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When Jennifer Aniston announced her separation from actor Justin Theroux in 2017, the world went wild with the realisation that for the first time since their split in 2005, both Aniston and her ex-husband Brad Pitt were single.
Since then, the former couple, who famously broke up after Pitt met Angelina Jolie on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2005 (Pitt went on to marry Jolie before separating in 2016), has been spotted spending time together, most recently at Aniston’s Christmas party, where Pitt was reportedly one of the last to leave.
When the actor attended his former wife’s 50th birthday earlier this year, a source said that the two have stayed in touch and that spending time together isn’t as big of a deal to them as it is to everyone else.
“They’ve been in touch over the last few years and talk occasionally. If they run into each other they will congratulate each other and exchange pleasantries. They want the best for each other,” they told E! News. “There are no issues with being in the same place at the same time.”
But fast-forward to the end of the decade and it looks like things could be turning into something more serious.
Another source – yes, we know, but we’ll take what we can get – has said that sparks are now flying between the two and that their interactions can be flirty.
“Brad and Jen have a wonderful connection that might seem flirtatious at times,” an insider told Us Weekly. “They dig each other’s sense of humour and have an infectious energy when they’re together, but they insist things are purely platonic and nothing more than that.”
“It took a while for Jen to heal and for Brad to stop feeling bad for how he left her back in 2005,” the source continued. “This is something they’ve taken their time with, and they’re well aware of the hysteria around their relationship among their fans.”
They went on to say that Pitt has now taken responsibility for the pain he caused Aniston and that the two have moved on from their separation.
“He’s taken responsibility. He’s tried to make amends. He didn’t realise the magnitude of the hurt he caused Jen at the time. He was so swept up in Angelina Jolie, he couldn’t see outside that tunnel.”
Friendly, flirty exes? Sounds like a recipe for rekindled romance, if you ask us.
