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Tabloid Claims About Brad And Jennifer Are the Pitts

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1:05 pm, January 27th, 2010

(Star Magazine)

Over the weekend, the Internet nearly melted down with rumors of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt splitting. A story in News of the World kicked off talk of an imminent break (which Gossip Cop debunked), but bad Brangelina buzz has now spilled over into the weekly tabloids. Us Weekly, In Touch, and OK! all tell tales of turmoil for the couple.

Star magazine leads the charge with a cover shocker alleging Pitt ex Jennifer Aniston has told him, “I’ll Take You Back!”

The mag claims Jolie and Pitt are in the process of signing a $350 million breakup contract. According to its version of events, “Brad finally realized there was no future for them when she suggested they each take other lovers.”

Wait, when did she do that? Star says she did so when she revealed to German magazine Das Neue her “doubt that fidelity is absolutely essential for a relationship,” sparking “open relationship” nonsense Gossip Cop cut down more than a month ago.

But the centerpiece of the Star masterpiece is the claim Pitt reached out to Aniston for comfort, and that a week of calls and texts culminated “in their emotional face-to-face meeting” at the Hope For Haiti Now telethon on January 22. “They seemed so happy to be sharing each other’s company,” a “source” tells the tab. “They were both smiling and staring at each other lovingly.”

No.

No they were not.

As Gossip Cop confirmed and numerous other outlets supported, Pitt and Aniston were both at George Clooney‘s Haiti event, helping to raise money for the earthquake-ravaged island.

But despite Star‘s story and OK!‘s insistence that the telethon was the site of an “emotional reunion,” Pitt and Aniston never met face to face.

And, as Gossip Cop reported, Pitt and Jolie have not split up.

Does a couple with six children, two high-profile careers, and overwhelming media scrutiny (to put it mildly) face tension? Yes. But sources tell Gossip Cop that whatever problems the couple has, Jolie and Pitt are working through them.

Will they endure? Time will tell. Poor sourcing and invented details will not.

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  • Cleo

    I don’t know what’s so very hard about revealing that Das Neue is a sister publication to the Bauer tabloids In Touch and Life & Style.

  • ms_ariz

    Actually you said : We will keep monitoring closely, but all signs point to Brangelina NOT having broken up.

    That same day, TMZ confirmed it: There’s a report out that Brad and Angie are calling it quits. One source — who should know — says, “It’s B.S.”

  • Skeptic

    To Cleo: Have you ever noticed that In Touch and Life & Style often contradict each other? While In Touch sticks to their story about Brad and Angie meeting with a divorce lawyer, Life & Style claims they were talking about a pre-nup and never mentioned separating. Maybe Bauer is hedging their bets, so whatever happens they can say “You read it here first!”

    To ms_ariz: I’d trust TMZ on this more than People, since I don’t think TMZ has its nose up Brangie’s ass the way People does, but I’d still be curious about who their sources are.

    As far as I’m concerned, unless and until Brad and Angie make an announcement saying they’ve split, it’s tabloid BS.

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