Brad Pitt’s GQ Style cover interview was easily one of the top stories of the week. If not for the Met Gala, I would say it could have been THE story of the week, and even then… this year’s Met Gala was pretty tame and Pitt’s GQ Style interview will have repercussions and analysis for months to come, probably. In the interview, Brad says everything that happened was “self inflicted,” and he basically sounds like he’s been sober for the first time in years, if not decades. Lots of New Age-y guru talk, lots of self-help-speak. Was there an aspect of his interview which was “performative”? Sure. He’s been in the industry a long time, and he’s one of the most famous men on the planet. Of course he knows how to manipulate the machine in his favor. But was there a performative aspect directed at Angelina? That’s what I’m trying to figure out. Brad’s trying to salvage his career and his public image, of course. But is he also demonstrating publicly something for Angelina? According to E! News, Brad gave Angelina a heads-up about the interview.
Brad Pitt told ex Angelina Jolie in advance about his GQ magazine interview, in which he made his most candid and detailed comments about their divorce and also owned up to his own shortcomings, E! News has learned.
He did so in order for there to be no surprises, a source said exclusively Thursday, adding, “He’s committed to having a healthy relationship with her.”
Angelina filed for divorce in September after two years of marriage and a 12-year relationship. The two, who share six children, got involved in a custody battle before reaching a temporary custody agreement three months later. Nowadays, Brad and Angelina are continuing to co-parent successfully, the source told E! News.
Angelina has not commented about Brad’s GQ interview, in which he talked about what he’s been doing since her divorce filing, revealed that he just started therapy and also discussed his past substance abuse.
First of all, I feel like Brad’s camp has started leaking more and more to E! News rather than People Magazine, and I wonder why they’ve made that shift. Second of all, I don’t doubt that Brad did give Angelina a heads up, just as I don’t doubt that Brad was directing some of his GQ comments to Angelina, or at the very least, he was speaking in a certain way knowing that she would read the piece. He chose his words carefully and looking back on it… he really, really did not want to piss her off. Interesting.
Photos courtesy of Ryan McGinley exclusively for GQ Style.
Over sharer. Too extra nowadays. Really disliking him lately.
Those pathetic pictures! I can just imagine the photo shoot:
“Yo Brad, give us your best wounded deer look…no, no, wait–let’s say you’re BAMBI, okay?…and your mother just got SHOT…by one of Donald Trump’s sons! ! Give us THAT! Yes!!! YES!!! That’s perfect! And now for the next one you’re a little toddler who just accidently pooped his pants after months and MONTHS of Mommy’s potty training and you feel terribly ashamed…YES!…that’s it EXACTLY…you feel SOOOOO guilty, don’t you?…show mama your guilty-face! Good! And now in this next one you are dying of a rare incurable disease, okay? Something you maybe caught on one of those third-world trips Angie dragged you on, so it’s really ALL HER FAULT you ended up this way…and you have ONE minute left to live!…okay, so let your inner victim SHINE, Bradboy, let it shine!”
That shirt in the first pic looks strange, in the front. In the second pic he looks like he’s spaced out.
Marry me. I sincerely laughed for the first time in about a month.
Ah Humbug, I’m always swept off my feet by laughter, esp if it’s at my own silly jokes, so we can consider ourselves an item.
That was excellent! Especially the bambi one because the whole look is just so obvious. Basic brad…so basic.
I bow to your greatness!!!!!! That was amazing!
Sounds like his publicists are getting desperate. They keep putting him in one suit after another until they find something that fits. First they tried to sell him as being back on the romance/party circuit. Nix. Then they had him re-connecting with Aniston while Angie steamed in the background, but even the minivan majority weren’t buying that. So now it’s the penitent ex who’s seen the error of his ways and vows to turn his life around. If Brad really wants to do himself a favor he’ll disappear for six months and let people wonder how he’s doing, instead of shoving his hangdog expression in everybody’s face. It’s getting stale and boring already.
Thank you Carmen, well said. PT+BP=pathetic
It is an interesting insight into his mind and soul at this moment. Why do you have to be so harsh? This is a man who realizes his mistakes and takes responsibility for it and he is trying to mend himself instead of continuing on the same path and damaging himself and others around. It happens all the time with families. It takes a lot of guts to look at yourself in the mirror in an honest way, admit that you’re wrong and address those issues. It’s very painful but it’s the only way to go forward positively and stop living a lie, deluding yourself. It’s never too late even if it seems late. Making mistakes is human nature, sweeping them under the rug is easy. Adressing them, trying to mend them is very honourable. We should all do that once in a while…
@lindy Pay attention in the future to his actions instead of his words. He says wants to work on being a better man, look at his actions Not words in the future.
I would have more sympathy for Pitt if he had come out and admitted his mistakes immediately instead of throwing his wife and his son under the bus while maintain that he had done nothing wrong. How much would it have taken to say Angie didn’t call CPS or any authority instead of trying to renig on the custody agreement in place? Everyone is jumping on his bandwagon and applauding him for admitting he is an alcoholic. Where is the love for Angie who took her family away instead of allowing them to live with this abuse? If nothing else, Pitt is PR savvy. He has a movie to promote and he wants the movie to do well. Think the reunification of his family would be more important instead of him confirming he is in contact with Aniston. Guess it comes down to his priorities.
It’s not either/or. Angie takes great care of her children and Brad working on sobriety is a positive move.
GoOn Girl, I agree but at the same time does he have to do all those photoshoots? He must be feeling like a teenager now that he has no family responsibility! I hope he can maintain his sobriety for good.
I agree, it is very unfortunate that he didn’t try to mend himself before it all came to this disaster ending. But as I said, it’s never too late to admit and repair. Maybe they will reunite and he will be a better husband and father.
I agree Lindy,
He looks haunted and totally shattered.
It’s human to make mistakes.
He may just be discovering the power of honesty and humility.
I hope the whole family come through this heartbreak more grounded and stronger.
Divorce is like facing a death to many. To go through it on the world stage must be 1000 times worse, for all involved.
I wish the best for them, most of all their children, whom both parents clearly love deeply.
Money and fame mean very little when your children are suffering. It does however give them access to the very best in counselling.
They have worked hard for that privillage.
I wish the mental health care system in the U.S gave all families such support.
