Jennifer Aniston\u00a0said “of course” she and friend Gwyneth Paltrow\u00a0discuss their shared ex, Brad Pitt, in a new Vanity Fair cover story<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\u201cHow can we not? We\u2019re girls,\u201d Aniston told the magazine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Paltrow and Pitt were engaged in the ’90s but called it off, and Aniston and Pitt were married for several years in the early 2000s<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jennifer Aniston<\/a> and Gwyneth Paltrow<\/a> are two of the biggest stars in the world. But at the end of the day, they\u2019re also \u201cgirls,\u201d Aniston says.<\/p>\n In a new cover story for Vanity Fair<\/a>‘s September issue, the Friends<\/a> alum, 56, opened up about her decades-long friendship with the actress and wellness guru, 52, with whom she shares an ex: Brad Pitt<\/a>. In the interview, published Aug. 11, Aniston revealed that she and Paltrow occasionally acknowledge the ex factor.<\/p>\n When asked if they ever talk about the F1<\/a> actor, 61, Aniston told Vanity Fair, \u201cOh, of course.\u201d (She delivered the reply, the magazine said, while \u201cwaving her hand and sounding everything like Rachel Green.\u201d)<\/p>\n \u201cHow can we not? We\u2019re girls,\u201d added The Morning Show<\/a> star. Though admittedly, she said, wellness topics dominate the stars\u2019 conversation more than anything else. She and Paltrow, Aniston told the magazine, are \u201calways swapping advice\u2014\u2018What are you doing for this? What are you doing for that? Do you have a new doctor for that?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n Norman Jean Roy\/Vanity Fair<\/p>\n Jennifer Aniston on the cover of Vanity Fair’s September 2025 issue<\/p>\n Of the Goop founder, Aniston also noted: \u201cIronically, I went to her and Brad\u2019s engagement party.\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/people-app.onelink.me\/HNIa\/kz7l4cuf<\/a><\/p>\n Paltrow and Pitt met while filming the movie Seven in 1994 and started dating shortly afterward. They dated for two years<\/a> before Pitt popped the question in December 1996. Six months later, they called it quits. Reflecting on their romance years later, Paltrow called them “a very ’90s couple,\u201d per Vogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aniston and Pitt, meanwhile, were introduced by their managers and secretly dated before tying the knot in a lavish 2000 ceremony. They split in 2005, with Aniston famously opening up about their divorce in a September 2005 Vanity Fair article titled “The Unsinkable Jennifer Aniston,”<\/a><\/p>\n In her new interview with the magazine, which comes nearly 20 years after the story (and the subsequent tabloid frenzy), the We’re the Millers<\/a> actress admitted that she has not \u201clooked at that article in forever.\u201d Said Aniston: \u201cI just remember the experience of doing it \u2014 which was kind of jarring. It was also such a vulnerable time<\/a>. But yeah, that was one for the memoirs.\u201d<\/p>\n In the original 2005 article, Aniston told Vanity Fair, \u201cI really do hope that someday we can be friends again.\u201d<\/p>\n The exes have delighted fans with several reunions over the years, including Pitt attending Aniston\u2019s 50th birthday<\/a> in 2019. The following year, the pair also shared a warm backstage embrace at the SAG Awards<\/a> (that quickly went viral<\/a>) and played love interests in a virtual table reading of Fast Times at Ridgemont High<\/a>. Following the latter event, Aniston told Howard Stern there was no awkwardness between the pair<\/a>, who are now \u201cbuddies.\u201d<\/p>\n Norman Jean Roy\/Vanity Fair<\/p>\n Jennifer Aniston for ‘Vanity Fair’<\/p>\n “It was absolutely fun. Brad and I are buddies, we’re friends,” Aniston said of the table reading on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show in 2021. “And we speak, and there’s no oddness at all, except for everyone that probably watched it and was wanting there to be, or assumed there to be,” she added. “We had fun, and it was for a great cause, [Sean Penn’s community relief nonprofit] CORE.”<\/p>\n Aniston is currently dating hypnotherapist Jim Curtis<\/a>, while Pitt is currently in a relationship with jewelry designer Ines de Ramon<\/a>. Paltrow, meanwhile, is married to writer-director Brad Falchuk<\/a>.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Morning Show season 4 debuts on Apple TV+ Sept. 17.<\/p>\n![\"Norman](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2526feceb41fdd0ae8014f51ce4f7a52.jpeg\"\/)
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