The sheer volume of Brad Pitt stories is really startling these days. I’ll choose to believe that Brad is very proud of Ad Astra and that’s why he agreed to do so much press around the movie. I also sort of believe that three years after the plane incident – and three years after Angelina Jolie left him – he’s just ready to talk. He’s ready to explain a few things, even if his explanations are unbelievably cryptic. Let’s talk about two dual admissions over the past few weeks and we’ll see if they’re connected. In Pitt’s recent NYT profile, he confirmed that he was in an Alcoholics Anonymous program for a year and a half. In the Gossip with Celebitchy podcast #28, CB and I talked a lot about the rules of AA and whether it was off-side for Brad to even confirm (without being quoted) that he did the program for 18 months, and we also talked about whether the specificity of the 18 months signaled that the program was possibly court-ordered.
Here’s something I didn’t consider though, until some clever comments brought it up: Brad clearly went through the 12-step program, and one of the tenets of AA (and most programs) is belief in a higher power, or “belief in a power greater than ourselves.” Does this also explain why Brad has been talking about religion and faith in several interviews recently? And is that why Brad went to Kanye West’s Sunday Service a few weekends back? Is this all connected to Brad being in a program? And why is he still talking about spending time with Kanye and the Kardashians?
With his new film Ad Astra hitting theaters on Sept. 20th, Brad Pitt is already getting award buzz for his role in the fantasy drama film. However, the actor jokes that all awards shows should just “jam into one night.” It seems he would rather spend his Sundays at more spiritual events, like Kanye West’s Sunday service, where he was spotted over Labor Day Weekend. Pitt talked to ET’s Brooke Anderson about West’s weekend gatherings at a special screening of Ad Astra in Washington, D.C. on Monday, and he said it’s a “really delightful” experience.
“I think he was doing something really special there,” the 55-year-old actor said. “It’s a pure celebration of life and people. It’s really delightful. It really is.”
West started holding the services, which feature a gospel choir and other musical performances, in January.
While Pitt may have spent time at the service, don’t expect him to choose favorites from the famous reality TV clan.
“I will not pick favorites!” said the actor, who plays Roy (a man journeying across the solar system in search of his missing father) in Ad Astra.
I… well… we… I can’t. Even if you’re looking at all of Brad’s words and recent actions through the prism of “this is a guy who has spent the last three years detoxing and going through the program and trying to rediscover his faith in humanity and himself,” that still doesn’t explain why the hell he thought he should go to Kanye’s Megalomania Church Emporium. And if Brad has a “favorite” Kardashian, can we just cancel him??
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Whatever he’s trying now is just deflection from the fact that he behaved so badly in one instance that he ruined his marriage and relationship with his oldest son in one fell swoop. Is he still forced to have supervised visits with his other children? AA is not enough to undo the damage he did.
As for linking himself with Kanye/Kardashians, I’ll just say….wrong play.
Not only Maddox’s but also his relationships with the other children.
Man up and take responsibility Brad instead of smearing your ex and your children constantly.
Sierra- I was talking ruined as in won’t see him at all. Afaik, Maddox is the only one… so far. Or is Pax avoiding him too? I think those two are the only ones who could cut him out. The rest of the kids aren’t old enough to decide whether they see him, right? It’s gonna be telling how many continue to see him when it’s not court ordered.
@Rapunzel Pax doesn’t see Brad either.
@Rapunzel
What we do know is that in 2016, it was said via emails and therapists notes that Wasser filed/Brad’s response while he was seeking to make up visitation time he’d missed while promoting Allied overseas, that Maddox and Pax didn’t want to see Brad. From what I remember, the phrasing was that if any of the kids didn’t want to see Brad (Maddox and Pax here were specified), then Brad didn’t want the time to be empty/dead space, but to make it up with any of the other kids here (this is where it was said the girls and Knox wanted to see Brad).
In 2017 ish, Pax was pap’d walking into a therapists office, same one that Brad had been pap’d previously coming out of..
Last summer, in the last custody order, it was ordered that there would be an expedited custody plan to get Brad and Angelina as close to 50-50 custody as soon as possible, because there was no reason they should still be at the level of custody that they were at. Maddox was singled out as not being part of the custody order because of his age.
