An observer notes that Aniston (in Chicago) "looks relaxed and comfortable." Photo by: ANDREW SHAWAF / MARTIN GRIMES / PACIFIC COAST NEWS
How It All Fell Apart| Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston
And then there is the subject of The Other Woman, who has been staying with her two kids at Pitt's new estate, some 13 miles north of Aniston's beachfront Malibu rental. Aniston tells the magazine she will "choose to believe" her ex-husband's claim that he didn't cheat on her before they separated.

Aniston's friend Courteney Cox tells Vanity Fair, "I don't think he started an affair physically, but I think he was attracted to her. There was a connection, and he was honest about that with Jen." (Reps for Pitt and Jolie had no comment on the Vanity Fair story.)
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