Fans are all saying the same thing about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reaching divorce settlement after eight years

As news spread that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt ended their bitter eight-year legal battle Monday to reach a divorce settlement, some fans took to social media to marvel at the amount of time and money spent. took to get to this point. .

“So their divorce lasted longer than the marriage,” one Instagram user said of the union, while another added, “They spent more time on this divorce than on getting married.”

One user said: ‘Why did it take eight years?! That’s ridiculous! That must have been so hard for their children… so sad,” while another said: “It took them eight years to sort this out. It seems like they didn’t really want a divorce that much.”

The divorce technically lasted almost four times longer than the marriage, which began when the A-listers exchanged vows on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at the French winery they shared — and fought over in the legal system — Château Miraval.

They officially split two years and 28 days later when Jolie, 49, filed for divorce from Pitt, 61, on Monday, September 19, 2016.

It’s been more than eight years and three months from that date to Monday, when the split was finalized. (They were individually declared legally single in 2019.)

Another Instagram user pointed out the significant financial hit both A-listers took with legal fees during the long-running lawsuit.

“They must both have had great lawyers,” said one user. ‘Lawyers can now retire.’

Another commented that “the lawyers won,” while another said, “those lawyers made some money!”

One user said: ‘Sad, the only people who got rich were the lawyers.’

Some users speculated about the intense emotions on both sides surrounding the long-running legal dispute surrounding the winery.

The rosé-producing winery and its lengthy divorce proceedings inspired puns comparing the split to the 1989 film The War of the Roses, the dark comedy that saw Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as a couple in a nasty breakup.

“Their irreconcilable differences had multiple irreconcilable differences…” one user commented, while another said: “That’s some serious animosity.”

Some users suggested that the relationship was jinxed from the start as it started during a time when Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston. (His divorce from the Friends star, 55, was finalized in October 2005, 10 months after they split.)

“That’s karma for both of them!!!!!” said one user.

Another commented: ‘They got each other by cheating, how did they think it would end…. I bet they’re glad they’re done with each other. Eight years is a long time in limbo!’

The former Hollywood duo officially signed divorce papers on Monday, December 30.

Jolie’s divorce lawyer James Simon told DailyMail.com that the A-list actress is “relieved that this one part is over,” adding, “Honestly, Angelina is exhausted.”

‘More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the children left behind all the property they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family.”

While the former power couple has finally settled their divorce, a case is still ongoing over their battle over the Chateau Miraval vineyard in France.

The two are locked in a bitter legal battle over Miraval after Pitt claimed Jolie sold her stake in the winery to the Stoli Group without his approval.

Both sides have said they would be willing to take the Miraval case to a jury trial or mediation, a source told Ny Breaking.

A source with knowledge of the situation added that Jolie “has done his best to be light after a dark time.”

“She doesn’t speak badly about him either publicly or privately,” the insider said.

‘The children have grown up knowing that some people have so much power and privilege that their voice does not matter. Their pain doesn’t count.

“They have wanted her to stand up and defend herself over the years, but she reminds them that they need to focus on changing laws rather than telling public stories.”

Jolie filed to end the marriage in September 2016, just two years after they tied the knot. They dated for ten years before deciding to get married.

It has since been alleged that the couple and their six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox, took a private plane on which Pitt was physically abused days prior to her filing.

He was never charged.

An insider told DailyMail.com ‘she could have pressed charges against him.’

‘She could have told the world what happened, but she didn’t. All she wanted was for their children to have the support they needed to heal.

“Pitt successfully used his power and privilege to cover up his behavior at the expense of his family and even tried to portray her as the reason why his relationship with the children is so challenging.”

Despite the ongoing legal battle, Jolie and Pitt were deemed legally single in 2019.

Pitt, now 61, has been dating Los Angeles-based jewelry designer Ines de Ramon, 34, for almost two years.

This is a breaking news story. There’s more to come.