Expert reveals why we want Jen and Brad to reunite
When Jennifer Aniston announced her sad split from husband of two years, Justin Theroux last week, the world sat up in shock.
With seemingly no hint of trouble, and notoriously private Jen just that month opening up the doors to her home for Architectural Digest to say, "I look around at my husband and my dogs and our home, and there's nowhere else I want to be," fans were in disbelief at the split.
But what started as shock quickly turned to something else, when fans rallied behind newly single Jen – and her very single ex Brad Pitt who had similarly split from his wife Angelina Jolie last September.
The internet went into meltdown with fans desperate to see the golden couple, who called it quits on their five-year marriage in 2005, back together again.
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are getting back together. I called it first. #JenniferAniston pic.twitter.com/2BPeomEwbi
— marissa (@mersshhh) February 15, 2018
Me: *reading about Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux split* awww that sucks
Also me: planning Jennifer Aniston & Brad Pitt's second wedding— Ally Reid (@ashallann) February 16, 2018
Brad Pitt’s single... now Jennifer Aniston is single... I would Not be mad if they got back together. 👀 pic.twitter.com/R4rGAecGOr
— ⅁ 🌙 (@muvagoddessz) February 15, 2018
Plot twist: she gets back with Brad Pitt and is step mom to Angelina’s kids #JenniferAniston pic.twitter.com/z60mXi2Jb0
— Jerry Don (@JerryDonut1) February 16, 2018
Brad Pitt right now... #JenniferAniston pic.twitter.com/rRpkrZyUWs
— Stephanie (@stephanietega) February 16, 2018
Now an expert has weighed in on exactly why people are so keen to see Jen and Brad – who ended his marriage after falling in love with his Mr and Mrs Smith co-star Ange – back together.
“We all think that what’s happening to Hollywood couples is happening to us,” New York psychotherapist Dr. Kathryn Smerling told HuffPost.
“We think to ourselves, ‘If they can get through it, maybe I can, too!’”
With everyone identifying with that one seemingly perfect ex that got away, people want to believe that true love will win out at the end of the day, says Dr Smerling.
“Brad and Jennifer captured our hearts when they were together,” she added.
“When we see a couple as admired as Jen and Brad were, it’s like seeing our role models fail ― in turn that leaves us vulnerable, saddened, and fearing the worst.”
However, while there’s many rooting for a Jen and Brad reunion, there’s others who say she shouldn’t take back a cheater.
Why do y’all want Jennifer Aniston to go back to a man who cheated on her like I love Brad Pitt but no baby no pic.twitter.com/3ju5ILXOiw
— Emmy Van Milligen (@emmyy_van) February 16, 2018
In case you all forgot: Brad Pitt fell in love with another woman and begun a relationship with her while he was still married to Jennifer Aniston. He left her to be with someone else. Why would anyone want her to get back together with him?
— Alina (@__LinaGarcia) February 16, 2018
People are rooting for Jennifer Aniston to get back together with Brad Pitt? The man who cheated and left her for another woman?? pic.twitter.com/ilGDcPLIiq
— . (@l3nee91) February 16, 2018
One expert explains that if the couple were to take steps towards a reconciliation, they would both need to be on the same page.
“Jen needs to be able to say that she accepts what's happened,” relationship coach Ar'nie Krogh told heart.co.uk.
“I would recommend they speak to a counsellor to begin the communication and then lots of casual dates with friends so that there is no pressure to get back together."
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