There’s been a lot of talk in the tabloids about Brad Pitt’s newly single life. Star Magazine has run a few stories about Brad and Kate Hudson specifically, which some people seem to think is or was actually happening. While Brad doesn’t have a hard-and-fast “type,” I just don’t think Kate Hudson would really be his type. Maybe for a casual hookup, but even then… no, I just can’t see it. Maybe that’s a lack of imagination on my part. Several weeks ago, there was also a confirmation that Brad is texting his ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston. Which led some people to wonder if Brad and Jen were secretly meeting (behind Justin Theroux’s back?) to talk, make love and cry whilst staring at the ocean. Well, People Magazine wants you to know that Brad isn’t banging anybody these days. I think that’s the point of this?
Brad Pitt is becoming more at peace with his newfound single life, but he’s in no rush to enter the dating world. Recently, Pitt has been “in better spirits” since weathering a difficult split from Angelina Jolie in September after 12 years together. As the two work with a private judge to resolve the divorce and custody, “things are definitely calming down,” an insider tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue.
But moving on with his love life isn’t a priority, sources say. Instead, the actor, 53, has been enjoying a low-key social life and reconnecting with pals.
“He often has friends over,” says the insider. “Old friends are back in his life, and he seems happy about it.”
And the two-time Sexiest Man Alive has been working out almost daily. “He’s lost a few pounds,” says a second source. “He’s in very good shape.”
Along with spending more time with his kids, Pitt has been dabbling in a new hobby — sculpture — while also keeping busy with work, lining up his next movies as an actor and a producer.
“He seems much happier,” says the second source.
He seemed to look a lot thinner – or a lot less booze-bloated – last year while he was promoting Allied. So, I don’t think the “he’s lost a few pounds” is a recent development. Back in November, he looked like a man who had just gone through an intensive detox. As for Brad reconnecting with old friends… the subtext there is that he was somewhat estranged with some of his bros during The Angelina Years. That when he was with Jolie, she was such a ballbusting monster who forced him to dissociate with his friends. My take is that he probably outgrew some of his bud-smoking buds during The Angelina Years and now he’s back, getting high with old friends. As for Single, Sad Brad Who Is Not Dating… we’ll see. I have a feeling that something will be happening on that front in the coming months.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I am here for you Brad.
Brad’s looking fiiiiine.
Do you have kids?
I think she just has a harmless fantasy.
Wow his face finally looks normal – not bloated or injected or whatever. He did the RIGHT thing. He looks amazing.
Brad…way to old for Kate Hudson…he’s also NO PRIZE..as both of his exes now know.. He’s a cheater..verified by J. Anniston and A. Jolie. That’s the real Brad P., a louse. Anyone consider he’s still married? Doubtful Anniston wants that bag of mess again… I’d guess not, when she has husband, Justin now.
B. Pitt, just another old man loser. He may be in movies but he’s not desirable.
No! Me, me, pick me!
It’s going to be weird to see him with someone else, but I can’t say I’ll really be following his exploits other than through CB. He only ever interested me because of his relationship with her. I always felt like she was way out of his league. He’s always come across to me like he was really the character he played in the movie where he was the dumb trainer at the gym.
I totally agree Fallon, I think of him as a stoner frat boy who isn’t very smart but skates by in life because he’s handsome. I was never crazy about him, and whether he cheated on Aniston or not that situation definitely made me like him less, it was insensitive to her. I thought Angelina was out of his league too, but surely she wouldn’t go for that stoner type so maybe there’s more to him, who knows. It will be weird to see them with other people, their split is still shocking to me.
A.J. actually hasnt gone for the most haughty men…
She likes the good old boys.
At least, she has up to now.
By all accounts, Pitt has a “stoner” side, but I wouldn’t call him dumb. He’s shown interesting taste/judgement as a film producer, for instance. (I think Plan B backed Moonlight.)
He also has a fairly active interest in design. It’s weird, but I first became of modern architecture when I heard Pitt discussing Rem Koolhaas & Frank Gehry in a random interview years ago. I was so surprised & grateful that he had led me to something so cool, it made me question my initial judgments about him.
so yeah, not dumb.
but insensitive? yeah, i think so too.
Insensitive and inarticulate, yes. Dumb, no.
His Sony leak emails showed him to be pretty articulate when it comes to talking, managing, and producing movies though. Very thorough and well-thought out emails, but it was probably a trusted assistant typing it for him!
I always thought he was a jerk and cheating on his wife capped it for me. I blamed AJ also, but she wasn’t the one who was married and she has definitely grown and certainly earns her place on this earth.
No one flat out said Brad is dumb, lol. His personality just reminds me of a certain type.
Did you see Lainey’s latest post on him. The last quote regarding the People fluff piece caught my eye: ” Or is it a preemptive move to butter up the public, get us thinking positively about him, in the event something not so positive is revealed? ”
Hmm, coupled with that weird Brad post from earlier this week, I think something is happening…maybe a new relationship rollout?
Naw… I suspect that he and the War Machine cast may be going to Cannes this year and he wants to get all of the personal questions answered right now versus during Cannes. Mind you, that won’t stop the press there from trying to ask.
