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LEFT: Brad
amused the
crowd, including
Jen (BELOW),
with his self-dep-
recating speech.
RIGHT: After
winning his gong,
Brad stopped
dead in his tracks
backstage to
watch Jen accept-
ing her award,
mouthing the
words, “Oh wow.”

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lect her prize for outstanding perfor- have to be about that to be meaningful.
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ries for her role in The MorningShowon For the army of hopeless Team Jen ro- that they can still see and appreciate the
the Apple TV+ streaming service. mantics, this reunion made their day, good in each other. She’s thrilled to see
Brad is still backstage after getting his their week, their month and even their Jen and Brad on such great terms.”
award – and when he sees his ex-wife has year. But it could be about romance – it
won he stops dead in his tracks to watch “Brad and Jen: this is not a drill!” one could! Everyone is saying it’s a big deal.
her on the monitor. It’s so sweet. So very fan said on Twitter. “Who knows what life would be like
sweet. Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney’s sister, now if Pitt and Aniston had never split
Yet this is just a preamble to what goes wrote on Instagram, “We’ll be telling our up,” The Guardian’s Stuart Heritage
down next: Jen comes backstage and the grandkids about this. That’s how impor- writes in a delightfully tongue-in-cheek
pair greet each other with real joy and tant this is.” article.
enthusiasm. Even Jen’s bestie, Courteney Cox (55), Maybe the American mood wouldve
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Brad grins, Jen looks at him with a mix- joined in on the barrage of Braniston 2.0 been so buoyant
ture of “can you believe it?” and “I’m so social media activity. She liked a series of that Trump
happy to see you!” They smile, they al- posts about her Friends co-star’s reunion woouuld never
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most hug, they lean in to exchange a few with Brad, including a tweet about the haave reached
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words. Her hands are on his arms, then two “still loving each other”. office. Maybe
somehow one is on his chest. Some spoilsport of a source came Brexit wouldn’t
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As she walks away, her hands still along and tried to put a dampener on it ha aveehap-
splayed against histuxedojacket,hecir -
cles hers with his
fingers. Her arm
is extended but
she doesn’t look
back. He’s holding
on, giving her one
last squeeze . . .
Be still our beat-
ing hearts.
“Who could be-
grudge them a
clinch in the cor-
ner if that’s what ABOVE LEFT: The first Brad and Jen sighting in
1998 at a concert in Washington, DC. ABOVE: A
they felt like?” one week before announcing their split in 2005, the
observer says. couple still looked very much in love. RIGHT: Brad
And it definitely was with actress Angelina Jolie for 12 years.

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