This is a funny little tabloid story about Brad Pitt and his continuing struggles to learn French. About a year ago, Brad admitted in an interview that, “Ange and I are trying to learn French. But she’s better at it than I am. Some of my brain cells seem to have shut down, so I’m struggling. I can say “merci beaucoup” and that’s about it. Maddox rips it, man. He’s fantastic, so good. It’s really humiliating – but we’re really proud of him.” I’m just saying there’s a history with these stories, and Brad has admitted his pot-stunted brain cells before. Now the Enquirer has put a new twist on the story – they claim that Angelina bought Brad the Rosetta Stone- French system (they’re like books and tapes that supposedly make it easier to learn a language), but instead of hunkering down with the Rosetta Stone, Brad just chilled out, listened to Radiohead, and got high probably.

Angelina Jolie is cracking the whip, insisting Brad Pitt get serious about learning French.

Angelina, who learned French as a child, bought Brad the expensive Rosetta Stone learning system two years ago so he could converse with her and their kids, who are learning the language from their nannies. The plan was for Brad to listen to the tapes during the many hours he spends flying around the world.

But Angie busted her beau during a recent flight when he took off his headphones to check on one of their kids – and Angie realized he’d been listening to his favorite band Radiohead instead of the French tapes!

“When he got back to his seat, she didn’t let him know what she was up to. Instead, she hit Brad with a pop quiz, speaking to him in French and expecting him to reply,” revealed a longtime family friend.

“Brad sheepishly sat there in silence staring at her. He was stunned. He knew he’d been caught.”

“Angelina proceeded to scold him like an errant child and didn’t speak to him for the rest of the flight.”

[From The National Enquirer]

Of course, it probably isn’t just the reefer. It’s years of smoking reefer. And, it’s harder to learn languages the older you are, and French is a pretty difficult language to pick up. No judgment. But I wonder if Angelina really busted his balls over Rosetta Stone? I see ads for the system on television all the time. Has anyone tried it? Does it work?

Oh, here’s another photo of Brad from the UNCEIF charity thing last week. He posed for pictures with Jeremy Piven! I smell another douche convention in the making!