London: Singer Sheryl Crow reveals that it was her friend Jennifer Aniston who dumped Brad Pitt and not the other way around as has been generally understood.

Aniston and Pitt had annulled their marriage in 2005 and after that Crow and Aniston became close. Crow too ended her relationship with cycling champion Lance Armstrong, contactmusic.com reports.

Crow said: "For both of us, the perceived idea is that, in our big relationships, we both got dumped. Believe me, this is not true. Neither one of us has ever gotten dumped. No one ever knows what goes on in relationships.

"Unfortunately, for some people like Aniston and me, so much is written about things that you don't say, and so many emotions are attributed to you that you haven't had."

Other friends seem to agree with Crow with one in particular, adding: "Once Aniston saw the writing on the wall, she dumped Pitt. She took a cold, hard look at her marriage and realised it was irretrievably broken. She and Pitt had vastly different personal agendas and feelings about love, career and having a family."