Can we just leave Jennifer Aniston alone?
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announced this week that they are parting ways. But this split shouldn’t start another Brad Pitt-Jen Aniston rumor mill.
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s separation was one most fans didn’t see coming. As their statement on the split explains, the two wanted to handle matters privately but knew very well it wouldn’t be kept under wraps for long.
"“In an effort to reduce any further speculation, we have decided to announce our separation. This decision was mutual and lovingly made at the end of last year. We are two best friends who have decided to part ways as a couple, but look forward to continuing our cherished friendship,” the couple said in a joint statement. “Normally we would do this privately, but given that the gossip industry cannot resist an opportunity to speculate and invent, we wanted to convey the truth directly. Whatever else is printed about us that is not directly from us, is someone else’s fictional narrative. Above all, we are determined to maintain the deep respect and love that we have for one another.”"
Aniston and Theroux were married less than three years, getting engaged in August of 2012 and then having a top-secret wedding on August 5, 2015.
Since news of their separation broke, there has been post after post about why they split, how they seemingly were a happy couple to what is at stake for them financially post-break up.
But all of these stories are overshadowed by one overdone and tiring topic: Should Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt get back together?
Do we need Chris Crocker to scream, “Leave Jennifer alone!” Because we should.
Yes, Aniston and Pitt were a lovely couple to adore over, but their marriage is beyond old news (like 2000-2005 old).
And yes, reasons for their divorce were scandalous due to infidelity rumors that circled Pitt and his Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie. But again, old news. Jolie and Pitt have since divorced — a split that Jolie described as “very, very difficult” and “a very painful situation.”
From worrying about whether or not Aniston is pregnant or if she’s had an all-out catfight with Jolie to if she and Pitt could be back together because they walked down the same sidewalk in L.A. in the span of a week — please, everyone, stop.
This woman’s happiness and success seem to only be defined by whether or not she’s with child or found a way back to her ex-husband.
Simply put, that’s wrong.
Aniston may be successful, wealthy, healthy and more, but if she is single or without a stroller, she’s got nothing apparently.
Here are just a few examples of everyday people being concerned for poor, poor Aniston.
And but of course there’s the ol’ Brad-Jen-get-back-together thought process. Because not only is she single and sad now, Pitt is too. These two deserve each other, right?
Not only is this the worst will-they-or-won’t-they gossip theory ever, it is also extremely insulting to the woman in the center of it all.
Aniston is an accomplished actress. She has a net worth of $220 million and endorsement deals with top brands like Smartwater and AVeeno. She has friends and family who love her.
Is it so hard to think she is happy as is? That this separation with Theroux is what she wanted and needed and she is better for it?
Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux are not these awful men who got away and jilted Aniston to be left forever alone. Aniston is not some poor, unfortunate soul who is doomed to walk the beaches of sunny California all by her lonesome. She had relationships that didn’t work out. It happens. It is normal. She will move on.
And we should too.