Jennifer Aniston's husband Justin Theroux talks about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie divorce

Jennifer Aniston & her husband

Justin Theroux has stood up about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's part. 

"As an offspring of separation, everything I can say is that is ghastly news for those youngsters and that is whatever you can truly say," the 45-year-old Leftovers on-screen character told Business Insider Monday amid a press visit for his new film The Girl on the Train, out Oct. 7. 

Theroux's significant other, Jennifer Aniston, was hitched to Pitt for a long time before their separation in 2005. 

Pitt, 52, and Jolie, 41 – who wedded in 2014 following 10 years of dating – have six kids together: Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. 

"It's exhausting to kind of remark on whatever else," Theroux included. "Individuals are having a terrible time. That is terrible."

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie

"As a child of divorce, all I can say is that's terrible news for those children, and that's all you can really say. It's boring to sort of comment on anything else. People are having a bad time — that's horrible," he said.

Jolie filed for divorce on Sept. 19 and is requesting physical custody of the children.

"This decision was made for the health of the family. She will not be commenting at this time, and asks that the family be given their privacy during this difficult time," 

But Theroux, who doesn't have many ties to Pitt or Jolie, also spoke about their six kids and what they must be experiencing.

"There's an unending craving for garbage, evidently – however everybody would say that they don't have that hankering," he clarified. "Yet, I think many individuals do in light of the fact that individuals purchase it. 

Theroux proceeded: "Yet there are greater things to bitch about. It's stunning how much data transfer capacity things can take up when there are significantly more critical things going ahead on the planet."

Brad Pitt skips 'Voyage of time' Premiere to focus on family

Brad Pitt to miss film premiere after split from Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt has been the focus of press attention since it was revealed that Angelina Jolie has applied for divorce.

He narrated director Terrence Malick's epic documentary Voyage of Time, about the birth of the Universe.

He said he did not want his presence at the California Science Centre Imax Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday to "distract attention" from the film.

"Terrence's Voyage of Time is an unbelievably wonderful and one of a kind experiential IMAX film for youngsters and families chronicling the introduction of time," he said in an announcement. "I'm exceptionally thankful to be a piece of such an entrancing and instructive venture, however I’m presently centered around my family circumstance and don’t need to occupy consideration far from this unprecedented film, which I urge everybody to see." 

Pitt serves as the storyteller of the narrative. 

Jolie, 41, petitioned for separation from Pitt, 52, in a Los Angeles court Sept. 19, expressing that she isolated from the Allied star on Sept. 15 – only one day after the couple and child Maddox, 15, were included in an affirmed quarrel on board their private plane. 

Brad Pitt

The on-screen character asked for sole guardianship of their six kids: Maddox, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

Jolie, 41, has petitioned for separation refering to hostile contrasts and requested physical authority of their six youngsters. 

Brad pitt and Angelina  Jolie wedded in 2014 following 10 years together. Jolie's attorney Robert Offer said the performer had petitioned for the disintegration of the marriage "for the wellbeing of the family".