Suffering is universal. We should all support one another regardless of race, creed or social status.
Of course he doesn’t want to piss her off. She is the mother of his children, and when sober he seems a quite decent human being. I wish all of their children the very best. Divorce is a fire trucking bitch.
Agreed, if you have basic decency why would you like to hurt or anger the mother and primary care provider of your children? At the end all this animosity always ends up impacting the kids so good for him for seeking her approval.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Also agree. A really sad situation, whatever the truth of it all, and I wish them all the best.
Her interviews pre-Brad used to be very confessional — so it will be interesting to see if she returns to form. Brad has gone in the opposite direction. This was way out-of-character for him, but I think I’m in the minority in not liking it. I thought he came off too self-indulgent and the whole thing seemed transparent to me. And this is coming from someone who thought the coverage against him was overblown last year.
I don’t think it’s out of character. We know all about how boring Aniston was because he told us. He spent almost his whole relationship with Angelina explaining away why he dumped his first ex wife. he would also talk about how Christian his parents were in raising him and how his dad was the manly man who didn’t like it when he would cry. I mean, there’s nothing new in this interview accept he was honest about being a shit dad. He usually goes on and on about how much he’s learned being a parent which we now know is bullshit.
Being dumped by Angelina because he hurt her kids makes him slightly more interesting so he’s probably going to talk about it for a looooong time. 🙄
He spoke about his upbringing but he did not speak how his 2 siblings how stable hey are. His sister remains married with 3 bio children & 2 adoptive children from Africa & is a philanthropist & still practising Baptist. His brother had a lucrative business but sold it to become a full time philanthropist, still married, still practicing Christian. Brad chosed where he is now, he allowed FAME took over his true life existence, his Hollywood movie star status is his priority nothing else. In the next few months he will start filming 2 movies. I don’t think he is a family orientated man. I hope the next Mrs Pitt will benefit from new Mr Pitt that is if he does not fall back to his old self as he works in an industry where drinks & drugs is a norm.
She will still be more guarded as she is not by herself now, she has to think of the impact on her children.
Yeah, I’m with you on that, Talie.
@Tete I am in agreement with you.
Aday
And even him blaming for the way his father had always been. Brad in an interview also said that his father gave up a bigger position at the firm he worked for, because he wanted to spend more time with the family. Everyone in his family made sacrifices for the family.
Brad sacrificed his family for his wishes, his work as an actor and producer only increased, his passions for art, architecture, collection designed and nothing of what he does he includes his family …. it’s just him he me …. my … Even in therapy …. me and my new friends sculptors, hours alone doing art, art therapy, looking for a life coach ….. but so far I have not seen any sacrifice from Brad.
He only accumulated and did not subtract or divide what is really important …. the family was abandoned by his egoism.
He always seems to fall in love with a possibility of something different, new, change, apart from divorce having awakened him a little bit to reality, I think in the end it was critical that DCFS have entered their lives. Therapists must have realized from the outset the emotional manipulations he wanted to do with the family. So he hated so many therapists saw that for the first time someone managed to find out who he really had become. And as he himself said he was always full of himself “excessive pride” or “self-confidence” and that his pride was “always” his downfall, for him to have life and decisions about the children taken and analyzed by other people , Must also have shown that he is equal to either. No one is better than nobody, he was not treated like a celebrity …. he was put in his place.
@jilly. Thank you speaking the truth about him!
He’s super annoying and there was a picture of him with a light dusting of clay on his cheek that made me roll my eyes. The tortured artist- spare me.
I thought it was sand.. I didn’t get the meaning of it.. just thought it was cheezy ..lol
I thought it was sand too, from the photos of him break dancing in the sand. I was trying to figure out the conversation before those photos were taken. “Say Brad, why don’t you fall face first into this gritty sand, it will be artistic and the chicks will love it. ” Brad, “D’oh! OK”.
I loved the motorcycle tattoo.
It’s Art,I guess.
Every photo made me roll my eyes.
Every photo was getting me punchy.
I am so tired of Pitt blaming his father. He never says anything bad against his mother. Still coming across as a whiner. If we took up a collection and paid him, do you think he’d slink away? Notice everyone is coming out and “praising” him for his “honesty”. Where is the praise for his wife who’s forcing him to get help? And he’s just now starting therapy? His PR team made it sound as if he started therapy right away. Have to give it to him. He is his best PR!
He said he’s on his third therapist, so I’m sure he started back after everything happened. Wasn’t individual and group therapy in the agreement they signed like last October? Finding a good therapist that you work well with can be a long journey, he’s probably just recently started to get into the nitty gritty of it all. It takes time, it’s a long process.
I don’t think “just” denotes a very clear timeline. It’s relative. I just put the cookies in the oven means minutes. “I just started therapy” for the first time in this lifetime could indeed mean months.
While mothers and fathers are both important in raising children, boys will use their fathers as role models. This is a psychological fact. His mother’s influence is secondary when he’s talking about learning how to be a man.
My thought is this. Do you think he is trying to get her back. I think a lot of what he said was aimed at her, no?
I think he would get back together with her in a heartbeat. She is probably relieved. It’s probably easier to take care of 6 kids instead of 7.
You don’t know them personally, Abby Rose/Dade.
none of us do, which is why Abby Rose said “I think” and used the word “probably” twice. expressing her opinion which is what we all do.
I think so too,But I think he knows That Angelina’s mind is made up..In my mind when Angie heard/read about this interview she rolled her eyes was like actions speak louder than words,& I’d agree with her.
Mmmhmmm, kind of like during the by the sea promos/interviews- you could tell she was over it and wasnt gushing about him anymore and he on the other hand was gushing about her for the first time ever. 🙄
So you’re throwing her under the bus and say that she lied all the time when she praised him after BTS? Okay.
And before you say you didn’t – yes, you did. You called her a liar and threw her under the bus with your comment.
After BTS? Angelina didn’t have any movie to promote after that movie. She hasn’t had a real sit down interview since BTS.
But yes I do think she lied a lot for him during their relationship. BTS promo was the first time she seemed more honest and everything wasn’t rainbows and sunshine in her interviews. Some of her older interviews where she is kissing his ass makes one wonder who she was trying to convince 👀
Called her a liar and threw her under the bus. It’s sad that she has fans like you.
