Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie & The Mr. and Mrs. Smith Scandal

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston and the movie scandal that defined 2005 — this week on Wilko & Courts, we’re going back to the release of Mr. & Mrs. Smith and the birth of Brangelina. Mr. & Mrs. Smith was supposed to be a sexy action comedy about two married assassins hiding their secret lives from each other. Instead, it became one of the biggest celebrity gossip moments of the 2000s. Brad Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie had recently come out of her Billy Bob Thornton era, and suddenly the world was asking: did Brad and Angelina fall in love on set? In this episode, Wilko and Courts revisit the Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston timeline, the Team Aniston vs Team Jolie tabloid frenzy, the casting what-ifs involving Nicole Kidman, Will Smith and Johnny Depp, the movie’s huge box office success, and why Mr. & Mrs. Smith was never really just about the movie. We also get into the weird legacy of Brangelina, the sexism of the 2000s gossip machine, whether the affair rumours helped sell the film, and why people still argue about this chaotic Hollywood moment two decades later. Subscribe for more pop culture throwbacks, celebrity gossip deep dives, reality TV recaps and chaotic commentary from Wilko & Courts. Join the Whackadoo Discord and tell us what Y2 Heyday moment we should cover next. DISCORD: https://link.wilkoandcourts.com/discord 00:00 Brad, Angelina and the coworker cheating chaos 00:25 Going back to June 2005 01:10 What Mr. & Mrs. Smith is actually about 01:40 The budget, box office and scandal boost 02:11 Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s golden couple timeline 02:54 Angelina Jolie, Billy Bob Thornton and the blood vial era 04:12 Nicole Kidman was almost Mrs. Smith 05:07 Will Smith, Johnny Depp and the alternate casting universe 07:08 Team Aniston vs Team Jolie takes over the tabloids 08:13 Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody and Kerry Washington in the cast 09:00 Brad and Angelina explain the movie 10:24 What Brad and Angelina later confirmed 11:16 Angelina Jolie’s 2006 comments about falling for Brad 12:30 Brad Pitt’s “because I fell in love” quote 13:44 The “parents fell in love” comment 14:30 Did Brad and Angelina physically cheat? 15:30 The phone sex rumour and Vanity Fair denial 17:07 Has Jennifer Aniston really spoken about it? 17:56 Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and the kids today 19:06 Why everyone picked Team Aniston or Team Jolie 20:43 The sexist tabloid narrative 22:08 Was Mr. & Mrs. Smith actually good? 23:01 Reddit reconsiders the movie 24:04 Why people overthink unserious movies 27:25 Are spies hot in real life? 29:19 Why IMDb ratings can be personal 30:26 The Justin Timberlake school bell nightmare 32:12 Final thoughts and next week’s Y2 Heyday tease #BradPitt #AngelinaJolie #JenniferAniston #MrAndMrsSmith #Brangelina #CelebrityGossip #PopCulture #WilkoAndCourts #Y2Heyday #TeamAniston #TeamJolie #HollywoodScandal #2000sNostalgia #Podcast #RealityTVCommentary