The fact that Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt
both won SAG awards on January 19th, 2020
isn't the only reason fans were freaking out
over the stars.
It was their touchy-feely backstage reunion
that had people buzzing.
And now, a body language expert has weighed
in on what their intriguing interaction can
tell us about the status of their relationship.
Dr. Lillian Glass spoke to Page Six about
the encounter and admitted that their open
affection toward each other makes it seem
obvious that their love, in her words, "never
died."
Glass said,
"It's completely mutual and that's what's
so beautiful about it.
They're completely connected.
[They were like] two magnets reaching towards
each other."
And that's what fans noticed when Aniston
held Pitt's arms before he took her hand in
his own.
The doctor explained,
"She wanted to have that touch - that communication
with him, that physical touch towards him
- and he's touching her.
It was reciprocal."
"Really good to see you."
Glass also feels like their interaction is
a hint that they might be open to getting
back together.
The expert added,
"There was a lot of familiarity.
They were not awkward with one another.
They were very connected with one another.
It wasn't a situation where she looked away
or pulled away."
Before Pitt and Aniston ran into each other
backstage at the 2020 SAG awards, the actor
was spotted watching his former spouse win
the award for outstanding performance by a
female actor in a drama series thanks to her
work on The Morning Show.
The body language expert also pointed out
that Pitt noticeably swallowed while watching
Aniston, which is a reaction that can be sparked
by the autonomic nervous system and might
indicate that the actor was "excited" at the
time.
This wasn't the first time Pitt and Aniston
reunited recently.
At the beginning of January 2020, both stars
attended the Golden Globes, where Entertainment
Tonight bluntly told Pitt on the red carpet
what everyone was thinking, saying,
"Everyone is waiting.
They're hoping for this moment where you and
Jennifer run into each other."
Pitt took the comment in stride, responding
with:
"I'll run into Jen."
And he did, indeed.
The duo met up at the Creative Artists Agency's
afterparty, and a source told E! News,
"They said hello very quickly.
It was brief, but [they] were very cordial
and friendly.
[...] They approached each other once they
saw each other inside and looked happy as
they started to hug and say hello.
Jen whispered something to Brad, but it wasn't
in an affectionate way.
They were trying to be low-key."
Aniston and Pitt are no strangers to speculation
about the nature of their relationship.
Married in 2000 and divorced in 2005, he went
on to marry Angelina Jolie, who he was with
until 2016.
Aniston was married to actor Justin Theroux
for two years before their split in 2017.
Through it all, interest in a Pitt and Aniston
reunion never waned.
Frankly, it seemed like Aniston would never
be able to escape Pitt - but that doesn't
mean that their marriage was a time she regrets.
In fact, Aniston still thinks that both of
her marriages were positive experiences that
she described to Elle as "successful" in December
2018.
She added,
"When they came to an end, it was a choice
that was made because we chose to be happy,
and sometimes happiness didn't exist within
that arrangement anymore.
[...] To stay in a marriage based on fear
feels like you're doing your one life a disservice.
When the work has been put in and it doesn't
seem that there's an option of it working,
that's okay.
That's not a failure."
The fact that Aniston doesn't see her past
marriage to Pitt as a failure - and the fact
that they're still friends whose body language
apparently suggests that they may be interested
in being something more - will surely continue
to give fans hope that these two will spend
more time together in the future.
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