But hey, have a nice day. After reading some of your comments, it’s quite obvious that you seem to enjoy this divorce and that there are people who suffer.
I wouldn’t exactly call it lying. More like presenting the best image. Kind of what most people do on job interviews. They were actually selling a brand, which happens to be themselves and their movies. I think if people here are looking for the absolute ugly and beautiful truth they are being a bit unrealistic. First they really don’t owe the public that at all. Second, they are both artistic types too, who tend to be a bit on the emotional side, maybe they did feel all this at the time of the interview, but changed their mind later. Who knows.
They sold a fake perfect family image, that is kinda like lying and that’s why some fans are/were (still) even mad at them. You’re right they owe the public nothing but that doesn’t mean people can’t criticize them for that, noway.
I’m just saying if I were a hardcore fan of these two/them as a couple, I’d be disappointed because they obviously didn’t mean it.
Please stop using my name @sarri. Thank you.
Sorry I read your name on another (royal) article here today and used it automatically, didn’t think really about it lol.
Sarri, I was never a hardcore fan of Brangelina . I knew it was fake from the beginning . I used to post here about how fake Pitt is but no one wanted to believe it.
I think Angelina wanted people to think she made the right choice by being with him (the whole homewrecking thing) so she lied about how great he is. I just knew a woman who looks that depressed/unhappy couldn’t possibly be with a good man- something was off about that situation. I was right.
Agree to disagree re this couple and their happiness, YepIsaidit.
(sarri [not allowed to use that name anymore, sry again lol])
One thing to remember is he’s been in drunken haze and probably isn’t even fully aware of all the damage he’s done to the relationship. He probably genuinely did feel blindsided. Even if he’s dead wrong. I’ve seen a version of this many times. I’m thinking between the kids and her health problems she probably is just over dealing with his issues but you really never know.
I doubt he wants her back. I don’t think he was happy with her for a long, long time. I think he stayed with her since they have kids. He looked like a dead man while being with her. She herself looks like she has her own issues too.
The last kind of candid pics of them together are at a Jamba Juice or something and its surveillance video not for show anyway he’s clinging to her for dear life. So I do tend to think he’d like her back. I don’t think that fits the narrative for some but from my experience that’s usually the case in situations like this.
I doubt Angie wants him back. Living with a drunk is hard. And him and “his sources” threw her under the bus. There is talk that Pitt doesn’t look back. Guess what, neither does Angie. She will go on to do bigger and better things.
I don’t think he’s trying to get her back. I think he’s trying to repair his image.
His image wasn’t hurt, just look at the most writ-ups about this divorce, so there is nothing, really, to repair.
@SaraR yes. I’m dumbfounded why anyone says Pitt is trying to salvage his career, with this interview or other. It’s not factual. He’s at the top professionally, there’s no other way to put it. Plan B is thriving, they won the Oscar for one of the greatest films of recent memory in 12YaS and just produced Moonlight. They have a spate of great films in the works and Pitt is still getting A-list acting roles to boot.
Note I didn’t say this was necessarily fair; you can feel negative re his personal behaviors during the divorce drama and feel he should suffer professionally because of it. That just usually isn’t the way Hollywood works.
I’ve honestly never understood the fascination with this guy. I’ve never found him to be attractive, either physically or intellectually. As for his acting, it has definitely improved over the years, but whose wouldn’t when given so many opportunities? When he first started out he was absolutely terrible, but many women fell in love with him based on his looks, and so his star was born. To me he was always just another stoner with a baby face. Glad if he’s finally grown up and cleaned up his act?
100% agree with this. He’s basically an empty shirt.
He is a great producer and has green lighted a lot of great films, along with been in a lot of good films.
Noway, Dede Gardner is a great producer. Pitt just tags along and takes credit for a woman’s work kind of like he did with Angelina’s humanitarian work.
I actually think he had a short heyday when he was a very good actor, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, around that era. But before and after that brief time, he is not a talented actor at all.
And I only ever liked him in quirky, unusual character roles. As a leading man, particularly nowadays, I find his acting unbelievable self satisifed and irritating. He’s either looking smug, jamming food into his mouth, or both. UUggghhhh.
Love or hate him for his personal issues, but he’s one of the most successful producers in recent memory. Plan B is thriving. Dede G is awesome and deserves mega-credit for their success, but to say Pitt has no hand in it is ridic. Barry Jenkins personally credited him with backing Moonlight and bringing it in front of the other execs at Plan B after meeting him in Telluride.
I, too, have never understood the hype. Unattractive mouth, squinty eyes. Takes on characteristics/styles/attitudes of all the women he hooks up with. Nothing to call his own character-wise (it appears to me), nothing of substance to offer (it appears to me).
Per Calisto: an empty shirt, indeed.
Theothersam, when the cast hasn’t even met the producer until the movie gets some hype? It’s not ridiculous. He’s the name not the work. He has proven time and time again that he will def be low enough to take other people’s credit.,
He took credit for 12 years a slave but spent 4-5 days onset and that’s only because he wanted to have a role In the movie. Critics all said his role was like a sore thumb. Not good. He doesn’t care, he ran on stage like his ass was on fire.
I read that he was in the movie and in some posters because the movie was more “sellable” with a big movie star like him in it. Many countries were not familiarized with the story.
A quote by Ejiofor Chiwetel about Brad in Vulture magazine:
http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/why-is-brad-pitt-the-only-nice-guy-in-12-years-a-slave.html
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But what about the people who actually made the film? Did they find it odd that Brad Pitt gave himself the role of practically the only decent white man in the entire film?
“Gave!?” asked Ejiofor, laughing, when I posed the question while interviewing him for a profile. “Yeah, I think everything else was pretty [much] taken. But, you know, without him, there wouldn’t be a film. He was just so instrumental in making this film happen. He’s such a champion of filmmakers and the things that he believes in and can put his weight behind.” Plus, he added, Pitt agreeing to take a role in the film is likely what allowed director Steve McQueen to, among other things, cast Ejiofor, who doesn’t yet have Pitt’s marquee name. “I don’t know what the full machinations are, but I imagine that him being around and lending that kind of support and weight to something is very freeing for [financiers]. They think, Okay, well, we can give the director some latitude.”
