Brad Pitt Made Rare Comments About His Divorce From Angelina Jolie In A New Interview
“It’s been in the news for 30 years, bro.”
This story discusses domestic abuse.
Brad Pitt is, at this point, one of those stars who doesn’t grant a ton of interviews — and even when he does, opening up about his personal life is an exceedingly rare occurrence.
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One topic that he very rarely comments on is his divorce from Angelina Jolie, which was just finalized at the top of this year. The legal proceedings stretched across almost an entire decade, properly kicking off when Angelina filed for divorce on Sept. 19, 2016 — days after an alleged altercation on a private jet where Brad was accused of physically and verbally assaulting Angelina and their son Maddox, who was 15 years old at the time.
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Well, Brad’s next movie, F1: The Movie, is set to hit theaters a month from now (June 27, specifically) — and as part of the lead-up to its release, the actor is the subject of a new GQ profile in which he offers some rare comments about the divorce’s finalization, as well as his personal life being covered in the media.
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“My personal life is always in the news,” he remarked about the latter subject. “It’s been in the news for 30 years, bro. Or some version of my personal life, let’s put it that way.”
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After being asked if filming F1 was a “refuge” from public scrutiny, he responded, “It’s been an annoyance I’ve had to always deal with in different degrees, large and small, as I do the things I really want to do. So, it’s always been this kind of nagging time suck or waste of time, if you let it be that. I don’t know. I don’t know.”
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“My life is fairly contained. It feels pretty warm and secure with my friends, with my loves, with my fam, with my knowledge of who I am, that, you know, it’s like this fly buzzing around a little bit.”
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When asked directly if the divorce finalization provided “relief” from public scrutiny, Brad also replied, “No, I don’t think it was that major of a thing. Just something coming to fruition. Legally.”
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Hmm. OK! If you want to read the rest of the profile, it’s right here.
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