The Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie rumour mill went into overdrive last week amid reports the couple had secretly married.
But despite the claims they formalised their union in an intimate ceremony in New Orleans, the rumours were met with numerous denials from family and friends.
News of the nuptials surfaced after a US magazine reported that the couple wed at the French Quarter Wedding Chapel in New Orleans, in a small, family-only ceremony — despite competing claims that they were in Texas at the time.
While sources close to the Hollywood couple furiously denied the numerous reports, speculation was reignited late last week after Brad was seen wearing a ring on his wedding finger.
Friends have repeatedly tried to hose down claims of a secret wedding, but Brad’s rep remained tight-lipped when pressed on the couple’s marriage status.
“I have no idea,” claimed Cindy Guagenti. “I have nothing to do with any of this.”
Family-only affair
Insiders say ultra-private Brad and Ange — who tiptoed around officially revealing their romance for more than a year — would be unlikely to confirm their wedding, especially in light of Brad’s previous claim that he would not marry Ange unless gays were also legally allowed to wed in the US. “Ange and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able,” he told US magazine Esquire in 2006.
But it is believed that growing pressure from eldest son Maddox, 6, and an increasing desire to formalise their union before Ange gives birth to twins in June, are making them reconsider.
The couple have long talked of having a low-key ceremony, with Ange telling Brad that if they were going to wed, there would be none of the extravagance that accompanied his 2000 wedding to Jennifer Aniston.
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