Washington DC, Aug. 11 -- Twenty years after Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt announced their breakup, and Pitt moved on with Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie, the Friends alum reflected on the "love triangle" era, reported E! News.

"It was such juicy reading for people," said the 'Morning Show' actress in an interview, adding, "If they didn't have their soap operas, they had their tabloids."

"It's a shame that it had to happen, but it happened," she added. "And boy did I take it personally."

On her mindset at the time? "Just pick yourself up by the bootstraps," she explained, "and keep on walking, girl."

The same year that Aniston, 56, and Pitt, 61, called it quits, he officially moved on with Jolie, 50, and the new couple even ...