Pitt, likewise, defended his appearance when we spoke on the phone, calling it merely, “a cameo in support of the film.” Was playing the sympathetic savior at the end his choice or McQueen’s? “It helped get the thing done,” he said. “I sit in a very fortunate position where I can help push things over the edge with difficult stories, and this was one of those instances. So it’s merely for that, not so much that I was certainly needed performance-wise.” In other words, someone was going to have to play that part, and it might as well be one of the biggest movie stars in the world. And as to why he’s the only white person the audience can remotely root for in the film, he said, laughing, “Well, it’s slavery. It’s a slavery period [piece], so you know … ”
…and a Variety article about Brad and Moonlight:
.But of the three projects, the most remarkable is Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” which found its patron saint in Brad Pitt. Jenkins had impressed the Hollywood community with his 2008 ultra-low-budget, black-and-white debut feature, “Medicine for Melancholy,” landing an agent at CAA and developing a handful of other projects that never went forward.
Then, at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival, Jenkins moderated a Q&A with director Steve McQueen for “12 Years a Slave,” where he met Pitt, one of that film’s producers via his Plan B shingle. Pitt was so impressed with Jenkins that he agreed to back an adaptation of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unproduced play, “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.”
Ido not like that Brad is an addict and he may well be presumptuous and a wanna be philosopher, but Ithink he is smart, and has found his niche as a producer, leveraging his star power, he is no fool, but addiction got him. It’s very difficult to live with an alcoholic. No mother wants that for her/ their children.
They are working it out no wonder she got a house very close to his.
Oh I pity celebs. There was a snarky article in the Guardian today about this interview which – rightly so – made fun of the photos and the new-age crap. I didn’t bother reading the BP interview but it was so funny to read quotes and then the clothes he was wearing and the price. Both infos straight from the article… Such a revealing funny article about the horrible condition of being a celeb.
If BP was a close friend of ours, we’d be devastated for him and for AJ, trying to help and giving everyone a chance. Instead, here we are snarking on a PR stunt that is beyond ridiculous.
There is one photo of him crying for god’s sake.
Thanks for the tip on the article. Such a delightfully bitchy read that warmed my soul.
Yes thanks for pointing us to that Guardian article. It was AWESOME. I didn’t read the Pitt GQ article, I just let the Guardian takedown do the work for me.
OMG, the article is killing it!
Brad should drown his publicist in his tears.
Yes, the guardian article was great. The photos really are so awful.
Link to snarky Guardian article:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2017/may/04/who-let-brad-pitt-fashotainment-gq-style-shoot-interview-happen
“…stalagmite desperately trying to erode itself out of a shot.” And, “…come, friendly gator.” This Guardian article is the funniest thing I’ve read in along time!
This article is to die for, lol. He really lay it on thick with the fake tears and sleeping on a friend’s floor as if. Darn, dude is for real with trying to sell his brand. Hard.
Not really a Brad Fan as of late,but I have to say after reading everything through I don’t know what else is there to be said..He basically did say it was his fault (knew that wanted him to say it)..I think now the annoying part is his fans now who make his “confessions”the greatest thing ever..when they to need to realize Brad isn’t this perfect person…Ofcourse him giving them(his core fans)the innocent puppy eyes on these covers ..drums up more sympathy…but again I think he’s said everything(maybe lil to late)..The tabs & some people for years have made Brad Seem like the dumb blonde prince & Angie the Evil queen so I dont think he’s behind it..& I honestly think he’s trying to “extinguish the fire he Made,but maybe the tabs & some of his fans are blowing this fire outta control”I know I sound like I’m contradicting myself here but I think he’s in “regret mode”..& to add I don’t believe he told Angie abt this interview
I don’t understand the mindset of the articles that believe him winning a PR war or fixing his image is more important than being a better person for his family. It leaves a bad taste in mouth.
I was really surprised by this interview. He sounded honest and took the blame. Being in therapy and soul-searching is not “new age crap”. It is this kind of shaming that prevents people from getting help when they need it. There is a huge stigma attached to therapy, especially with men showing vulnerability and expressing emotions. So I give him credit for that. With all that being said, the photos were a bit too much.
Thank you, Keri. 100%
Thank you! Finally someone with a little compassion.
I thought the interview was pretty good but the editorial was— I don’t even know. Weird? Cringe-worthy? Barf inducing? I usually love a good Brad spread, but I hated this one. Brad Pitt should take a long hard look at Johnny Depp and realize that is rock bottom and work to rise above. I think he is, but he is also putting all of his emotions out there and it may be a bit too much. He races cars and works with clay. He is a Renaissance man in pain. My favorite part of the interview was when he discussed politics and stated that he was better at the artistic side of politics rather than politics itself: producing a film that would otherwise be overlooked, building houses in an area of New Orleans that would have been forgotten with the flood. I believed him about what he was saying and thought that was really his most insightful. The whole thing was pretty sad to read though because it really does seem he stopped the alcohol only when it was too late.
I think he’s an idiot. Special snowflake syndrome has him believing that if he gives himself a headache thinking hard it’s profound. And with the whole love triangle thing – he was smack dab in the middle of it! Instead of viewing Jen as the jilted ex and Angelina as the succubus, why didn’t anyone look at dingus as the twit who couldn’t keep it in his damn pants?
^^^ This x a hundred thousand bajillion.
It’s kinda sad, isn’t it? It’s 2017 yet people still call Angelina a homewrecker, conveniently ignoring that HE was the one with a ring on his finger. Why is it that still women get blamend when men cheat and lie and destroy their own marriage/family? When will we start holding men accountable for their actions instead of finding excuses?
He is using E! because E! is part of NBC as Brad team used NBC during when the case was opened NBC was the one broke the news when he was cleared by FBI and NBC also broke the news of the memo his lawyer filed with the court where he said some bad words toward Angelina and lastly Today show had the editor of GQ on their show the morning the interview was released.
NBC and Universal have always been friendly with Brangelina.
AJ is the ballbuster Brad needs. Clearly losing his previous lady loves had little to no impact on his behavior. Paltrow, Aniston and Jolie are as different as they could possibly be but those relationships failed and he wasn’t happy and felt no need to change. He was child-free then pursued a single mother and now has 6 kids. Still not content.
Does this manchild know what he wants?
