Face Off: Team Aniston Vs. Team Jolie
Posted by: Suzanne Michelle
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10:30AM, Thursday December 18th 2008
It’s been nearly four years since Brad Pitt left Jennifer Aniston and took up with his “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” costar Angelina Jolie. Yet in 2008, one’s alliance with Team Aniston or Jolie has been perhaps as important a statement as being on Team Obama or McCain.
“People are fascinated because many have personally experienced a similar scenario,” clinical social worker Armena Walsh explains. “Having one’s heart broken or being involved in breaking a heart is something people relate to. An obvious draw to this situation is how public the heartbreak was. It’s an issue people have attached moral values to.”
“In our minds, Brad and Jen were the golden couple,” adds relationship expert Dr. Gilda Carle, author of books including How to WIN When Your Mate Cheats. “People look at their split as: Wow, if the gold has tarnished on this relationship, I wonder if it can tarnish on mine.”
And, like it or not, whether you choose to cheer for Team Aniston or Jolie says something about you. “Whoever you team up with politically, theatrically or, in this case, in the tabloids, you’re going to end up identifying with that person or team’s values,” adds Dr. Gilda. “So if you team up with Angelina, there may be some femme fatale in you. If you team up with Jennifer, there may be some victim in you.”
While we duke it out over Jen and Angie, the bigger mystery is how Brad slips away virtually unscathed. “I often get letters from women blasting the ‘other woman,’” Dr. Gilda shares. “And it’s like – hello?! The ‘other woman’ wasn’t cheating by herself. She had a conspirator. Does he not count for any of your anger? Most times, the guy walks off scott free!”
So how do Team Aniston and Team Jolie stack up? We, well, pitt them against one another in a new face off.
| SIDE | TEAM ANISTON | TEAM JOLIE |
| STYLE FILE | Hippie chic, complete with toe rings and beads. | She trends toward classic style, then makes it unique with an accessory (like body art). | HAIR APPARENT | It’s all about the highlights—bonus points if her significant other has matching ones. | She prefers a single-process color on her glorious locks. | EXERCISE REGIME | Any and all with a preference for yoga. | An active lifestyle—and really good genes. | HER “TYPE” | Right now, she’s down with the cougar trend, but typically likes artsy guys around her age. | Men, women, young, old, relatives—she doesn’t discriminate. | RELATIONSHIP MANTRA | “This too shall pass.” | “Love the one you’re with!” | MOMMY OR DADDY’S GIRL? | Daddy’s girl. She’s got Mommy issues. | Mommy’s girl. She’s got Daddy issues. | TYPE OF FRIEND | She’s a girl’s girl and is tight with friends from her school days. | She’s a guy’s girl. Not too many gal pal’s on her Facebook profile. | THOUGHTS ON PLASTIC SURGERY | A gal’s gotta do what a gal’s gotta do, but you won’t hear her blabbing about it. | She loves knives, but not much for going under them. | HOME BASE | She enjoys travel, but put down roots not far from where she grew up. | She’s a woman of the world—you should see her passport! | IDEAL DATE | A cozy restaurant (hold the carbs!) or a game night at a friend’s. | Cocktails in London, dinner in Paris, dessert in Brussels. | CHARITY CASE | She donates her time when she has it—she’s a busy girl! | She’ll go to the ends of the earth to help people in need. | FAVORITE GENRE | The comedy lover definitely has a funny bone. | She’s a drama queen. | FAVORITE ACCESSORY | Dogs! The more the merrier . | Kids, kids, kids. The more the merrier. | HOW SHE GETS OVER A BREAKUP | She relies on friends to set her up with someone new. | Someone new—single, dating, married, who cares!? |
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SugarPlumFairy
wrote on December 18 2008 @ 10:59 am: [report]
TEAM JOLIE ALL THE WAY, BABY!
I just like that she’s not all whiny like Jen is. She’s also a much better actress. Aniston is a one-trick pony. She’s “Rachel” in every role.
Arty
wrote on December 18 2008 @ 11:00 am: [report]
Honestly, I’m sick of hiring about both of them.
vanya
wrote on December 18 2008 @ 11:16 am: [report]
Team Vaughn. Sincerely, Vince Vaughn is the only one of the lot of them I can tolerate.
joyinny
wrote on December 18 2008 @ 11:51 am: [report]
Team Jolie all the way.
Jennifer is so boring, replaying her Friends role for the past twenthy years.
Erin G
wrote on December 18 2008 @ 12:03 pm: [report]
Team Jolieeee!!
I loved her since the day she adopted Maddox, well before Brad. Stickin’ with mah girl!
gillybeans
wrote on December 18 2008 @ 01:12 pm: [report]
Team Jen. She drinks a lot, eats Mexican three times a week, loves beach vacations, has lots of gay friends and humps hotties because she can. That seems fun.
Plus, I’m still grossed out by the way Jolie was licking Billy Bob’s earhole on the red carpet when he said they effed in the car that one time. It was pure pda nastiness, second only to the pillow-lipped toungie she gave her own brother that time. Weird!
Lucky Red
wrote on December 18 2008 @ 01:22 pm: [report]
Agreed with Gillybeans. Jolie is You forgot the vial of eachothers blood they wore around there neck. (love her tats but not her) Team JEN
akr223
wrote on December 18 2008 @ 06:17 pm: [report]
why is everyone still obsessed with this? i love celebrity gossip, but doesn’t everyone get tiered of hearing about the same made up recycled story on the cover of a weekly? divorce sucks, just leave them alone already and let them move on.
fancypants
wrote on December 19 2008 @ 08:30 pm: [report]
I am on Team Jolie. She keeps moving on and doesn’t look back. Loves and cares her children while still having time to donate her services to others who have needs. What a great example she sets for the family.
rockstar
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 04:41 pm: [report]
team aniston!! i don’t think the issue between these three is based on who’s the cool chick or not, i think it’s who’s the wife and who stole who, especially because the wife is a good wife. plus, if you guys are all criticizing her for being whiny, don’t you think she has every right to be? c’mon, we’re not fools to believe that jolie did not have an affair with pitt before they got married because even jolie admitted it. and on top of that, jennifer even kept mum about this for years, even if it would have been understandable if she said something. if you guys think that adultery is justified because the other woman or man is “cool”, then you must find it acceptable to be adulterers yourselves—maybe you already are—and maybe you guys find it okey that your husbands or boyfriends or your married lovers will find somebody else cooler than you. yeah, go side with the husband stealer.. let’s see what you’ll think if you get one like her in your life. im sure you’ll find yourself whining too.