Jennifer Aniston jokes about going through ‘therapy and divorce’ from Brad Pitt

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Jennifer Aniston has spoken candidly about her divorce from Brad Pitt and joked about how the breakup and “therapy” benefited her when her long-running role on Friends officially ended in 2004.

The 53-year-old actor was asked about how she dealt with Friends ending, after 10 years on air, while appearing on the final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday.

In response, she reflected on how her life changed after Friends, both professionally and personally, as she joked about how her split from Pitt in 2005 helped her. “Well, you know, I got a divorce and went into therapy,” she said, before shrugging her shoulders. “And then I did a movie called The Break-up.

I just kind of leaned into the end. ”She also emphaised how the film coincided with the timing of her divorce, before recalling how it marked a point in her life where she started a “new chapter”. “I was just like, you know what guys, let’s make this a completely new chapter,” she added. “Let’s just end everything and start new.