People want to call Jolie cold or whatever but that woman already has 6 children she doesn’t need another. Those 6 kids are her priority not Brad’s delicate feelings.
I don’t blame her for kicking his lame a$$ to the curb. Yeah Brad, you got dumped. Despite all your hotness Brad, you got dumped. That probably pissed him off more than anything. She left him. She exposed him.
No wonder CAA or whomever is Team Brad has been in overdrive trying to discredit Jolie. Cause apparently Brad made her and can unmake her. Too bad y’all forget they were a team. It wasn’t just Hollywood but much of Jolie-Pitt goodwill was also due to their humanitarian projects and Jolie is the main one on that stage whether UN or JP Foundation. Lots of people liked/respected them because they gave back.
So get over yourself and grow up Brad. And stop blaming the alcohol.
Yes alcoholism is an illness but that illness is a symptom of something deeper. Alcohol simply unmasks your uninhibited self.
You choose to take that first drink. Each day you make that choice. Whatever is driving him I hope he seriously deals with.
But had to get his ballbusted to get here.
And people think Jolie gives a rat’s a$$ about Hollywood and the PR war ? She got bigger issues right now.
Amen !
Jolie is probably the only woman in his life who ever dumped him…so he and his people first unleashed their bile because of his big shattered ego if being dumped !
Actually he’s either been dumped or cheated on most of the time. Even before he hit it big, he had a GF who was living in another country so he ‘used his last money’ to fly out to her or so he claims only to find out she was dating somebody else. She couldn’t even be bothered to let him know she moved on from him lol!
He was dumped by Paltrow and Aniston kicked him out. Angie totally humiliated him in a very public way. The guy still comes across as self absorbed and he looked ridiculous in the GQ pics.
I sat on a flight with a therapist from HW and she was moving her practice to Seattle because she was sick of hearing the problems of these entitled people. All of them suffering from depression because over indulgence and the desire to be loved and adored by all.
Uh no.
Goop broke off the engagement with him and Jen Aniston was the one to kick him out and file for divorce in 2005 when he cheated on her with Jolie.
Jolie may have filed for divorce, but they looked unhappy for a long time, and I think it may have been Pitt’s idea to separate at first.
Didn’t Paltrow cheat on him? Or was that Ben Affleck?
@Joannie: Aniston “kicked him out” after she realized he was in love with another woman. For all intents and purposes he was long gone already.
@Nadia: if it was Pitt’s idea to separate at first, then why was he looking all weepy and devastated and claiming she blindsided him when she filed for divorce?
Uh, no Nadia.
Paltrow did cheat on him, they broke up and she confessed in an interview later that she was “architect of her own misery” and that it took her five years to get completely over that breakup.
Aniston and Pitt, if I recall, separated with the joint statement, and she later filed for divorce. She kicked him out? I don’t recall ever reading that version of the events.
I am not the biggest fan of Pitt right now, but rewriting the history and saying that he wanted the divorce from Jolie is utterly crazy. Yeah, I know that lots of people would want to think that he dumped Jolie, but every single thing that is coming out after their split says differently, including this interview.
@ Sarah.
You are the one who is making up tales and rewriting history. Both Goop and Jen were the ones to dump Pitt because they were tired of him or he cheated.
And Aniston kicked him out very early in 2005 and later filed for divorce after she found out he was stills seeing AJ behind her back. Any woman would have done the same.
AjJ may have filed for divorce but she was caught renting a mansion in Malibu 3 weeks before she claimed the plane incident was the reason why they filed for divorce.
Pitt looked very unhappy with Angelina for a long time, so don’t assume it was her to decide they needed to go their separate ways. Something tells me that AJ was the one to cling onto him but he didn’t want to be apart of the ‘perfect most beautiful family’ she kept bragging about to reporters and the media.
Lol Nadia, If you say so.
LOL @ joannie and nadia!
Goop cried publicly about how she sabotaged herself about Brad, and Aniston offered him the chance if having an affair instead of divorce. He was not having it.
Nadia, he’s an alcoholic. Trust, it was her that ran.
Thank you Abby. The congregation says “Amen”!
@Abby Thank you for telling the truth about him.
Hmm I doubt angelina bothered to read the interview. Her lawyers probably did tho.
Brad on the other hand has obviously read MANY Angelina interviews because he often repeats her words/quotes. It’s weird.
Of course she read it. She’s 100% in control of her PR and what he says affects her and their children. She could potentially be asked questions about the things he said, she’s not going to allow her self to be blindsided.
I don’t doubt that she’s in control of her pr -any woman should be- I doubt she cares what her maniac ex says about anything unless it has to do with the court issues. That’s why her lawyers probably read it with a fine tooth comb.
I wish Brad Pitt hadn’t turned out to be so disappointing as a person. I still associate him with a River Runs Through it, Thelma and Louise and Fight Club. I liked him with Angelina too, and a marriage ending is not any reason to judge, I think goes without saying. I would still like Brad if he hadn’t thrown his wife under the bus. It’s such a weasly, weak thing to do. And playing the victim to get public sympathy is gross. It’s fine that he is now admitting he has a drinking problem, but it seems like he is doing it to save his a*s, after blaming Angelina didn’t work. This is the down side to gossip I guess. I don’t care about Brad Pitt and his therapy. And I can’t believe a man with his money and privilege is going on magazine covers with puppy dog eyes to try and get the public to feel sorry for him/like him/see his movies. God, knock it off.
Meh, I don’t see him as disappointing. He has flaws like most people. Hopefully he is sincerely dealing with his issues now.
@Cindy Thank you for telling the truth!
I hope my post wasn’t too harsh. I have a lot of nostalgia with Pitt and his movies (not with Depp though for some reason), and I WANT to like him. Its just hard with the blaming his wife/over sharing stuff. And that editorial is awful and cringe-worthy. Put it this way- if he 100% stopped any criticism of Jolie, and went the other way and supported her as the mother of his kids, I would respect that. He can dislike her all he wants in private, with his therapist, whatever. But put a lid on it. I don’t feel sorry for you Brad Pitt! Especially with what is going on with trump, potential loss of health care, and the rest of the nightmare we are in. Didn’t he get any perspective with all he has seen with his humanitarian work? Stop crying into your sculptures, jeez. Your life is better than 99% of people on this planet. Just ssshhhhhh…..
okay, rant over.
