Brad Pitt isn’t pretending anymore. He’s finally telling those close to him what fans and tabloids have speculated for years. He truly loved Angelina Jolie. But the damage between them runs too deep to fix.
According to a source close to the actor, Pitt is finally beginning to confront the full emotional fallout of their long and public breakup. The insider told Us Weekly that the divorce “had been controlling his life for so many years.” And now that it’s officially over, Pitt is allowing himself to admit the painful truth, “He loved her, and he knows he made mistakes.” It’s a quiet reckoning, not a grand statement. But it’s as close to a public apology as the actor has ever come.
Brad Pitt Breaks Silence On Angelina Jolie
Those mistakes, whatever they were, didn’t just break up a marriage. They shattered a family. Their relationship, once hailed as Hollywood’s most powerful. Eventually turned into what the source called “a divisive, toxic situation.” Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, but the legal and emotional war dragged on for eight long years. The couple’s split wasn’t finalized until December 2024, after what insiders say was one of the most contentious celebrity custody battles in recent memory.
That battle left scars. The couple share six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne, and Knox. But Pitt is now estranged from most, if not all, of them. The insider says the drawn-out fight “turned the kids against him as well.” In August 2024, Shiloh made headlines by filing to legally remove “Pitt” from her last name. Maddox and Pax reportedly have no relationship with their father. Though he’s not pointing fingers, Pitt isn’t blind to what’s been lost. He’s grieving, quietly.
#BradPitt’s opening up like never before — dishing on his first #AlcoholicsAnonymous experience in raw detail … which came soon after he and #AngelinaJolie called it quits.
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Still, he’s trying to move forward. Pitt has been dating Ines de Ramon since 2022. And in a recent GQ interview, he finally acknowledged the relationship. The 61-year-old brushed off rumors that their public outings were part of a PR strategy. “No, dude, it’s not that calculated,” he said. “Life just evolves. Relationships evolve.” With those few words, Pitt seemed to suggest that while he’s stepping into something new, he’s still carrying the weight of what was.
Some chapters close loudly. Others close with a whisper of regret. For Brad Pitt, the story with Angelina Jolie is over. But its shadow lingers.
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