Los Angeles, Jan 08: Hollywood glamour couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have split, Pitt`s longtime publicist has confirmed.
"We would like to announce that after seven years together we have decided to formally separate," the couple said in a joint statement released by Pitt`s publicist Cindy Guagenti. "For those who follow these sorts of things, we would like to explain that our separation is not the result of any speculation reported by the tabloid media. This decision is the result of much thoughtful consideration."
The couple didn`t indicate if they planned to file for divorce, and Guagenti declined to comment beyond the statement.
The separation, first reported on `People` magazine`s website, comes after months of speculation that their marriage was in trouble.
Aniston has recently been photographed in public without her diamond-studded wedding ring, according to `People`, although the magazine said the couple had spent the New Year`s weekend together on the Caribbean Island of Anguilla with Aniston`s former `Friends` co-star Courteney Cox and her husband, actor David Arquette.
Pitt, 41, and Aniston, 35, have been together since being set up on a blind date in 1998. They were married in 2000 in a lavish wedding at a Malibu estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Some 200 people attended the wedding that included four bands, a gospel choir, fireworks and tens of thousands of flowers.
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