No reliable confirmation establishes that Brad Pitt gave Jennifer Aniston a $79 million gift. The 2019 story was a rumor that he would buy their former Beverly Hills marital home for her 50th birthday; The Standard reported at the time that Pitt’s representative denied the purchase rumor.
What was the alleged gift?
The claim was not about a cash transfer or a conventional present. It was that Pitt would buy the Beverly Hills house he and Aniston had shared during their marriage and give it to her for her 50th birthday. Marie Claire UK repeated the claim in a December 16, 2024 article, attributing it to sources rather than documenting a property transaction: Marie Claire UK’s account.
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The story had circulated in 2019. The Standard’s May 2, 2019 report described the proposed purchase as a rumor and said a Pitt representative had told The Sun that the rumors were false: The Standard’s report. The denial is reported secondhand; the article does not reproduce a direct statement from the representative.
Why are both $79 million and $56 million mentioned?
The Standard reported that $79 million was attached to the rumored purchase, while also saying the home was still on the market for $56 million when its article appeared on May 2, 2019. These are different reported figures: the available reporting does not explain the discrepancy or establish either amount as a completed sale price. The $79 million figure should not be treated as a verified gift value.
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Was the house actually bought or gifted?
The sources cited here do not establish that Pitt bought or gifted the property. They provide no deed, transaction record, or first-person confirmation. Nor do they establish whether the house later sold or what any eventual sale price was. The supported conclusion is narrower: a birthday-gift rumor was reported, and Pitt’s representative was reported to have denied the purchase rumor in 2019.
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