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Yep, it was the era when the Brad Pitt-Angie-Jen saga had us glued to tabloids like it was prime-time TV.
Fans didn’t just watch—they picked sides like it was a personality test: Team Aniston or Team Jolie. It wasn’t just gossip; it was a cultural showdown, shaping how we saw relationships, celebrities, and maybe even ourselves (whether we admit it or not).
Being on Team Aniston meant rooting for marriage, stability, and a grounded kind of glamour. She was America’s sweetheart—the golden girl next door fresh off Friends, who embodied the idea of balancing success and domesticity. On the flip side, Team Jolie was all about embracing the unpredictable, the otherworldly, and that globe-trotting, tattooed energy. Jolie brought an edge to the narrative, making love seem wilder and bigger than the institution of marriage.
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But Brad Pitt? Well, nobody really talked about him as much. He wasn’t the one under the microscope—he was the prize. The question wasn’t whether Brad was the right man, but rather which woman was “worthy” of him. It was a classic setup: two women fighting to prove their rightness while Brad sat on the sidelines, already deemed a winner by default.