Rapunzal
Good analysis
Hasn’t thought of that but totally agree
The sad part is, these people giving a platform to Kanye, who half the time doesn’t know who even he is. Really sad to encourage this.
I know why he was quoted as saying that Kanyuk was a delightful experience. He was delighted that Kanyuk was able to form two coherent sentences together 😜
You nailed it @Rapunzel
I’ll say it, Pitt is a wuss. He’s very susceptible to how people perceive him when he’s on his own. While with Angelina, he let her be his shield- so he came off just as brave and as if he could give an ish as she does, but that was a lie.
Looking back…he let her take the brunt of the heat, critocism, tabloid lies and slurs. I always thought that was because *she* demanded he stay above the fray, not mix it up, and for example: not tell Trump off when he attacked Angelina, not tell his ex wife’s pal Chelsea Handler off when she attacked Angelina, not tell his old pal Melissa Etheridge off when she attacked Angelina…but what that REALLY was, was his unwillingness to protect his woman and family. Wuss.
So now we’ve got him paling around with Trumplicking Kanye, who says crazy shite like ‘slavery was a choice!’ (Really and what does Brad ”12 years a slave’ Pitt think of that?) dude is also besties with Trump and he attacked the mother of his kids.You’d think the only reason to go to West’s Sunday Service is to ask him Wtf he’s thinking, and has he completely lost his mind?
It’s pretty clear just how much a weenie Brad Pitt is and was, I just refused to see it because I thought Angelina knew what she was doing. She’s human like the rest of us, and he’s an even better actor than we all thought.
Not really his fault. I think his agent is probably some old guy and he thinks “how can Pitt appeal to a younger audience” and he thought kids really love the Kardashians. He’s trying to stay relèvent.
The other day I thought how do 90’s stars like Julia Roberts, and Demi Moore and even the ones who are no longer famous stay relèvent? Very few actors can span decades. Roberts and Moore had to do a comeback and even they aren’t back to their 90’s level of fame. Pitt is what happens when a star stops being a star. He still has fans among late 20’s? But the younger ones don’t care who he is. They probably don’t even know half of his movies. It’s a sad truth but really look at movie history and you’ll see this is just what happens to stars when they age. As someone who grew up with Pitt who was an older but sexy actor I crushed on (i’m 33) it’s so weird seeing how far he’s fallen. It’s really sad. But that’s life. Gotta make way for the Austin Butlers and Ensel’s. It’s sad how many movies these days are inaccessible to me because I don’t want to watch the new up and comers, I’d rather see faces I know and grew up on.
So he is one of those people, who talks about spirituality and faith and then will go on and identify it with anything shiny that comes his way. Next thing we know is that he is also a Trumper. I mean if you convince one self that Kanye is the second coming of Jesus why not Trump then? Brad really is an idiot and that to me is a bit of a surprise
Right? That’s what I was thinking. I don’t hang with maga’s, and I don’t have much to say for those who do. Considering Pitt’s life long penchant for being strongly influenced (style and other wise) by who he is an a relationship with, this doesn’t bode well. But I am not surprised to find he’s an idiot. I’ve long thought he was. I think he got a huge pass by a lot of naive people who haven’t been around that block when he claimed he was boring because his wife was a bore. Come on man! You never had a man sitting on your couch smoking weed all the time? I have. And it wasn’t my fault. But somehow a lot of people convinced themselves he was just so fasinatin and all it took was the right woman to release that Brad magic.
Uh, no. He’s always been a boring dope.
The Kanye church service makes me so uneasy in general. ‘Ye loves Trump, and anyone who would follow ‘Ye to church would probably follow him to the ballot box as well. It feels very exploitative.
@AB you think black people would vote for Trump cause they go to Kanye’s choir service? Have you met black people outside of work?We did our part to not vote for a rapist. More than 90%. White people got him elected. Any time a democrat is elected since 1964 it’s been because of black voters not white voters. It’s disgusting anyone would make such a suggestion. Black voters show up for Dems. Period. Pitt isn’t MAGA for association and neither are the majority of Kanye’s black choir or black attendees.
