For those of us who have been following pop culture for way too long (yours truly, for one), it's hard to remember that the Brad Pitt-Jennifer Aniston-Angelina Jolie split drama happened almost 6 years ago. The way the tabloids keep dragging their names together in almost every article about any one of them makes it especially hard to forget.

This week, though, Brad Pitt broke the status quo and directly addressed his split with Aniston back in 2005. "I think that my marriage had something to do with it," he said. "Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn't." He followed the statement by mentioning that in regard to his large family with Jolie, starting a family with her was "one of the greatest, smartest things I ever did."

Tabloid backlash was instantaneous, accusing Pitt of being too critical of Aniston as a person and blaming her for his decision to get involved with Jolie while they were still married. Pitt immediately backpedaled, issuing an official statement to clarify: "It grieves me that this was interpreted this way. Jen is an incredibly giving, loving and hilarious woman who remains my friend. It is an important relationship I value greatly. The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself—and that, I am responsible for."

Celebrity infidelity is nothing new. It seems like almost every celebrity split is surrounded by rumors of cheating—some accurate, some not. But sometimes we have to wonder: Is the constant harping on past relationships in the media making it impossible for the celebrities involved to move on? As much as we would like to ignore it, the fact remains that celebrities are people too, and I'm pretty sure that if I was Aniston, I wouldn't want to be answering questions about Pitt every time I think I'm being interviewed about a new movie.

But, then again, drama sells. Tabloids have always been more concerned with selling issues than selling kindness, and the Pitt-Aniston-Jolie triangle is a gold mine. In the celebrity blogging community, there's a pretty big divide between Team Aniston and Team Jolie (Team Aniston, represent!), which goes to show just how much people are willing to get involved in events that have nothing at all to do with them.

As for Pitt, he seems to be well aware of the constant media opinions on his relationships. "I think it's a shame that I can't say something nice about Angie without Jen being [dragged] in," he told Matt Lauer in an interview on NBC's Today Show on Thursday. "She doesn't deserve it."