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Warning: This nonfiction contains treatment of alcoholism which immoderate readers whitethorn find distressing.
Brad Pitt has revealed that helium needed 'rebooting' erstwhile helium joined Alcoholics Anonymous backmost successful 2016, amid his high-profile divorcement from Angelina Jolie.
The 61-year-old histrion separated from Jolie backmost successful 2016, pursuing 2 years of matrimony and 11 years aft they had primitively begun dating.
Pitt and Jolie's high-profile divided was an acrimonious one, with the 50-year-old histrion accusing her ex-husband of battle during a formation from France to California successful 2016.
According to tribunal documents filed by Jolie, Pitt had allegedly been verbally and physically abusive towards her and 2 of their children portion onboard the backstage jet. Pitt has denied each allegations against him.
The erstwhile couple's divorcement was yet settled successful December 2024.
Brad Pitt has spoken astir his Alcoholics Anonymous travel (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures)
While Pitt has seldom spoken astir his separation from Jolie implicit the past mates of years, the histrion did unfastened connected his mental state astatine the clip during a caller interrogation with Dax Shepard connected his Armchair Expert podcast, revealing that attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings had helped him.
Referring to his stint successful AA meetings arsenic an 'amazing thing', Pitt said: "I conscionable thought it was conscionable incredible.
"Men sharing their experiences, their foibles, their missteps, their wants, their aches, and a batch of humour with it. I thought it was a truly peculiar experience."
Pitt had antecedently revealed successful an interview with The New York Times that he'd spent a twelvemonth and a fractional attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings aft his 2016 separation from Jolie.
The histrion - who is presently starring successful F1:The Movie alongside Javier Bardem and Damson Idris - went connected to explicate that helium was motivated to be the sessions aft realising helium needed to 'wake the f--k up.'
"I was beauteous overmuch connected my knees, and I was truly open," helium said.
"I was trying thing and everyone. Anything anyone threw astatine me. It was a hard time. I needed rebooting," helium continued.
The interrogation follows a uncommon remark from the histrion astir his divorcement from Angelina Jolie (Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
"I needed to aftermath the f--k up successful immoderate areas. And it conscionable meant a batch to me.
"Everyone was truthful open. It gives you support successful a mode to go, ‘Okay, I’m gonna measurement retired connected this borderline and spot what happens.’ And past I truly grew to emotion it."
The comments travel conscionable weeks aft Pitt made a rare remark astir his separation from Jolie.
During a caller interview with GQ, the histrion - who is presently dating Ines De Ramon - was asked if thing felt antithetic successful his beingness present the divorcement was finalised, to which helium responded: "No, I don’t deliberation it was that large of a thing.
"Just thing coming to fruition. Legally."
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