The whole thing makes me uneasy too, I don’t think it’s good for Kanye’s mental health, and it all just seems…off. Maybe it’s all fine, I don’t know, but I get a weird feeling about it.
But I would imagine if he starts bringing politics into it and trying to convince people to vote for Trump, a lot of those people will bolt. Deal breaker.
What he doesn’t comprehend could fill the Grand Canyon. To praise Kanye’s latest merchandising grab is beyond obtuse
When Kim was pap’d the other day in casual sweats … from the exclusive Sunday service fashion line only available at…it became so clear.
IKR ? This just cancels him imo
Wait, what? He’s criticized Trump several times. And as recently as three days ago:
https://people.com/movies/brad-pitt-trump-threat-serious-issues/
The kindest thing he’s said about MAGA types is that he has tried to understand where they’re coming from and why they vote against their own interests.
Also, I don’t think Brad thinks Kanye is “the second coming of Jesus.” It sounds like he just likes listening to gospel choirs.
He continues to be a disappointment. A gorgeous, pics are good, but a personal disappointment. Angie would have always been too strong and let’s be real, smart for him
Has Angelina ever publicly supported democratic candidates? I don’t call ever seeing her campaign for Hillary or Obama? Also, she seems to have made peace with her MAGA father. Before anyone jumps down my throat, I’m not saying she’s a MAGA supporter (I’m sure she’s not). I just don’t think that Brad and others going to Kanye’s Sunday Service means that they will vote for Trump. It’s kind of a leap….
Nope, not to my knowledge. I do remember her playing fast and loose when asked about Obama vs McCain, and in fact she said she had a lot to think about or some nonsense. But shhh…
I think she stays purposely apolitical but her deep and outspoken service on behalf of refugees and victims of sexual violence would make it hard for her to align with the Republican party, wouldn’t it?
@Lee
Angelina is registered Independent. She’s been that way since joining the UN. Think because she has to work with governments she stays pretty neutral. Although recently she has gone against Trumps actions through op-eds. Specifically about Refugees & Climate Change. She has said she never discusses Religion & Politics with her father because of their different stances that would lead to huge arguments.
@Lee
That and Brad has been making anti-Trump statements in interviews since 2017…..
@Lee
You must be new here. Angelina stays apolitical in public and she’s expressed this many times, and said why- namely because back in the day when our polarized political landscape wasn’t as insane, she vigorously lobbied both Dems and Repubs on Capital Hill re her causes surrounding unaccompanied immigrant minors (KIND, and her policy was passed) as well as other important issues.
It’s clear to anyone how she lives her life, so inferring she could be rightwing is hysterical. Especially today’s rightists, who are closer to nazis. I’m sure she takes a deep breath now when her children of color go out in the world like any mother (Thanks MAGATS)
As for Pitt, as usual he’s said vagueries surrounding Trump that show he too is not a fan, but it ends there. Angelina’s lobbying is not his. He had no excuse. I think back to how if Pitt could have laid Trump out back when he was name drop stalking and slurring Angelina-
Trump may not have been able to gain a racist birtherism foothold and might not have run. You never know. But a huge movie star who speaks out and has his own ginormous worldwide megaphone may have stopped the lunatic.
Mingling with the Kardashians? How the mighty have fallen. Where’s Clooney? Where’s Fincher?
He is name dropping Clooney now – how time has changed.
Angelina truly was the powerful one in that relationship.
@ M – I truly respect Angelina’s work on behalf of refugees but at this point everyone who’s not doing everything they can to get Trump and other hard line Republicans out of office is part of the problem. Angelina is raising young people of color in the U.S. She has a responsibility. Why does she get a pass when other celebs have been harshly criticized for being “neutral?”
Because she has to. She is a UN Ambassador who works with leaders all over the world. It would be unwise to make any public political statements. But we have no idea what she does in private or who she donates to. And the reason why she gets a “pass” is because unlike people like say, Taylor Swift- Angelina has been an ACTIVE participant in world issue for nearly two decades. Making public statements means literally nothing if no action is behind it. Angelina has put her time, words and millions of dollars of her own money into these causes.
