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Jennifer Aniston Plans to Outshine Her Brad Pitt Wedding as She Moves Forward With Jim Curtis

Jennifer Aniston Plans to Outshine Her Brad Pitt Wedding as She Moves Forward With Jim Curtis
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Jennifer Aniston is reportedly eyeing a dreamy Greek island ceremony with new boyfriend Jim Curtis, and insiders say this third trip down the aisle could outshine her Brad Pitt wedding.

File this under: interesting rumor with a whiff of fantasy. Jennifer Aniston is reportedly eyeing a big, destination wedding in Greece with new boyfriend Jim Curtis. The chatter comes from RadarOnline, so take a breath and a grain of salt, but there are some breadcrumbs worth noting.

What the new report claims

  • Greece is allegedly the front-runner for what would be Aniston's third marriage, partly because Curtis has Greek roots and Aniston's late father, John Aniston, was born on Crete.
  • She supposedly wants the ceremony set against ancient ruins and sweeping landscapes. The vibe being tossed around is very romance-novel cover, in her friends' words.
  • This is being framed as the wedding that could top her splashy Malibu nuptials with Brad Pitt 25 years ago. By contrast, she intentionally kept her Justin Theroux wedding small and low-key (a backyard affair).
  • Keeping it a destination wedding also helps her keep the guest list tight. Expect the usual inner-circle suspects if this happens: Courteney Cox, Jimmy Kimmel, Jason Bateman, and Amanda Anka are the names being floated.
  • Curveball: the proposal reportedly has not happened yet. Sources say Curtis has talked openly about seeing a future with her, and friends think a third wedding is likely if things keep trending this way.
  • Aniston's circle was allegedly surprised by the wedding talk, since she was said to be off the idea of marrying again until Curtis came along.

The Instagram hard-launch

Two days before the wedding chatter started making the rounds, Aniston basically made the relationship public with a birthday shoutout to Curtis on Instagram. The caption was simple and not subtle:

'Happy birthday my love.'

They have been spotted together multiple times over the past six months, which is what first kicked up the dating rumors.

Who is Jim Curtis?

Curtis, 50, works in the wellness space. He is a hypnotherapist who specializes in what he calls soul alignment, and he was previously married to Rachel Napolitano. They share a teenage son named Aidan.

Why Greece makes sentimental sense

Beyond Curtis's heritage, the Greece talk ties back to Aniston's own family history. Her father, John Aniston, was born on the island of Crete, which adds a personal layer to the destination choice if that is indeed where this is headed.

How we got here: Jen's recent relationship timeline

After her high-profile split from Brad Pitt, Aniston's dating life included reported relationships with Vince Vaughn (her co-star in The Break-Up), singer John Mayer, and actor Jason Lewis. She later married her Wanderlust co-star Justin Theroux in 2015; they announced their separation in 2018.

The Brad-and-Jen backstory that keeps getting referenced

Aniston and Pitt met through their managers in 1998 and were instant tabloid fixtures: she was at her Friends peak, he was on a film hot streak. Pitt proposed in 1999, and they revealed the engagement in the most 90s way possible: during a Sting concert. He held up her hand to show off a ring anchored by a massive nine-carat diamond.

They married in July 2000 in Malibu with around 200 guests, split in January 2005, and finalized the divorce later that year. In 2020, Aniston wore a ring at the SAG Awards that looked a lot like that engagement design, which was enough to fire up reunion rumors for a minute.

As for the third point of that triangle: Pitt's relationship with Angelina Jolie is widely believed to have overlapped with the end of his marriage to Aniston. Pitt and Jolie married in 2014; she filed for divorce in 2016.

Bottom line

If the Radar report is on the money, Aniston is thinking big, beautiful, and very Greek for wedding No. 3. The only catch: no ring yet. Until that changes, file this under plausible-but-unconfirmed. If Jim Curtis really is the game-changer her friends describe, we will find out soon enough.