Gwyneth Paltrow’s brutal comment explains Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston split
Gwyneth dated Brad before his marriage to Jennifer Aniston – and she had a brutal explanation for their split
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Back before Brad Pitt’s brutal split with Angelina Jolie and even before his divorce from Jennifer Aniston, the actor was one half of another Hollywood power couple.
The Once Upon A Time in Hollywood star was happily coupled up with Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow in the 1990s.
They were to hottest pair in showbiz land and everyone’s hearts melted when they got engaged.
But then, in 1997, after two and a half years of datin, their adorable romance was over – heartbreaken Iron Man star Gwyneth said it took her five years to get over the split.
She told Diane Sawyer in an interview in 2006: “I was very upset for a long, long time. We’re able to sort of see each other and smile and wish each other well.”
But while Gwyneth was still nursing her broken heart a year after her split with Brad, his friends had set him up on a blind date with Jennifer Aniston.
The pair hit it off immediately – and a new A-list power couple was born.
Within five months Brad had popped the question and he and Jennifer were engaged.
They tied the knot in 2000 in a stunning cliff top ceremony with an A-list guest list to die for and a $1million price tag.
Brad and Jen rented the five-acre multimillion dollar Malibu cliff-top estate overlooking the Pacific ocean, from TV exec Marcy Carsey.
There were tears aplenty, including from the groom who couldn’t control his emotions as the couple read out their personalised vows.
It seemed a match made in heaven – but just five years later their marriage had crumbled and Jen was heartbroken.
Rumours had already been swirling about Brad’s relationship with his Mr and Mrs co-star, Angelina, but when he and Jen announced their split in January, 2005, both insisted no one else was involved.
However, in April that year photos emerged of Brad and Angelina on a family holiday with her children and it was clear the two actors were very much an item.
Jen admits she was angry and embarrassed when she discovered her ex’s new relationship.
She told Vanity Fair: “The world was shocked, and I was shocked. I can’t say it was one of the highlights of my year.
“Who would deal with that and say, ‘Isn’t that sweet! That looks like fun!’? But s*** happens. You joke and say, ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’.
“I have to think there’s some reason I have called this into my life. I have to believe that—otherwise it’s just cruel.”
Brad went on to marry Angelina and the couple have six children together.
And following his break-up with Jennifer, Brad’s first fiancée, Gwyneth, had a brutal explanation for the split.
She said: “It would have been a lot easier on Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston now if they had not talked to the press about each other and everything to begin with.”
The Shakespeare In Love star went on the marry Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin, and the couple called time on their marriage in 2014, when the “consciously uncoupled”.
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