This interview should be the first thing that he did instead of leaking here and there about things like his dating life or confirming he’s in touch with Aniston again. IMO, he’s tasting the water first to see if the public sympathy would be on his side before finally admitting that he has a problem with alcohol.
A truly A level of PR moves, because even now people still screaming that Jolie must be the one that drove him to drink and that she must have been a hard person to live with. 🙄🙄
I must say though, his “Iaminpain-butstillsexy-allthegirlswantme” tour is getting too much, now.
I am not really fond of how public they handle the divorce at the beginning, but I do understand that since they both seems to be in a passionate relationship, a lot of emotion involved when they’re breaking up, too. We all have that moment when we get caught up in the overwhelming emotion of the moment and do things we normally wouldn’t.
Hope they can continue to be a family despite all of this.
He noticed Affleck didn’t receive any backlash or embarrassment when he admitted to his issues. So, Brad packaged his statement on his issues in movie promotion and a magazine spread.
I wonder if he’ll do talk shows. I can see him appearing on Ellen or doing a fun skit on Fallon.
I’m just gonna leave this bit of Brit Pitt snark here…
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2017/may/04/who-let-brad-pitt-fashotainment-gq-style-shoot-interview-happen?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
This is GREAT! Thank you for the link it made my day.
I liked the interview. Brad has always been a dork. Always. And he plays it up. He does take himself too seriously at times, but I do think he’s sincere about the projects he believes in. He admitted everything was his fault and is doing everything he can to make it better for his kids, there’s no fault in that.
He’s a lot like George Clooney in interviews, you’re not going to get a straight answer if it’s going to give away too much information. Neither one of them will sit down for a serious interview about their personal lives. It’s just not going to happen. They may make comments here and there about their lives, but nothing in-depth.
Shades of his Jackass stage in this pics. I do not think the pics are out of character for him, they probably made his children cringe and laugh, like AJ’s right leg.
The words in the interview, tho. I think they are both going in the right direction. I hope he really gets to control his bad habits and addictions now. He is more a cliche that he wants to be. many people are making excuses for him because he comes from middle american typical background, but it was his background that created his problems, and while he acknowledges the source, he has been comfortable with the crutches he created to manage his issues (alcohol, weed, emotional distance).
He was too comfortable, but his family deserves more.
Lots of people stay there,using addiction and not being there for their family, so they blame AJ instead. Hopefully he becomes more of the real father they need, instead of boozing off and seeing the children here and there (shades of Depp). No-one says anything anymore about depp as a father, he really must not care about the kids much.
Brad is totally channeling Zoolander in this latest PR push/photoshoot.
Maybe there really is more to life than being really, really good looking?
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/357h92
I agree with those who think this spread is directed towards AJ. She could have blocked him and he cannot contact her directly.
There are always the usual 5 people who pile up on the guy and high fiving each other. The comments section is getting as one sided as Fox News.
Way more than five. And yes the callous glee is quite off-putting. He’s apparently been sober for months and misses his kids. I hope Jolie is resolving her own well founded anger and sets a better example for her children at moving forward.
Just like you & a few of the same posters blame Angelina when she hasn’t said one word but you’re golden boy is on GQ “crying” his soul out and admitting he’s to blame , come on!! I’m sure Angelina did and is doing right by her kids.
After reading that interview I don’t believe Brad is prepared to care for six children. Its not going to be like before. He’ll have more responsibility now. If he couldn’t handle the responsibilty before how will he do so now. He admitted he wasn’t there for his kids like he should have been in the last year before the split. I can’t be mad at Angelina for wanting to raise her kids in a better home environment. Any good mother would not want their kids raised in a home with a father that’s not doing his part and one that’s struggling with alcoholism. It seems like Angelina has been raising seven kids instead of six. I think you worry more about Brad setting a good example for his kids more than Angelina. Being sober for six months is just a small dent for a person that struggled with alcoholism for a very long time. And it makes you think. I honestly don’t think Brad would be sober right now if he life wasn’t turned upside down. It’s sad that it had to get to this point.
I blame Brad for Brad’s issues and mistakes and I think Jolie could have handled some later issues better.
Gwen, my brother in law divorced mainly because of his philandering, he is not a bad father, but when the children were younger, he used to take them to see and stay with their grandmother… I suspect partly because he did not want to deal / raise them all the time that he had them. They even slept with the grandma instead of with him.
Maybe Brad is / will be more capable now, the kids need him for sure, even if they are growing up.
It reminds me of Angelina’s brother spending so much time with their kids last year. In the past, I don’t remember seeing them with her and the kids so much. Yes I do believe the kids need two parents. I just think the kids need a father that can give 100%. His interview was very revealing. Brad said he and Angelina are working together to do what’s best for their children. So that’s a good thing.
Leave our precious alone!!!
Buuuuu bu but, how does his parents feel about him constantly throwing them under the bus?
Have you noticed that the senior Pitts have not said anything publicly about this separation? Usually if one is going through a traumatic divorce proceeding, one wants the support of one’s parents. The Pitts could have released an innocuous statement along the lines of we support our son during this very difficult time, etc etc. Brad’s team would have been all over it, as support for Brad and a backhanded slap at Angie. And yet, not a single word. The Pitts are on public record as saying several times that they are very fond of Angie and I have a suspicion they are very upset both by the separation and by Brad’s conduct that caused it. So maybe Brad is “throwing them under the bus” because he expected them to side with him publicly and they didn’t?
Pitt praises his mother to high heaven and his daddy? Not so much. His daddy issue is something he should address in therapy too.
Oh give me a break NYCgal! Poor Brad, no one on Celebitchy is weeping for him.
This site is one of the few supporting Jolie. Most other sites are full on Pitt supporters ready to excuse his every action no matter how outrageous. I have seen several articles praising Brad for getting the help he needs and for taking the steps toward sobriety and yes, ok, that is important. Assuming he is sincere then yes, I am happy that he is getting help.
At the same time though, where are the articles supporting his family who are his victims? There’s lots of acknowledgments for Brad’s bravery and struggle on his journey forward. What about acknowledging the struggle that his kids now have from his past behavior and emotional detachment? What about Jolie’s bravery in putting a stop to this and demanding that Brad get help? She had to know she was about to get slaughtered in the media but she did it anyway.
