Jennifer Anistonis happy to cheer on her colleagues and their achievements — even friendly exBrad Pitt.
“We’ve all grown up together, we really have,” she said, “and it just feels like a really fun night to celebrate and cheer each other on and keep working.”
Aniston added: “There are not dark hours, but, you know, you don’t really have that much of a life, so it’s nice to come out and put a pretty dress on and sort of celebrate your friends and their work, and inspire each other to keep going — and like[Brad] said, it’s back to work tomorrow.”
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The evening also came with another notablemoment for the former coupleprior to the backstage meet-up. DuringPitt’s acceptance speechfor best supporting actor forOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood, he made amarriage quipthat got a laugh from Aniston in the audience.
Pitt joked about how his character in the film was a guy who “doesn’t get on with his wife.” After cracking the joke, a camera panned to his ex-wife Aniston, who smiled lovingly and clapped.
“Let’s be honest, it was a difficult part,” Pitt said. “The guy who gets high, takes his shirt off, and doesn’t get on with his wife. It’s a big stretch. Big.”
The two stars were married for five years before theirdivorcein 2005. While they’ve long been cordial, they’ve been more public about their friendship in the last year.
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“My marriages, they’ve been very successful, in [my] personal opinion,” AnistontoldEllemagazinein January 2019, referring to her marriages to Pitt andJustin Theroux. “And when they came to an end, it was a choice that was made because we chose to be happy, and sometimes happiness doesn’t exist within that arrangement anymore.”
Pitt went on to marry actressAngelina Jolie. The two, who share six children, split in September 2016 after two years of marriage and 12 years together.
In February 2019, theFriendsactresscelebrated her 50th birthdaywith a star-studded bash at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood. Among her guests was Pitt, who alsosent her a present before the party.
A source told PEOPLE at the time: “Her friends were happy to see Brad at the party. Whatever caused their divorce is long in the past,” while a second source said, “Brad and Jen have a very civil relationship.”
source: people.com
