Jennifer Aniston Photographed for First Time Since Brangelina Split — and Sadly, She’s Not Belly Laughing

Deer in headlights Jennifer Aniston on Thursday night in NYC. (Photo: Splash News)
Deer in headlights Jennifer Aniston on Thursday night in NYC. (Photo: Splash News)

If Jennifer Aniston has any celebratory feelings about the epic blowup of Brangelina, she’s not sharing them publicly.

The 47-year-old actress was photographed for the first time since her ex-husband Brad Pitt’s divorce was announced and quickly turned into a dirty, nasty battle royale. All those hilarious Aniston memes mistakenly led us to think the Friends alum would be doing backflips down the street, fist pumps, or laughing like a hyena. The truth is, she looked mostly startled.

Aniston was snapped arriving in NYC Thursday night, after taking a private flight from Los Angeles. She was dressed in her best travel cazh — ripped jeans, a flower-covered T-shirt, shiny black coat, and white sneakers. Accessories included a tan hat, perhaps borrowed from Pharrell, and her wedding ring — ’cause the explosion of her marriage ain’t front-page news right now.

Aniston is likely meeting hubby Justin Theroux in the Big Apple. On Thursday, he wrapped Season 3 of The Leftovers, which was shooting in Australia. So he’s footloose and fancy free to return to the States, and, once he recovers from killer jet lag, reunite with his wife of one year.

While were hoping Aniston’s reaction would be a little like this:

Or this:

With a hint of this:

However, the truth is, beyond perhaps a personal snicker with pals Courteney Cox and Chelsea Handler, the Huvane brothers, hairstylist Chris McMillan, her trainer Mandy Ingber, her dogs Sophie and Dolly, all the chickens in her coop, and maybe a few neighbors on her block in her Bel Air nabe, we’d guess she mostly doesn’t care. Well, other than the fact that she’s now going to be hounded 24/7, so we can all see the expression on her face.

Sorry for playing into it, Jen, but after following this saga for 12 years, it was impossible to resist.