The Friends alum, 56, called getting entangled in Pitt falling for his Mr. and Mrs. Smith costar Angelina Jolie "a shame," as it led to her divorce from the Hollywood hunk, 61, after five years of marriage. Aniston became tabloid fodder for years to come, watching as Pitt went on to build a family and marry Jolie, 50, only to go through a highly public and messy divorce with the former maneater.

Aniston dished to Vanity Fair that she repeated a mantra to herself as the breakup and "poor Jen" narratives continued for years, and she watched Pitt move on so publicly.

"Just pick yourself up by the bootstraps and keep on walking, girl," was what The Morning Show star said helped get her through each new day of headlines about the "love triangle" involving Jolie.

"It was such juicy reading for people. If they didn't have their soap operas, they had their tabloids," Aniston griped about how so many people followed her personal life and romantic heartbreak.

"It's a shame that it had to happen, but it happened. And boy did I take it personally," Aniston spilled about those dark days of her being the jilted woman, as Pitt and Jolie made the cover of magazines everywhere for their then-red-hot romance and growing family.