Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt's marriage may have ended in divorce — and with rumors of a love triangle – after five years, but the two certainly had their special, romantic moments throughout their relationship.
The former Hollywood It couple first met in 1994, when the Bullet Train actor was with former fiancée Gwyneth Paltrow, and started dating in 1998. They announced their engagement in 1999 at a Sting concert, and tied the knot in front of a reported 200 friends atop a Malibu cliff on July 29.
In their time together, the Oscar-winner, who went on to marry, and divorce, Angelina Jolie, rang in his milestone 40th birthday, and his then-wife's romantic birthday present has just been revealed.
20 years after the fact — Brad's birthday is on December 18 — celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, while speaking on the Australian music podcast Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie revealed that he, or rather, his cooking skills, were Jennifer's 40th birthday gift for her then-husband.
"I actually was Brad Pitt's 40th birthday present from Jen," Jamie said, sharing that he was "flown out" by the Friends actress for the special occasion.
At the time, the English restaurateur was best known for his cooking show The Naked Chef, which ran from 1999 to 2001, and of which Brad appears to have been a fan of.
© GettyRemembering his conversation with Jennifer, he recalled her saying: "Would you cook for Brad? He's well into The Naked Chef and all that business, like, he watches it on TV and all that," to which he said: "Absolutely. And I'll do it for love, because I love you guys."
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Despite the former couple's difficult, head-line making break-up, today they are on friendly terms. Jennifer went on to both marry and divorce Justin Theroux, who she also remains friends with, and in 2018, she told Elle: "My marriages, they've been very successful, in [my] personal opinion," adding: "And when they came to an end, it was a choice that was made because we chose to be happy, and sometimes happiness doesn't exist within that arrangement anymore."
© GettyThey virtually reunited in September 2020 for a commemorative table read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and, after they had a viral interaction at the 2020 SAG Awards, she declared during an appearance's Howard Stern show: "Brad and I are buddies, we're friends," maintaining: "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."
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© GettyLast year, Michael Rapaport, who attended their wedding, similarly to Jamie looked back fondly on the occasion, revealing during an appearance on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live quite a luxe feature they had at the star-studded nuptials.
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© Getty"I was at Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's wedding, they had a wall of caviar," he revealed at the time, before joking: "I still have some saved over!"
He went on: "I'm still eating the caviar from there — I was shoving it down," and further shared: "Billy Preston performed. A lot of bucks there."
