Jennifer Aniston Talks ‘Love Triangle’ With Ex Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Reveals How She Coped

Jennifer Aniston is opening up like never before as she makes the rounds to promote season 4 of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show.

The Friends alum, 56, briefly touched on her high-profile split with Pitt, 61 — who she married in 2000 — during an interview with Vanity Fair, published on August 11.

In the early aughts, the pair were Hollywood’s most beloved A-list couple — before Aniston filed for divorce after nearly five years of marriage in January 2005.

Four months after the split, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor was photographed in Kenya with his Mr. & Mrs. Smith costar Angelina Jolie and her son, Maddox, which all but confirmed rumors of the two being involved romantically.

“Just pick yourself up by the bootstraps and keep on walking, girl,” Aniston recalled of how she survived that time in her life, defining it as “the love triangle.”

“We’re human beings, even though some people don’t want to believe we are,” she added of dealing with the media coverage surrounding Pitt and Jolie’s romance on the heels of her divorce. “They think, You signed up for it, so you take it. But we really didn’t sign up for that.”

Aniston also admitted she took the public fallout “personally.”

In the same interview, Aniston also dished on shooting her 2005 Vanity Fair cover for a story titled “The Unsinkable Jennifer Aniston,” which she remembers was “jarring” and “such a vulnerable time,” as it was published months after Pitt and Jolie, 50, were confirmed to be together.

Aniston — who was also married to Justin Theroux from 2015 to 2018 — has found love again: As Star previously reported, she is currently dating hypnotist Jim Curtis.

“Jen feels like she’s finally found someone who really checks all the boxes,” a source told Star earlier this month. “She’s very happy.”