-Up. I threw myself headlong into the end. I said to myself, “You know what, guys? Let’s turn it into a whole new chapter. Let’s close everything and start over ”. It worked great ».
After nearly five years of marriage, Aniston and Pitt announced their separation in January 2005, finalizing their divorce in October of that year. But there is no hard feelings among the exes, as Pitt attended his 50th birthday party in 2019 and Aniston even recently referred to him as one of her “friends.” After the former couple participated together in a live reading of Fast Times at Ridgemont High during the pandemic, Aniston told this to Howard Stern the experience: “It was absolutely fun… we talk and there is no weirdness, except for everyone who probably wanted it to be, or thought it was. We had fun, and it was for a great cause, CORE, the nonprofit of Sean Penn “.
The star of Friends also said earlier Elle in January 2019 that her marriages to Pitt and Justin Theroux “They were very successful, in my personal opinion”, explaining that “when they finished, it was a choice made because we chose to be happy, and sometimes happiness no longer exists within that agreement.” Although Aniston admitted that “there were problems and not all moments were great, of course,” she added: “Ultimately, this is our only life and I wouldn’t be left in a situation out of fear. Fear of being alone. Fear of not being able to survive. Staying in a marriage out of fear is like doing your life wrong. When the work has been done and there seems to be no chance for it to work, that’s okay. It is not a failure. We have these clichés around all of this that need to be reworked, you know? Because they refer to a very narrow mentality ».
Aniston and Theroux dated for seven years before getting married, announcing their divorce in February 2018 after two and a half years of marriage. However, the two have nothing but kind words for each other and, last April, Theroux confirmed that they still regularly hear each other via FaceTime and texting.
Source: Vanity Fair
