New report claims she broke down when Brad called to break the news to her

Apr 20, 2012 14:22 GMT  ·  By
Jennifer Aniston “collapsed” when Brad called to tell her of the engagement to Angelina Jolie
   Jennifer Aniston “collapsed” when Brad called to tell her of the engagement to Angelina Jolie

For the past week, we've been reading reports about how happy Jennifer Aniston is for Brad Pitt's engagement to Angelina Jolie, announced last weekend. The truth is that she collapsed and broke down when Brad personally called her to break the news.

The latest print issue of The Enquirer (story via CB) claims Aniston was anything but happy when she heard that her ex-husband and the woman she still holds responsible for ruining her marriage, had finally agreed to walk down the aisle.

Brad himself called her on the phone, feeling perhaps that she would handle the news better if she heard it from him first.

He was wrong, the tab claims, citing the same unnamed but admittedly unreliable source.

“Jennifer Aniston collapsed when Brad Pitt called her to break the news that he’s marrying Angelina Jolie, sources say. Despite her broken heart, Jen quickly shifted into damage control and publicly boasted about her own happy love life, according to insiders,” the tabloid writes.

In other words, what we've been reading this past week have been nothing but stories planted by Aniston's publicist in various e-zines.

“Brad called Jen the first week of April to tip her off about the engagement. Brad said, ‘I wanted you to hear it first from me. I asked Angelina to marry me and she said yes’,” the spy reveals.

Though Brad and Angie have been together for 7 years and have a family together, this was the last thing Jennifer expected to hear.

“The news hit Jennifer like a ton of bricks. Jen never actually believed that Brad would actually marry Angie. Even though she was in a state of shock, she didn’t want to let Brad know how heartbroken she was,” the insider says.

“But as soon as they got off the phone, Jen burst into tears and collapsed! She just sank to the ground in a heap,” adds the source.

As she recovered and decided what her next move in the press should be, Aniston also got into a fight with her current beau Justin Theroux, over how much she “obsesses” over her ex-husband when they've been divorced for so many years, notes the same report.

Brad and Angelina announced their engagement – described as “a promise for the future” – over the weekend. They did not set a date and Jennifer Aniston has not said anything publicly about it.