He went to the same university I did and studied architecture I think. Not while I was there, unfortunately, but I think he left his junior or senior. How do you guys draw the conclusion that he’s dumb? We’ve never heard from him except for when he’s promoting something. That’s kinda mean to say when you don’t even know him.
Pretty sure he studied journalism and left just one credit short of a degree. He tried to get out of filming during Interview with a Vampire. I think he has poor self-control. Just speculation.
I want a Brad Pitt-Taylor Swift pairing just for [doodoo] and giggles.
Oh dear, indeed! That would break the Internet.
That would make for an epic breakup song!
I hope he contacted Melissa Ethridge..
LOLOLOLOLOLOL so. much. shade.
One of the things that I found interesting about Brad & Angelina was that their inner circle was on lockdown to the point where you didn’t really know who was in it. Like, Mindy Cohn was in it? So it sounds like the people that he would “reconnect” with would be industry friends.
I can never keep it all straight, who is friends with who and who is “friends because we are in this cast together and that’s what the fans want” (oh hey Brad and Clooney!). I’m not saying the second one means the celebrities dislike each other, just that they are good coworkers and not spending every long weekend together.
I remember being so surprised when Angelina was super friendly with Christian Bale’s wife on the red carpet. I mean, sure, why not? But I had no clue.
They ALL do that though. They have their celebrity friends and then their real closest friends. Look at Clooney – publicly it was George and Brad or George and Matt. But his inner circle was Gerber, Ferrer, and Kind. The only one who seems to have no regular friends anymore is Matt Damon, and I think that says a lot about why he is the way he is.
Damon I’m never sure about. Other than his rather idiotic comments about diversity and inclusion you don’t hear anything bad about him personally. I do tend to believe he has a more non-Hollywood crowd.
I find it tiresome how invested fans get. If Clooney and Pitt don’t hang together it doesn’t mean they’re not fine with each other. This writing fan fiction for real people in romance and friendships is getting out of hand. Hey have you noticed the Marvel cast doesn’t hang out together much away from PR? Or the Star Wars casts? *Gasp* it must mean something!…. Like they live in different places (the Rogue One cast spans like 5 different countries!), are different ages, some have young children, work on other projects, etc? The faux DRAMA is exhausting.
Damon seems really, really insular at this point. Clooney, Affleck, Kimmel, Krasinski – he’s one of the few that his close circle really does seem to require you to be famous. And I while I think he’s a nice dude, I do think he’s bought into the stardom thing a lot.
Wait…Mindy Cohn from the Facts of Life?! What?
I reconnect with old friends too. Including ex boyfriends. So what?
He looks good in the top pic. I felt he was somewhat estranged from friends during his marriage, maybe priorities were different?
Anyway, started playing a game in my head as to who will be his first girlfriend. Could not come up with anyone. Kate Hudson…..not a chance! In her dreams only. Any guesses?
Jessica Chastain, Sienna Miller, Charlize (though she may be to tall for him). He should stay away from the actresses but I don’t think he will.
I think Jessica Chastain is in a long term relationship
It seemed more like he lost touch with the “couple” friends that he was friends with during the Aniston years. Which is actually normal when people go through a divorce. His actual, legit friends who he goes back with decades? They’re still around.
The obvious choice is Scarlett Johansson!!
Everyone he is with always goes from normal to skeletal with him. So my guess would be someone who already looks kind of unhealthy…someone like Demi Moore (but probably not her because of her age) or like Posh Spice if she were to finally get divorced.
Squigg – I know! I’ve often wondered if that transformation was down to Pitt’s influence or to the intense media scrutiny that came with being with him.
If he wants a third divorce, the yes Scarlett is a good choice.
A tv actress now that a huge movie star broke his little heart.
He should not date anyone famous but we all know that he will.
Who are Brangelinas friends anyways?
Brad doesn’t stay alone for long! He’s always been in relationships.
Wow. So brutal. People have always suspected that he lost touch with most of his friends when he hooked up with Angie. Whether that was because of a sudden change in priorties or Angie being uncomfortable with socialising in general or just that she didnt get along with friends (as was reported regarding Clooney) and he had to choose is up for debate. I personally think it was all three. Anyway, Brad loses himself too much in relationships, he needs to be single for a long while and get to know himself better.
I don’t think he was that close with Clooney… That was Pr for the Oceans movies.
Obviously like all bromances they played it up to sell their movie but they definitely had a good friendship going and enough in common to sustain it long term. Just look at Damon and Clooney who didnt just maintain it they have gone on to partner on multiple other projects together. Cheadle is also still pretty tight with Clooney and has holidayed at Lake Cuomo. I think they loved each others company and then Clooney was iced out. Not just Clooney but pretty much all his entertainer friends. One or two directors and a high power producer were the only ones allowed in from what I saw.
Anyway, let’s wait and see now that he is reconnecting. I bet both my eye brows he shows up at Lake Cuomo in the Summer
Cheadle and Clooney also go beyond Oceans, though (wasn’t that how he was cast in the first place?). But Clooney and Pitt seem like they still get along well, but just aren’t BFFs.
It will be awkward to see them with new partners because they were this “Hollywood royal couple”.
