From Braniston to Brangelina
Just like you, we are continually startled by the most unexpected celebrity breakups each year. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were and always will be the ideal early 2000s power couple. Pitt and Aniston were once known as America’s sweethearts, so their divorce came as a shock to the public after reports of a relationship between Pitt and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-star Angelina Jolie surfaced.
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In 2005, the couple announced their divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, kicking off the story that earned Pitt and Jolie the label “Brangelina.” They married in 2014 and went on to have six children. Most Hollywood romances are fascinating, but Pitt and Jolie’s relationship history is particularly intriguing.