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Farewell, Brangelina! Timeline of their whirlwind romance

Updated on: 22 September,2016 08:30 AM IST  | 
Ria Lawrence |

The biggest celebrity divorce is upon us. After twelve years of jet setting, adopting and birthing babies, charity work and several collaborations, news broke that Angelina Jolie was filing for divorce from Brad Pitt, effectively leading to a fan meltdown across the world and much speculation on what went wrong between the high profile couple

Farewell, Brangelina! Timeline of their whirlwind romance

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie


The biggest celebrity divorce is upon us. After twelve years of jet setting, adopting and birthing babies, charity work and several collaborations, news broke that Angelina Jolie was filing for divorce from Brad Pitt, effectively leading to a fan meltdown across the world and much speculation on what went wrong between the high profile couple.


Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were the quintessential celebrity couple, till he ditched her for Jolie in 2005


Jolie is seeking physical custody oftheir six children and asking the courtto grant Pitt visitation rights. There is speculation that a tabloid-friendly, child-unfriendly custody battle may ensue over their six children.Angelina’s longtime manager Geyer Kosinski says, “Angelina will always do what’s in the bestinterest oftaking care of her family. ”

Pittlater broke his silence in a statement saying, “I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of our kids, I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time.” The pair has six kids together: Maddox Jolie-Pitt, 15, Pax Jolie-Pitt, 12, Zahara JoliePitt, 11, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, 10, and twins Knox Jolie-Pitt and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 8.

Brad cheat?
Pitt, 52, had been rumoured to have been cozying up to his Allied costar Marion Cotillard, 40, for months during the pair’s filming of the World War II drama in London. “Angelina hired a private eye because she felt that he was fooling around with her on the set, and it turns out, he was. And that was the final straw,’’ a source told a website

Timeline of their whirlwind romance
2004 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie started filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a steamy actioncomedy movie about two (married) spies. At this point, Pitt and JenniferAniston had been married for nearly five years.

Pitt and Jolie with their kids, Maddox, Pax, Zahara Shiloh and twins Knox Jolie-Pitt and Vivienne
Pitt and Jolie with their kids, Maddox, Pax, Zahara Shiloh and twins Knox Jolie-Pitt and Vivienne

2005 After a month long separation, Jennifer Aniston filed for divorce from Pitt, citing ‘irreconcilable differences.’ Soon after the promotions for Mr. and Mrs. Smith began with rumours doing the rounds about a possible fling between the two.
2006 It’s well and truly on. Jolie confirmed to a magazine that she was having a baby with Pitt. Soon after, he legally adopted Maddox and Zahara Jolie, her two adopted children, and they change their last names to Jolie-Pitt.
2007 The couple continue expanding their brood adopting three-year-old son Pax Thien from Vietnam.
2008 Jolie reveals she’s pregnantwith twins Marcheline and Knox Léon when the couple appeared on the red carpet atthe Cannes Film Festival.
2011 Pitt reveals in an interview that during the end of his relationship withAniston, he was “trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn’t,” and that meeting Jolie was reinvigorating for him.

Pitt and Jolie arrived at the 2014 BAFTAs in ‘his and her’ suits taking couples style to the next level on the red carpet
Pitt and Jolie arrived at the 2014 BAFTAs in ‘his and her’ suits taking couples style to the next level on the red carpet

2012 The two announced they are engaged to be married.
2014 Brad and Angelina formalise their union with a wedding attended by a small number of guests and their six children.
2014 The two actors appear together on the big screen again — but this time, Jolie wrote and directed the film By the Sea, a story on a disintegrating marriage.
2015 After spending eightyears with their New Orleans house, they decide to say goodbye to their French Quarter home.
2016 Jolie files for divorce. In a statement, Pitt said that his focus is on the “well-being of our kids.

Who is Laura Wesser?
Laura Wesser

According to a gossip site, Jolie will be represented by Hollywood divorce lawyer Laura Wasser. Her extensive list of previous clients include Johnny Depp, Kim Kardashian-West and Stevie Wonder. Wasser, who most recently represented Johnny Depp during his divorce from Amber Heard, has a long list of celebrity clients and is dubbed by several websites as the queen of dissolving marriages. Earlier this year, Bloomberg credited her as ‘Hollywood’s complete divorce solution’. It’s worth noting her full name is Laura Allison Wasser — making her initials L.A.W

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