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Published 16:38 12 Feb 2021 GMT
Justin Theroux shares sweet post about ex Jennifer Anniston with a love heart emoji
Justin Theroux shared a sweet birthday post dedicated to his ex Jennifer Aniston who turned 52 on February 11.
Taking to his Instagram Story, Theroux, 49, tagged the Friends actress in a black and white photo, captioning it: “Happy Birthday Jennifer Aniston.”
The actor evidently still has platonic love for his former flame as he also made sure to include a red heart emoji so that the second half of the caption read: "Love you B [his nickname for Aniston]."
The couple called it quits back in February of 2017 after two years of marriage and seven years together.
In a joint statement that they released to the Associated Press, Aniston and Theroux revealed that their decision to break up was "mutual and lovingly made at the end of last year."
Despite no longer being together, the pair seem to have remained good friends. In fact, every year since their break up, Theroux has sent Aniston a birthday tribute on social media.
And now that The Morning Show star is on Instagram herself – after joining in 2019, Theroux is finally able to actually tag her in the yearly birthday posts.
A little while after the couple called it quits back in 2018, Aniston spoke to ELLE about her former romances, which included her famous marriage to Brad Pitt from 2000 to 2005.
"My marriages, they've been very successful, in [my] personal opinion," Aniston told the magazine. "And when they came to an end, it was a choice that was made because we chose to be happy, and sometimes happiness didn't exist within that arrangement anymore."
She added:
"Sure, there were bumps, and not every moment felt fantastic, obviously, but at the end of it, this is our one life and I would not stay in a situation out of fear. Fear of being alone. Fear of not being able to survive.
“To stay in a marriage based on fear feels like you're doing your one life a disservice. When the work has been put in and it doesn't seem that there's an option of it working, that's okay. That's not a failure."