Courteney Cox re Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston

Courteney Cox ‘played a pivotal role in reuniting Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’ after giving the actor her Friends co-star’s new phone number

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s warm reunion at the Screen Actors Guild Awards would have never happened without Courteney Cox. 

According to The Sun, Cox played a pivotal role in getting the pair to start talking again, and even gave Pitt her best friend’s most recent number.

‘Courteney would love nothing more than to see her best friend reunite with the man she’s never stopped loving,’ the source revealed. ‘After all, it was in many ways because of Courteney that they reunited, she is the reason they started speaking again after their split.’

Wing woman: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s warm reunion at the Screen Actors Guild Awards would have never happened without Courteney Cox playing cupid

Cox was not subtle about her approval of the pair, who divorced in 2005.

Courteney liked many social media posts about the two, including ones that alluded to the former power couple ‘still loving each other.’

She liked a tweet that said: ‘They still love each other, no doubt.’

What ultimately drove the Cougar Town star to intervene was running into the Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood star at ROCK4BE! in January 2017. 

What does this mean? Cox liked a tweet that said: ‘They still love each other, no doubt’

Friends again: Aniston’s best friend played a pivotal role in getting the pair back together, and even gave Pitt her best friend’s most recent number to get them talking again; seen in 1999

At the time, Jennifer was still married to actor Leftovers star Justin Theroux. 

‘When Courteney bumped into Brad at the charity music gig in LA she took her chance to try to heal some of the wounds,’ the source told the outlet. 

When he asked Cox about how Aniston was doing, she told him she was ‘in a really good place and happy.’ 

‘Courteney isn’t one to go in all guns blazing, she’s gentle and fun so when she saw Brad they caught up and reminisced a little about old times,’ the source added. 

Forever friends: Aniston and Cox are still close and had her friend’s back when running into Pitt in 2017; seen with Lisa Kudrow in November

When reflecting on their five years of marriage, Aniston often told Cox she missed her friendship with Pitt the most.

‘Brad agreed with this and it was then that Courteney took the plunge and told Brad that if he wanted to reach out to Jen and talk to her, then she thought she’d be really open to this,’ the Sun Online reported.

‘So Courteney gave [him] Jen’s latest phone number and it was real baby steps from there.’

Baby steps: When reflecting on their five years of marriage, Aniston often told Cox she missed her friendship with Pitt the most

The source added: ‘With Courteney giving Brad the green light and not holding onto any animosity, despite being the protective best friend, Brad had the confidence to get in touch again.’

Pitt kept his first message causal by mentioning how he caught up with Courteney at the event in Malibu.

‘At first it was a few messages every couple of weeks but things grew from there and a friendship started to build.’

Part of their reconciliation and ability to move forward came after the former lovebirds had their ‘most intimate conversation’ yet.   

Finally: Pitt finally apologized to his ex-wife for moving on with Angelina Jolie so fast; seen in 2015

A source told In Touch Weekly Pitt finally apologized to his ex-wife for moving on with Angelina Jolie so quickly.  

After his infamous romance with Jolie on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, he finally apologized. 

‘Jen was overcome with emotion,” says the source. ‘All the hurt feelings and resentment she’d suppressed for years came flooding to the surface, and she broke down in tears.’

Now, the pair can joke about their past mistakes and failed relationships. 

At the SAG Awards she laughed at his acceptance speech, when he made a jab at Jolie: ‘Let’s be honest, it was a difficult part – a guy who gets high, takes his shirt off and doesn’t get on with his wife. It was a big stretch. It’s big.’

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