And don’t tell me had she gone about it differently maybe that would happen. No, it’s only because Jolie acted as she did that Brad is where he is now – on the road to recovery. Had Jolie gone along with his plan to wait for his film promotion for Allied to be done and to release a joint statement, you can bet Brad and his people would have released some sanitized statement, everything would be cleaned up and no one would know that DCFS investigated them and Brad was being drug-tested.
As far as his supporters go Brad is never responsible for anything. They’d have you believe that Aniston was a career-crazed, oscar-chasing Sandra Bullock/Julia Roberts wannabe who denied Pitt babies so he was forced to seek solace in the arms of Jolie. Of course he isn’t accountable for his choices in that matter. Never. It was all Aniston.
Now with Jolie, it certainly cannot be that Brad is simply a drunken a$$ who is demanding and controlling and difficult to live with? No one wants to admit that he was child-free and left that marriage to pursue a single mother and start a family only to be a emotionally-detached, drunk father.
No one wants to accept that just as they did not want to accept that Depp was a wife abuser. Denial is a powerful thing.
Sure, I’ll grant you that Jolie ain’t a saint but she never put herself forth as one. She has always acknowledged her demons. She’s the first to talk about her past with drugs, her lovers, her challenges and yeah, she’s demanding too. Brad knew that when he got with her. And he stayed for 12 years. Yeah, Angie never claimed to be a saint. But she knows first hand that her problems are nothing compared to what’s happening around the world. She isn’t a whiner and she is the first to extend the proverbial olive branch, as we’ve seen from her very positive friendships with JLM and BBT.
Brad on the other hand has gone to extreme lengths to protect his image. His PR is insane in general but IMO, a bit too transparent recently.
Brad, by his own words, holds a grudge for slights real or perceived and dwells on it for extended periods.
Can you imagine living and parenting with someone who cannot move beyond past slights – real or imagined? Who feels the need to enact justice for every perceived wrong? WTH?
Dude grow up! Not everyone is going to constantly cater to your feelings. Get over it.
And something tells me that once Jolie recovered from her surgeries and all that, she really took stock of her life and decided Brad had to either shape up or ship out.
Brad needed professional help but as long as he was in denial he was not going to cooperate. The plane incident/DCFS was merely the catalyst/final straw that made her pull the trigger.
+100000000000. These fangirls who act like this 53 year old man is some delicate flower in need of protection never cease to amaze me. They will go as far as blaming the 8 year old CHILD for being too attached to her mother and thus responsible for him not having custody. Can you imagine?!!
Your post makes a lot of sense. I think a lot of people are in denial about Brad’s issues. They just think Angelina is keeping the kids from their father because she’s a selfish person. Did they stop to think Brad and Angelina know he has problems and isn’t prepared to raise six kids? The kids aren’t with him because he knows he hasn’t gotten his act together. But, no it can’t be that! It has to be Angelina with her anger issues and selfishness.
I do think she’s angry. It’s been gone over and over about how Brad messed up and hurt the family, in front of the whole world no less. Being angry seems normal and reasonable. It’s not an attack on her character.
As for Brad still having such restrictive custody- I have no clue why and neither does anyone else. It just seems odd and extraordinary to me. Above and beyond what is “normal.” People don’t lose their children for being distant, drunk and angry or for being heavy drinkers. Maybe Brad thinks it’s best. I just think it is unusual.
exactly. You could tell from her interview for BTS that she’s over the relationship and him. No more gushing about Brad this or Brad that. There were times where she would inject his name in every single interview. She’s probably just hoping that things would get for them but nah it just got worse with time. Well, if he’s sincere with all the help he’s getting and trying to do right by his kids then Jolie filing turned out to be the right one to do no matter how she went about it. . With addicts, the first year without relapse is very important. Right now he’s sober and am not sure if he’s mandated to do testing or not but we will see if he’s clean and sober in two years from now when he’s not required to do any peeing in the cup, lol. That will be the testament to his will to right for his children and himself.
Angelina Jolie never whine to the public.
True.
If his PR team was smart they would quit while ahead. Did he hire a new PR team since his split because whomever he has is really embarrassing him with their PR leaks and tatics. Its kinda contradictory. Last fall Jolie was a hateful, child withholding, blindsiding, non self regultaling, smearing his name, lying, ,story leaking, big mouthed, lying, career will be over, career was because of, evil, voodoo spinning, dark witch from the gates of hell. I think I may have summed it up.
8 months later because of therapy she is the partner in doing what is best for the kids, love loss ex. who, you wanted to give the heads up about your first comments after months of slander by your PR team that was ok’d by you because you wanted her to basically die and her career with her.
I agree she is the best of his ladies because for the first time SOMEONE HAS FORCED HIM TO GET THE HELP HE NEEDS. Someone up thread called her a ball buster and I agree. She took some hits like a mofo but in the end I think her plan worked best for whom she was aiming for.. this time for those 6 children. I hate it had to get that bad for her to finally do it but she had to much to lose if she didn’t and maybe those 6 kids was it. CPS and the FBI was enough for her to make that decision and Brad CLEARLY DID NOT LIKE IT AND THOUGHT HE DIDN’T HAVE TO COMPLY TO RULES AND AGREEMENTS, because he is entitled and though Jolie cared more about impressions of the public rather than her family and he was wrong.
She didn’t bend or buckle and seems she won’t. I really do think he underestimated her and though he had charmed her. Really she had been through an emotional process and he didn’t think she wanted the backlash of the public when they split. He knew they would kill her, but she stood in there and took it like a man. The same thing that he should have done from the gate.
Not saying people should know their business but he has a knack for letting her take the brunt of the criticism for both of their actions. I honestly thought he was a better man than he is. As we saw in the emails he is the spoiled brat and whiner. That was her 7th child.
It still isn’t over and there will be many more leaks and jabs at her forever but somehow she seems to be focused on her kids and rolls with the punches like she always have.
Her career is fine and he couldn’t destroy her image because she too has friends,fans, a lots of people who commend her UN work. Good works and kindness goes farther than the US /Hollywood prism and facade. She has never depended on her likability with people who follow celebrity to be her livelihood. As much as Pitt. And I agree they were a team and Brangelina was a brand that made millions and went further than the US or HW and she was the focus of that, something he may have realized.
