Actess Courteney Cox and her husband David Arquette. (08/09/2006). Photo Credit: Splash News11 Jan 2007 (BANG Showbiz) - David - who is married to Jennifer's best friend Courteney Cox - is convinced Jennifer and Brad's marriage would have survived if he hadn't met Angelina.
In an interview with US DJ Howard Stern, the actor said: "Jennifer is great. When her marriage to Brad ended, it was sad. I love Brad, he's a great guy but he did some stuff that hurt our friend.
"Finding out he was sleeping with Angelina was pretty much a surprise. They wouldn't have broke up if not for that."
David insists Jennifer doesn't hate Angelina and says he never saw Jennifer cry when her marriage fell apart.
He said: "Did I ever see Jen cry? No, never. Not one tear shed. Those magazines, they take something and it's working for them so they play it out, but she's not really that sad about the whole thing. She's the greatest, she's such a sweetheart, she's so funny.
"I don't think Jennifer hates Angelina, I don't think it's like that. The way they depict it is completely wrong. She's a very strong woman, she's totally solid and she's just got a great attitude."
The 35-year-old actor also dismissed rumors that Jennifer's relationship with her 'The Break-Up' co-star Vince Vaughn was a sham.
He said: "They did date. They really cared about each other."
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While I respect Mr. Arquette’s statements on this situation, it’s past time for everyone to get over it and respect the fact that Brad and Angelina have something very special, a family of children. Who knows, maybe if Ms. Aniston had been willing to start a family with him and not continue on with her career, they just might not have broken up. It’s 2007, wish the family good health, faith and blessings!
Thomas Family, 11 Jan 2007
Jolie swooped in on Brad and took him away from Jennifer.
All married couples go through stuff, but it's the vows that keep us together when times get tough.
If Brad would have listened to his heart and not his well... um his lust, he would still be with Jennifer.
When you stick with your husband/wife when times get rough, change comes and you love your mate even more when you get through the tough times.
Too bad brad didn't wait for his storm to pass, there's always a rainbow at the end...but he didn't get to see it.
deanna ntzouras, 11 Jan 2007
I don't believe Angelina hates Jennifer and also she did not break up their marriage. Look back all the negative comments Jennifer made about Brad. Listen to this David Arquette, I hope this email gets to you. Good friends will not pour everything going on with their life. We all keep some secret especially if we are at fault.
It will really look bad if the world know the truth about how their marriage crumbled. They both know it but they have no intentions to hurt each because they are professional.
I feel for Jennifer but, things happened because they are meant to happen. If someone in relationship wants out, let the person go. You can not hang on for someone that is not all there for you. I am a fan of Jennifer and Angelina. People make up lies to make them dislike each other but, they are both smart and aware of tabloids, can not depend on their words. They are there to make it juicy for readers and fans to make all the bucks.
I can not wait for Jennifer to find the man she is looking for and also to be friend with Brad and Angelina, now that something to talk about. Make the people who writes about them look like a fool and liars.
Estrella Skeens, 11 Jan 2007
oh please angelina is not the saint that people paint her out to be. this is not the first time she has taken a man from another woman, and for her to say i would never sleep with a married man because of my dad is absurd.
she saw pitt and played on his unhappiness and like millions of other woman everywhere did not care what jennifer thought or went through, nothing worse than a liar and a cheat and brad and angie can have as many kids as they want but that doesn't change the way things are. or who they are inside where we cant see.
Jennifer is lucky to not have had kids with brad do you think that would have prevented this! NO.. Married men lie and cheat all the time and they hurt their kids, wait till this ends and see the fireworks....Jen is the lucky one...
tricia, 12 Jan 2007
I wish all the stories about "Poor Jen" would stop. Brad and Angelina seem happy together and share the same goals. they are great with their children and truly want to work to help others who are unfortunate. People just have to get over it and let them all get on with their lives.
Arlene Belt, 12 Jan 2007
On Brad : he's an average Joe - can't keep himself level, so moves on from his wife to the new woman who makes him feel good about himself.
On Angelina : remember, girlfriend, what goes around comes around. Just remember how you got him; it's the same way you'll send him packing. Weak men need women to adore them.
On Jennifer : she'll be fine as long as she doesn't need a guy to "complete her." Has maintained her own fan club, so didn't need to become president of Brad's.
Funny how he couldn't make a successful movie, yet couldn't stand by Jen while she made several.
Margueriteville, 12 Jan 2007
Get over it. Brad and Jolie are now a couple...period!
Jenny will not be able to find a man that will last as Brad with him...Man seldoms commit these days...but someday maybe she will...when critiques will just stop pushing her to be partnered with anybody just to make her look ok...and moving on. Come on guys...she is not ready!
Give them peace....and accept their choices in life.
helen es., 13 Jan 2007
Some people just need to accept that things happen because that is the way they are meant to happen. Only the two people who took vows can break-up a marriage. Nothing and no one else. Vows are broken everyday and people do not just automatically go out and get a divorce. Marriage has tough times and you just have to figure out how far you will go to make it work without forsaking your physical or mental health. People have very different limits.
Brad and Jennifer had a fairly long marriage (5yrs) compared to a lot of other Hollywood couples. Some people are not meant to be together forever and who knows if Brad and Angelina will be together forever. They are together now because that is what was meant to be.
Real Weatherly, 17 Jan 2007
It is very interesting to me that people constantly say things like "Angelina is not the saint everyone thinks she is." When has Angelina ever claimed to be a saint? Never.