There are other UN Ambassadors who clearly identify with one party or the other. Angelina doesn’t HAVE to be publicly neutral. It’s her choice. Again, I think she has made enormous contributions internationally and deserves every bit of praise she gets. But every socially conscious American needs to do all they can get Trump out.
She donated to Hilary Clinton last time. The daily mail was trying to shame her for it.
It was proven that Angelina NEVER donated to Hilary Clinton!! Yeah, Angelina has never donated to any side!!
Is this part of your Oscar campaign, Brad? To cozy up to the influencers?
Hahaha sorry just can’t believe that THE Brad Pitt has sunk so low that not only is he hanging out with Kardashians but also praising them? 😂
If faith is truly part of the AA program, there are lots of other churches to go to even his parents.
And anyone who supports Kanye indirectly supports Trump & racism.
Now going to sit back and watch Brad supports defending this one.
Countdown Three… Two… One… to a hot fling with Khloé…
I’d guess he’d sooner be into kourtney.. she seems a lot more his type, physically plus the fact that Khloe sadly seems very desperate I don’t think he’s that low. (I don’t follow them outside of celebitchcy but I do hope Khloe gets the emotional, mental help she needs unless the desperation is just a media thing ).
In fact if she’s single maybe that’s what’s already happened and why he goes to their church ? He’s a little old but I think she might be into it
Yes, there is a blind item where it says that Brad is having sex with Kourtney!! YUCK!! 😂😂😂
I saw an article claiming he’s with Khloe…I can’t wait to see Brad with Kat face, butt injections, and contour makeup! He’ll live to regret this when the Klan pulls their usual stunts.
Seriously. Who is advising him? Kris Jenner?
You know Angelina would have never allowed their brand to be cheapened with such obvious and ill-advised PR stunts.
Cheapening the brand is exactly what this is. He’s one of the last true movie stars in the world and he is mingling with the Kardashians. It’s sad.
The clip is online of his interview with Brooke Anderson from ET. He dodged the question about the Kardashians and seemed surprised he was asked such a silly question. Even if he liked one of them, there is nothing wrong with it. I’d rather go to a choir sing than be preached at. That’s the appeal for the many people of color that visit his service including poc living in poor neighborhoods like Watts. I can’t be mad at that. I know a Muslim girl who got and invite and she liked it even if she doesn’t believe in Jesus as her savior.
Yeah, I guess I’m not extrapolating too much from the fact that he went once to a service. I also think he’s in a tricky spot, where pretty much anything he does is subject to intense scrutiny and criticism. He seems damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t.
I’ve watched some clips of Kanye’s Sunday service on youtube–he has a lot of good singers that go there e.g. Sia, to sing with his choir. The choir sounds really great. I mean, to me it seems like it is less about religion and more about a certain spirituality and community. But I don’t particularly go to church.
If that’s the case, I feel a little better about it.
And he’s making money with his church and attached merchandise, lots of money, don’t forget that part, ’cause K & K never will.
You’re making way too much sense in your comments, Cookie.
A lot of people jumping to a lot of conclusions here. I don’t like when people are put in no-win situations. I mean, he’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
Hmmm…I don’t know. Just get that kind of “Jim Jonesy” vibe. But, if it works for you, carry on.
Has he reached rock bottom yet?
If he’s looking for spiritual re-connection at Kanye’s Sunday Service, then it’s a solid NO.
I think he has hit the bottom. He is just pathetic to me. I lost all respect for him. Not a BP fan any longer.
I’m going to WK a bit here, but first, a brief disclaimer, I’m not paying attention much to the Sunday Service or Kayne or the Kardashians, or even Brad. It’s a passing interest at best. But, I do feel like Kanye is doing something that has given him some type of purpose, and it might be helping others too? He doesn’t seem batsh*t like he did even last year, although, I heard he went a little nutty at the Atlanta Service. But isnt he bringing the services to communities where bigger discussions are happening, like Dayton and Chicago? I’m sooooo conflicted. Kanye is still crazy but there is possibly some good happening here and maybe that is helping people, including Brad?