Are they intentionally making him look like Zoolander?
I wonder how his parents feel about him constantly throwing them under the bus . This is not the first time. yeah, he’s rich and -after some surgery and hairdye- he’s Americas version of good looking but deep down he’s still that ugly dude with a Farrah faucet hair flip from mid America. If this was my sibling I’d be pissed.
Are they actually divorced?
No, not yet.
There still married.
Why didn’t he admit it was all his fault in January? Oh that’s right he didn’t have a movie to promote.
Why are his pupils so dilated?
Drugs, low light, arousal by faux tears, weird editing?
These photos are ridiculous. They get more ridiculous on each re-viewing
Still sucks that Marion got dagged into the mess.
Do you not think that his PR team wanted that press. Long before he was involved in his new “SCANDAL” as he refers it there was speculation of this affair in the tab on purpose. These agents play these games all the time esp with someone like him. And he had at the nerve to say the media sells stories the bigger the start. I tell you his an arrogant one. That is because he reads and buys his own bullshite.
No he is not sexy, handsome, and the best looking man in HW. I believe he and GC has some kind of odd competition going on and his fans eat it up and say the craziest things about him. Just listen to the same obsessed 4-5 fans on Just jared site who will block anyone who dares to speak anything negative about him. They are just like him, no negativity, and will shut the other opinions down and then criticize them.
Jolie on the other hand has her faults and I believe can be as demanding as they come. That is the reason the powerful producers and don’t care for her because she has a voice and is very opinionated. She wasn’t always like this ie Sherry Lansing on her TR set. I think that came with age and probably living with a demanding opinionated man for 12 years boosting that type of behavior in her. Of course I find that positive, they both have bought out some good in the other and made them better.
But somehow Pitt seemed to fall backwards with being more successful. He began to get back into the acting realm more yet he says its a small piece when we see differently. I believe it was an escape to get away from his family. Maybe the stress at home led him down that road. But to me it led to his bad habits becoming a problem. He drank more, smoked more and he said it became a problem within his family core. Of course it did. He was an absentee dad and I can bet his children reacted as such and that sent him spiraling beyond his arrogance I believe he loves his family.
Maybe just maybe his older two boys became more protective of their mother because they heard and maybe saw the fights that were getting worse. Angie talked about it and for some reason one was captured on a balcony in Australia for the world to see. Was it a set up? who knows. But a couple who most people thought was ok, even with the knowledge that their flaws were always an open dialogue, could help each other be better people. Unitl….
Question Why did he not issue a statement 8 months ago to take responsibility for his actions? Why did he allow her again to takevthe fall with the public?
The public needs to pay attention to his Actions not his Words in the future.
Well, if he was aiming for pensive, he missed by a damn site. More along the lines of “special needs doofus” meets “low-information” voter who just wants America great again like it was before all the women messed it all up by infiltrating factories, offices, the marketplace, the gubberment, and daring to put food on their own tables instead of waiting for some man to do it. Why it’s Unchristian. Oops; sorry. I got carried away. Poor Bradley. He’s not the same man riding around in his VF Wayback Machine with perfect woman circa 1950 without a care in the world but for man’s inhumanity to man.
The world is a scary place to sober Brad and he doesn’t know how to act sans all chemical attitude adjustments. This must be his idea of how to portray poor poor pitiful sap using the method technique of acting. However, he is not seeing things with his right mind or clearly he could see that he has crossed the line from pitiful to pathetic. And it is not a good look. He needs to stand down till he figures it out.
I guess he forgot when QT talked about their drug sessions during IB filming. So in think he is only willing to speak part of the truth. Oh and by the way did he earn more sympathy from his fans for his bad behavior.
He did not admit to being an addict, and an alcoholic, but he is and still is only in the beginning of the 6 months treatment is nothing for those who are drinking since school and using other drugs.
Because he has been investigated by DCFS and has not yet had definite custody, he will never publicly admit that he was using other drugs as well, probably a lawyer’s advice.
@Sera he earned more sympathy from Celebrity women also. Where is Angelina and the children sympathy? Oh wait he owns a production company, hollyweird will support whomever they has the power at the moment.
A man child in Hollyweird land.
He didn’t admit to much of anything except therapy and use some big words and what he has learned from his therapist to mull over his sctions. makes puppy dog faces and people feel sorry for him NOT his kids. Angelina should run as far as she can from him because he is manipulative to get what he wants. Now I truly understand her delimna. God bless her and the kids.
I can not believe Brad has changed, maybe now he’s a little more aware of the damage he’s done to his family.
I also do not really trust if Brad’s therapist is the wife of his new friend Thomas Houseago, I never saw Brad with this friend he probably because he likes art and lived in the same neighborhood he came in contact with him, as well as the life coach who He hired … everyone seems to want and act as Brad’s friends, and even more helping to elevate his ego. Brad needs serious treatment from professionals and not from friends …. he already seems to be adopting a new personality …. he must have some problem not liking what he becomes … and building a “new person” , If he speaks to the children in the same way he gave this interview the children should not be able to connect and understand the father he has become.
Brad needs people who show reality. But Brad is always charming and charming with everyone. He gets everything he wants, in personal life, at work, friends …. etc …. all raise him to a pedestal. And as he said he knows how to cover and hide. In the end he is his worst enemy. And as he himself said it was only after the divorce that he went to realize how much he had become everything he had ever hated.
Just watched Allied and Brad was looking like a haggard drunkard in it. I hope he gets clean and Ange takes him back. I love a love story!
I think Angie is over it. I believe she has made up her mind. Just look at her steps so far and honestly she looks happy and so does the kids and Brad is in a stage of depression and anger and that is no place to be with with your kids.
I keep seeing she needs therapy too. Maybe she is getting therapy because those were the DCFS recommendations. Separate and family together. Maybe that is why she seems to have progressed faster than him she started back in October.
Her purchasing that home was a sealer for me. No way would she buy a home without a strong sense it was over. That is 25 million.
Angie is a tough one to convince or sway so she aint seeing what he is selling in that mag. Also there are pic of her, Knox and Shi at a Midevel Fair on Saturday and she looks happy af.
@Tete I am in agreement with you.
He’s turned into an unbearable navel-gazing pseudointellectual.
He is not an intellectual.