I’m pretty sure there was a part of my twentysomething heart that shriveled up and died back in 2005 when Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt announced their breakup. Of course I knew it was for the best, and I’m not one of those people who’s convinced that the Friends star has been carrying a torch for him all these years. However, that doesn’t mean these juicy rumors that the former couple hung out on the set of The Morning Show doesn’t have my full attention.
While Brad Pitt reportedly attended Jennifer Aniston’s 50th birthday bash in 2019, it was a year later at the SAG Awards that the exes allegedly started reconnecting, according to a Daily Mail source, who said:
They both had new numbers, so they swapped and said they'd be in touch. Brad was the first one to text.
A second source said The Morning Show set became the setting of a “standing lunch date” for the pair in Jennifer Aniston’s trailer. They said:
During season 2 of The Morning Show, Brad was coming to set and having lunch with Jen in her trailer. He would arrive and get dropped directly at her trailer for a private lunch just the two of them and then he would leave once filming for Jen resumed.
The second season of the popular Apple TV series reportedly resumed filming in October 2020, after the COVID shutdown, so if these lunch date rumors are true, that would mean this happened after the exes’ Fast Times at Ridgemont High reunion, which was September 2020. Jennifer Aniston spoke about seeing Brad Pitt (virtually) for the table read at the time, saying there was no awkwardness at all because they are “buddies” and that they kept in touch with each other.
I absolutely love that Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were able to work through their divorce and come out on the other side. Before any of us gets too carried away, however, romance is reportedly no longer part of the equation. The first source said:
A platonic relationship grew. Nothing more. They'd gone through so much both privately and publicly that a romantic relationship would never be on the cards.
Brad Pitt has been dating Ana de Armas for nearly four years, while things seem to be pretty serious between Jennifer Aniston and boyfriend Jim Curtis. A third insider weighed in:
For Brad, there was no hidden agenda or expectation of rekindling their romance. More than anything, Brad missed having her as a trusted friend. He was quickly reminded of just how important Jennifer had been in his life. He genuinely enjoyed reconnecting with her, spending time together away from the spotlight and just being friends, having private lunches was just really nice.
The source went on to say that reconnecting with his ex-wife for those lunch dates in her trailer on The Morning Show set ended up being “one of the best decisions that he has ever made,” and I hope it's true, because I love the idea that their friendship survived.
True or not, there are no Morning Show lunches anymore, as filming has wrapped on the final season of Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s workplace drama. You can catch up on episodes with your Apple TV subscription before The Morning Show Season 5 premieres in 2027.
