Jennifer Aniston's surprise gift for Brad Pitt on his 40th birthday revealed after 20 years
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: One would expect the elites of Hollywood to gift each other the best material presents that money can ever buy, and one might be wrong.
Well, that happened in the case of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston as well, as nearly two decades after the ‘Friends’ actress presented her then-husband with a special gift, it has been revealed the gift was no material possession at all.
The gift was rather a flesh and blood human being with the knowledge to create all the delectable dishes of the world - a chef.
Jennifer Aniston’s special birthday gift to Brad Pitt revealed
Almost 20 years after the powerhouse couple parted ways, chef Jamie Oliver revealed that the ‘Murder Mystery’ actress’ gift for her ex Brad Pitt was rather him, per In Touch.
Appearing on the Australian radio show ‘Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie’ on July 31, Oliver shared, “I actually was Brad Pitt’s 40th birthday present from Jen.”
The chef continued, “She said, ‘Would you cook for Brad?’”
Talking about Aniston’s December 2003 gift to Pitt, Oliver continued, "He’s well into The Naked Chef and all that business, like he watches it on TV and all that. I said, ‘Absolutely, and I’ll do it for love, because I love you guys.’”
The cooking maestro, who launched his illustrious career through his cooking show ‘The Naked Show’ that aired from 1999 to 2001, shared that he was completely taken by surprise by the call.
The 49-year-old chef shared, “She phoned up, and we put the phone down on her three times because we didn’t believe it was her. We thought it was someone trying it on.”
“So, she had to go through her agent to my agent, but I didn’t really have an agent, so it took a bit of a while. But basically, we got flown. I just did it,” explained the chef.
He also explained, “I don’t purposefully cook for celebrities though, [I] only do it if I’m working in the restaurant and they’re in, or if I’m asked by someone I love or admire which was the case with Jen and Brad.”
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The England native shared that he is still in touch with the duo even after 20 years, sharing, “It was Brad’s 40th, so I’ve known him for 20 years now. They’re both beautiful people. I saw Jen a couple of weeks ago, and she’s everything you would want her to be, and more.”
Aniston and the ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ actor was married from 2000 to 2005.
Jamie Oliver’s wife revealed Courtney Cox attended special meal
While Jamie Oliver revealed that he was the gift for that special evening, his wife Jools previously shared in 2014, that the dinner was attended by Jennifer Aniston’s friend and costar Courtney Cox as well.
In an interview with Red Magazine in 2014, she shared, “Jamie was doing the dinner, so I had to sit and socialize with Brad and Rachel and Monica,” referring to Aniston and Cox’s characters from the famed NBC sitcom.
She continued, “I was so embarrassed, I didn’t know what to say. Brad had just done Troy and was taking his top off to show me his abs,” before adding, “From that moment on I just kind of took a step back from it all, it was all too much.”
