Pitt and Aniston: The end of love or battle for the million fortune?

Rumors said it was &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/world/2003/08/21/49432.html ' target=_blank>Angelina Jolie who split Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's 4 1/2 years of marriage, but Jolie argued she should not be the one to be blamed, but only played a shoulder for Pitt to cry on.

Some tabloids have claimed Jolie and Pitt had an affair while working on their movie, "Mr. And Mrs. Smith" over the summer. Pitt spent time with Jolie's adopted son when filming the movie.

"I've been painted as the Wicked Witch of the West and a marriage wrecker, but all I've ever been to Brad is a shoulder to cry on" Jolie said. "Half the world believes we had an affair and I'm the one to blame for his split, but the truth is I was there to try to help him through his pain. He longs to be a father and he's been in emotional turmoil for a long time because that hasn't happened for him," said the 'Tomb Raider' sexy star, reports Xinhua News.

According to the African News, Brad Pitt rejected an attempt from Jennifer Aniston to save their marriage, according to a report in Closer magazine.

The report said Aniston feared she had driven Brad away by constantly refusing his requests for them to start a family so she planned a birthday surprise for him: a gift-wrapped pregnancy test kit with a note that read: "I'm now ready for a baby".

According to the magazine, Jennifer told friends she planned to give it to Pitt on 18th December, his 41st birthday, while they were in London.