I would attend if invited. I don’t know what Kanye’s message is, but if it’s a message of hope, then let him do his thing. I’m always of the belief that if something harmless helps one person, it has value.
Nothing says church like a special service for a movie premiere.
What premiere was that?
Just when we thought kanye’s ego couldn’t get any bigger.
Next headline Kourtney and Kendall fight over Brad Pitt…Kendall goes blonde to lure him away 😒
Just me…Lol!! Surely they wouldn’t do that in the context of “Church” would they?
Some gossip sites are (however dubiously) running with the story that Kanye wants to hook him up with Khloe. I did a full on ugly snort thinking of him going from Angelina to Khloe. That is one precipitous decline. That said, good luck on your road to healing, Brad. But this…is not the way.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Juliette Lewis, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie…if the Kardashians want to make their stories even remotely believable they should be pushing Kourtney or Kendall on him because if there is one thing he likes, it is skinny women.
Brad was cancelled when he did whatever he did on that plane that led to Angie fleeing with her children, Maddox and Pax’s estrangement with him, and court ordered supervised visits with his kids following that. Leave Kanye out of this! Please stop equating him or making it seem like he is lower/worse than someone who, one could draw a reasonable inference, abused his wife and child.
Brad who? *Insert Keke Palmer Sorry to this man gif*
He was not under court supervised visitation beyond the CPS investigation. That was the whole point of the summer order from last year. That was the first time they had gone to court specifically regarding custody–because they had made custody decisions between themselves between 2016 and 2018.
Take this to JJ please. Reading between the line of facts only works in that club.
He was under court supervision 😒
The kids didn’t even stay with him overnight for 2 yrs.
Brad Pitt is the definition of Deadbeat dad.
He blamed Aniston for his own shortcomings in life and tried to run with Jolie who’s clearly an Alpha. On the other hand his Mr Ripley 😂
I am not reading between the lines of anything. I’ve followed this very closely. If moniters had been required, then parental alienation would have never been brought up. Brad would not have had a leg to stand on.
Fact is, Brad and Angelina (technically) agreed on custody through 2018, with all parties in therapy. They went to court regarding custody in 2018 because Angelina wanted to take the kids to London for the entirety of the shoot. The result of that was OFFICIAL changes in custody e.g. Angelina was not to monitor or interfere with texts and phone calls between Brad and the kids, and their custody time was upped so quickly that a therapist and further resources were available to the kids, if needed.
That’s not reading in between the lines in any way.
Parental alienation was unforgivably brought up by Pitt and his lawyer which the judge took into account since it was brought up. The judge said he wanted to know WHY THE KIDS WERE SO AFRAID OF BRAD and IF alienation was present Angelina would lose custody. She didn’t.
The leaks you continue to spread as truth Angelina called “misleading” and then went on to remove herself from helping Pitt fix the relationship with their kids. She said it was up to him , the court and the kids.
That was it for her. She was out. That had to have hurt after trying to fix what deadbeat brad broke.
That leak from Pitt was all for court of public opinion anyway since that’s whats most important to him.
She has custody and he doesn’t so obviously the Judge did not find any parental alienation coming from Angie.
The parental alienation came from the alcoholic abusive father. He was not a present parental figure in their life by choice when brangelina were still together because he was too busy being drunk/hungover or working.
Seems like the only thing that’s changed is -maybe -the drinking. He’s still not a present parent. 🤷🏽♀️
@Hmmm, I think you hit the nail right on the head. The lawyers were out to make Angie out to be the problem from day 1 even bullying Wasser. I too followed closely. People hit Angie hard just because they thought Pitt was the victim until he revealed all of his shite which I give him credit for but it was damn near six months later. The kids suffered because he was stubborn too. I get everyone wants to support their fav but cmon you can’t be so blinded by the fact that there is still something wrong there.
