Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston ‘Very Good Friends,’ Says Pal

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are on good terms, and are even “very good friends,” according to a friend of Pitt’s.

This week saw Brad Pitt give an interview to Esquire in which he made comments about a “dark” period of his life that just so happened to dovetail with his marriage to Jennifer Aniston.

Many interpreted the comment as a dig against his ex, but Jean Black, a makeup artist and friend of the 49-year-old actor, said that the two get along just fine.

Additionally, Black divulged new details regarding Pitt’s first meeting with Angelina Jolie on the set of the 2004 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

“I think Brad was ready to soar when he met Angie. This is not to say anything negative about Jennifer. I was part of that and I know that he and Jennifer are very good friends and he cared deeply for her.”

“But in Angie,” she continued, “he saw a very adventurous person who was grabbing on to life and taking it to its nth degree. It was intriguing because I felt Brad had that in him and wanted to unleash it.”

Pitt and Aniston, 43, divorced in 2006. Though both have occasionally made mild sleights against each other in interviews over the years, they insist that they are amicable.

Still Pitt’s Esquire comments have resulted in criticism for the actor, with many wondering why he would apparently target Aniston again, almost a decade after their divorce.

“It was an epiphany — a decision not to squander my opportunities,” Pitt said of his depression. “It was a feeling of, ‘Get up.’ Because otherwise, what’s the point?”

What do you think? Were Brad Pitt’s Esquire comments insulting to Jennifer Aniston and their marriage together, or is this whole story blown out of proportion?

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