LOS ANGELES – Hollywood glamour couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have split, his publicist confirmed Friday.
“We would like to announce that after seven years together we have decided to formally separate,” the couple said in a statement.
“For those who follow these sorts of things, we would like to explain that our separation is not the result of any speculation reported by the tabloid media,” the actors said.
The couple didn’t indicate if they plan to divorce, and publicist Cindy Guagenti declined to comment beyond the statement, which also said, “We happily remain committed and caring friends with great love and admiration for one another.”
The separation, first reported on People magazine’s Web site, comes 41/2 years after the pair’s wedding and after months of speculation that their marriage was in trouble.
Aniston has recently been photographed in public without her diamond-studded wedding ring, according to People, although the magazine said the couple had spent the New Year’s weekend together on the Caribbean island of Anguilla with Aniston’s former “Friends” co-star Courteney Cox and her husband, actor David Arquette.
Pitt, 41, and Aniston, 35, have been together since being set up on a blind date in 1998. They were married in a lavish wedding on July 29, 2000, on a Malibu estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Some 200 people attended the event, which included four bands, a gospel choir, fireworks and tens of thousands of flowers.
Until rumors began swirling that they were about to split, there were near-constant tabloid rumors that Aniston was pregnant.
Since their wedding, Pitt and Aniston have been touted not only as one of Hollywood’s most glamorous couples but also one of the film industry’s most powerful. They are co-owners of the Plan B production company with producer Brad Grey, who earlier this week was hired to replace Sherry Lansing as head of the Paramount studio.
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