Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Engaged
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are engaged, Pitt's manager confirmed Friday (April 13).
"Yes, it's confirmed," Cynthia Pett-Dante told People. "It is a promise for the future and their kids are very happy. There's no date set at this time."
It's being reported that Robert Procop worked with Pitt to design a ring for his longtime love. A statement from the jewelry designer to The Hollywood Reporter, which originally reported the engagement, read: "I can confirm that, yes, Robert Procop did indeed design an engagement ring for Angelina Jolie, designed in collaboration with Brad Pitt."
People also obtained a statement from the designer: "Brad had a specific vision for this ring, which he realized over a yearlong collaboration with Robert. He wanted every aspect of it to be perfect, so Robert was able to locate a diamond of the finest quality and cut it to an exact custom size and shape to suit Angelina's hand."
Procop, who works with Jolie on her "The Style of Jolie" jewelry line, added, "Brad was always heavily involved, overseeing every aspect of the creative design evolution. The side diamonds are specially cut to encircle her finger. Each diamond is of the highest gem quality."
Rumors of an engagement originated when Jolie -- along with Pitt and their son Pax -- was spotted with a whopping piece of bling on her finger. The family was photographed at a private viewing at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Chinese Galleries on Wednesday.
The pair got together in 2005 after meeting on the set of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," when Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston. They have six kids together, who frequently travel with the couple across the globe.
The twosome have been pretty vocal over the years about not getting married until everyone has the right to marry, but in an interview earlier this year with THR, Pitt seemed to be warming up to the idea, mostly because of their kids.
"We'd actually like to," he said of his seven-year partner, Jolie, "and it seems to mean more and more to our kids. We made this declaration some time ago that we weren't going to do it till everyone can. But I don't think we'll be able to hold out. It means so much to my kids, and they ask a lot. And it means something to me, too, to make that kind of commitment."
He added, "I'm not going to go any further. But to be in love with someone and be raising a family with someone and want to make that commitment and not be able to is ludicrous, just ludicrous."
