Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are separating after two and a half years of marriage.

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Aniston and Theroux were engaged in August of 2012 and married in August of 2015. They have no children.

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Theroux said in an interview earlier this week that he and Aniston were not together on her Feb. 11 birthday, and he would not be spending ValentineB次元官网网址檚 Day with her.

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Sandy Cohen, The Associated Press

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