These same people go on to laud Jennifer Aniston as though she were. Well guess what? She isn't a saint either. Jennifer and Brad were having issues two years into their marriage. They did go through a period of counseling and it didn't work. Every marriage is not made in heaven. Angelina did not break up this "not so perfect" marriage. It was already on its way to the finish line. There were a lot of issues and unfortunately for the dream weavers and the fairytale believers, Angelina was not one of them.
If people would take an "honest" look back over the years and pay attention to the comments made by both Brad and Jennifer prior to "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" they will see that the Red Carpet façade was just that…a façade. They weren't happy and David Arquette knows that. He had no business discussing something that didn't involve him. He only used Brad, Angelina and Jennifer to boost interest in his own lame career.
If he was shocked by Brad's supposed infidelity and taking sides with Ms. Aniston then why did he spend every chance he got at the GG after party babbling in Brad's ear. I'll tell you why; because no matter what anyone thinks, Brad is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. His production company alone puts him in the driver's seat and David knows this. He and his wife can't afford to insult or alienate the Jolie-Pitts.
Maybe Jennifer didn't cry around him but we all know, by her own words that she did. Or was that as so many other things she's said a lie as well? The Arquettes need to get their story straight with Aniston before doing interviews.
As for Angelina, she doesn't need to "steal" anyone's man. She's a multi award winning actress, a loving mother, an awarded and dedicated humanitarian who happens to be on friendly terms with some of the world's most powerful leaders. These men and women (General Colin Powell, Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Former President Bill and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Queen Noor of Jordan, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, President of the Republic of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, Prime Minister of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah) and others.
She has multi million dollar modeling contract that allows her to create a charity and donate the proceeds to the less fortunate and she has given quite a bit of her personal time and money to causes that have otherwise been ignored. No one wants to give but everyone wants to criticize this young woman at every turn. Sure she led a very wild and destructive existence in her teens and early 20s, but she's grown up now. That is what Pitt saw. Someone more interested in helping others instead of herself…a path he obviously wanted to walk.
To fans, celebrity friends and the casual observer...it has been two years; we all need to just get over it. Pitt and Aniston were not the answer or the model for the perfect couple. They posed as the "Golden Couple" when in reality they were just Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, going through the same issues most divorced couples went through.
Erica Seaberry, 18 Jan 2007
David Arquette needs to learn one thing... you cannot break something if it is already broken. Have you ever really looked at the photos of Jennifer and Brad? He looks so tired of it all. I could not stand Brad Pitt while he was with Jennifer, he looked so out of the loop, immature. With Angelina, Brad looks complete, happy, and most of all, he looks like he has actually found his best friend. I am happy for them. I really believe that true love does come around and it i s not always the person in which you are married to.
Becky Diani, 31 Jan 2007
Re:Thomas Family, 11 Jan 2007
Are you kidding me? A woman has to have children to hold on to a man who exchanged wedding vows with her? What century are you living in? Brad Pitt was married, he's the one who committed the betrayal. Well, I wonder how happy he'll be when Angelina does the same to him and it's only a matter of time if she hasn't already done it. If they'll do WITH you, they'll do it TO you! Any man stupid enough to trade in a woman like Jennifer Aniston for the "Angelina Jolie" of the moment is just plain stupid! I have no respect for either of them and they deserve each other! Jennifer Aniston definitely deserves better!
Donna, 14 Feb 2007
You know there is a time for everything and the time is now - Angelina I feel had no intent to mess with Brad for the sake of jennifer. He wanted and craved for somthing different and love, probably not knowing at first where this road led him. I do not think he tried to dis Jennifer. It was all in time whereas someone grew faster than the other, and not alone with the other.
Let there be peace not envy, Jennifer cannot lose, nothing that she never had.
Sharon Minter, 15 Feb 2007
First of all, everyone is speculating on why Brad cheated. No one knows what happens between a married couple-or any couple-behind closed doors. Not even the "best friends". If Angelina hadn't come into the picture, would Jenn and Brad still be together? Probably not. It would have been someone else, because, bottom line-Brad was probably missing something in his relationship. Who knows if Jennifer was also missing something. Maybe they weren't getting what their souls needed from each other. It could have been anyone else-it just so happened to be Angelina. We have all cheated, made mistakes, hurt and gotten hurt. We are no different from them, they just happen to be in the spotlight 24-0-7.
Vanessa Obach, 23 Feb 2007
I agree with David. Jolie is a very seductive woman. I'm sure loves children; but that has nothing to do with being a home wrecker. Jolie has admitted herself she always falls for her leading man. I believe Brad Pitt is a weakling and how does anyone know how Pitt and Jolie's relationship is?
Do you see these people? How the hell do you know how happy they are! They must keep a public persona for their careers; but the pictures I've seen of Brad Pitt lately he is starting to get wrinkles and looks stressed out and tired. I do not believe a successful relationship is totally based on sexual attraction alone, having the affair, having three kids in less than a year and a half without really getting to know the woman. It won't last.
He is missing Jennifer Aniston, and she was his best friend. Brad Pitt could have had the family life and children with Jen, at least he knew her well and she knew him. I think David, who was one of the best friends with Brad Pitt and Jen would have much more insight into their relationship than a fan would.
Mary, 25 Feb 2007
In regards to your article on David Arquette's comments on the Pitt/Jolie/Aniston relationship, good for David. It is about time someone acknowledged what a homewrecker Jolie is, and what a jerk Pitt is for leaving Aniston the way he did.
I am sick of the media celebrating Jolie/Pitt's relationship like they never had an affair while he was married to Aniston. It is UNBELIEVABLE. Society talks about the breakdown of the institution of marriage, but yet celebrates a couple, where one was a cheating spouse
Anonymous, 12 Mar 2007