You’re not only reading between the lines, you’re straight up making things up. Nothing you have said is true; from your summary of Wasser’s emails, to last summer’s court order. Implying that a simple instruction to not monitor texts means that AJ had been doing so prior (even though BP didn’t have his kids numbers so what was she reading? Also monitoring doesn’t equal reading), is reading between the lines. She was not accused of having done so. With regards to monitoring. DCFS mandated supervised visits post plane incident that continued throughout the therapeutic process and after AJ filed an RFO. At no stage throughout the summer (where the children stayed in the UK bar one week with their dad), was BP permitted to be alone with his children. Even when back in LA for the week and the psychiatrists not required, either Michael/Darren or both had to be present at ALL times. His custody was not sped up to 50/50, the judge did not even grant him overnight stays. He merely had visitation that totalled a minimum of 20 hours a week (there are 168 hours in a week so do the math, nowhere near 50/50). I could go on correcting someone who “followed things closely” and clearly knows nothing about how the custodial courts work, but there is no point. You’re obviously determined to paint things as favourably as possible for Pitt, but I will say finally that nowhere was alienation implied or mentioned in that order.
@Gunnar, high fives!! Totally spot on and I co-sign everything damn thing you’d said.
What irritates me the most is his stans who are just like him, continue to talk around the issues, whether he’s abusive or he’s been cleared. Just admit it that the loser had f*ck up royally and is guilty of all charges and that’s why he’s where he’s right now: no wife, no kids, no family. For the love of God, admit it.
If he’s a reborn Christian and found some meaning in life bigger than him, then he should know of the first 3 rules one has to follow in a Christian world: 1) Own your sins, 2). Ask for forgiveness, and 3). Correct your sins. Has he done all of them? We don’t know but what we see and read from his indications, he might have done the first two but not the last one. Why, because he’s still smearing his family to benefit his image. He’s hadn’t corrected his mistakes/sins. He’s still the same old, middle aged dude who wants be seen as a victim in this situation and it’s hard for him to say it. I had ‘family stuff going on at the time and we just leave it at that”. Own it, man. Admit your shame/sin and that’s the first step in correcting it. Looks like he’s still stuck in the first step of 12-steps program huh..
And using words like ‘abstain’ like it’s a joke, nope, he’s a joke for saying it but not doing it. Unless he requests the studios in not spending any money to put his name on ads/billboards for consideration then he’s campaigning for that elusive big O. He might not do it in your face type of campaigning but he will not abstain from it. What a fake. Get lost.
And don’t get me start on the level of him sinking that low by associating with the Kardashians. When he’s with Jolie, you can’t even ask that dumb question without them rolling their eyes looking like ‘who” are we talking about here, lol.
@GUNNAR..I think I love you. You are speaking the truth and so many of his fans esp the four on JJ use that (leaked)court order by Speigel to smear Jolie which was illegal to accuse of her of alienating. The fight about that was brutal for months on the site. Jolie’s fans pointed out a lot but the more sensible was how could he she be reading texts from him if he didn’t have their numbers.
I’m so glad she ditched Woeful Wasser who was leaking to Harvey Levin and playing along with Speigel. She got a lawyer that didn’t have any connections to the LA group of crooks, smartest thing she did. His fans called her two star Sami but seems like she got did her job!
And thus a new cult was born. I hope Brad won’t be the high-profile poster child for whatever krazy religion Kanye starts up, a la Tom Cruise for Scientology.
He’s out of touch with reality. I get the feeling that He think if he’s hanging out with Kanye he must look cool. Lolol
I also think he probably is trying to get his sons attention. But Maddox recently said he prefers punk rock.
He really is becoming more and more pathetic.
Oh, BP, how low have you sunk?? To me, hanging with KW, and the K-Klan is the bottom of the barrel. You are so cancelled.
You’ve now lost me Forever BP ~
Good for him
I thought what he said is cool. You dont owe anyone anything…
He owes it to his children to be the best parent he can be to them.
You know how Brad always takes on the personality of whoever he’s in a relationship with? I wonder if because he’s been single so long, he just decided to take on the personality of one of the Kardashians
I still love Brad. He’s too handsome to hate, but if he aligns with a Kanye….then I gotta let him go.
When you say someone is too handsome to hate I really have to question your ethics and morals. I guess this is why Ted Bundy had women in his court room rooting for him after he brutally Murdered a slew of women. I guess Eve royally f###ked us in the Garden of Eden!
Brad Pitt – who is he now?