I don’t really follow Brad and/or Angelina but it’s still a bit strange that Brangelina is dead.
His team needs to cool it with stuff like this to People. I’m glad everyone has shut up about the kids and custody, but putting out little stories like this is kind of cheap.
Very. Every one of these articles has a cheap dig towards Angelina. Sad.
He made bargains with these mags to be on his side while things were uglier, so now he is paying their loyalty back by giving these “insider” tidbits. Besides he needs to counteract all of those new pictures with Jolie out with all of the kids. We are in for hearing about every single update on the state of his life. I guess he and his people are gearing up to bring about the resurgence of single Pitt to make him come off hot again instead of like the image obsessed, middle aged man who let down his family that he really is.
Are you referring to him asking them not to file FOIA when the court records were sealed? That wasn’t for good coverage, he was asking them to not fight to keep the records (and all of his kids’ business) unsealed.
He really has good friends that run to the tabloids and report what he is doing with his life. Now friends are the priority not the kids.
Agree. His team needs to chill with these stories about his social life and friends, its starting to be an overkill now. Just stop talking!
They have to keep churning out the stories because it equal sympathy from gossip readers. He wants everyone to know what he’s doing and how he feels so he can seem more human. First it was poor Brad stories now we have the poor Brad is doing better stories. Like do we need to know all of this man’s feelings.
Yeah, another dig at Angie from Brad’s people.
Old friends are back in his life, so it must have been her that was keeping them away from him, eh? Why would he need his wife, now his social life is his priority.
I feel like it’s normal when you’re unhappy in a relationship to see less of your friends / lose touch a little bit or drop off the planet. It’s like you’re miserable and don’t want people to know.
I think it’s just part of him losing his identity in relationships. I hope he actually takes the time to figure out who he is as an individual before jumping into another relationship.
I hope he figures out who he is by the time he is 60,lol!
I’ve made the big mistake of not hanging out and keeping in touch with friends while in happy relationships. Then I go through a break up and friends aren’t around. Definitely normal to do this while in a happy or unhappy relationship. I hope he isn’t too miserable and is happy with his old friends again
He also reconnected with old friends after his first marriage according to People magazine in 2005 which makes me wonder if this article is true.
Or Pitt’s team lacks imagination and figure if that spin worked for the first divorce it will work once again. He obviously love making it seem like his exes were keeping him isolated and away from his friends.
I think he isolates himself from his friends when he’s in a relationship. We all know women like that, who just disappear until they’re single again. I think he’s just a guy that does it. He basically morphs into the woman he’s with so it makes sense that all other identity goes out the window.
Reconnect no kidding. Six kids, especially when they were young would make it hard to see people. I don’t think AJ was the cause at all. Young kids are a priority, a blessing and very very exhausting even with all their paid help. Kids are older now. Easier to reconnect with friends .
Agree Hrvatima. That was my take. He had a family and a busy career. What spare time?
I also don’t think he’s leaking anything. This stuff is made up to sell mags. And I doubt he’ll be back on the bud. Not if drug testing is part of seeing his kids.
Have faith !!!!
Brad you will be able to overcome this difficult time.
Whatever
LOL
@ me Right on! He is such a whiner and weak man. Real men do not act the way he does.
I think he is/was good friends with David Fincher. Fincher was even a casual photographer at Brangelina’s wedding. Tabloids have to keep the doors open and the lights on, too. Of course they will print these stories that are full of nothing. They need the clicks.
Brad and David are very good friends.
I would 100-% walk away from my husband for him, oh yes I would. Him and Lenny Kravitz. Amen.
LOL!
Lenny Kravitz is my dream. The most beautiful sexy man in the world. I’d leave my guy for Lenny! Yummy
Ooh, or Brad and Lenny? Sigh.heaven.
I have to say, over the years brad have remained the same, very low key, continuing living his life in each faze, you never hear him say anything negative about anyone or anything, everyone who has every met him have nothing but good things to say about him, that’s not easy to fake, I think I love him even more.
You can say the same about most celebs. It’s fake. I’m sure his kids will have a lot to say in a tell all book one day.
That tell all book might include some sh*t about AJ as well.
Yeah, and? People will be more surprised about the sh*t about Brad. Her kids seem to adore her tho.
Agree with you Sandy.
Can’t believe people are still attracted to that old man. Theyre using a lot of the ALLIED premiere pix and the more I see of them the more I’m wondering if y’all need glasses.
Yeah, another fluff piece but he was always the woman in the relationship. Now he’s screaming at the ocean and acting out against Angelina AGAIN.
I wonder what Lainey is hinting at btw. She’s not buying this bullshit he’s
selling lmao
It would be HIGHLARIOUS if he’s doing this because Angelina has a woman or man in her life now, 👀
He’s charming. He dated underage girls, tokes his life away, allegedly cheated on his first wife, went nose to nose with his eldest son, but that doesn’t matter because he’s hot. I mean, I still think he’s hot. *swoon*
I’m attracted to a lot of old men, RDJ, Liam Neeson, Denzel Washington, Hugh Jackmon, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Daniel Craig
Yea, those men are decent enough. Pitt has always been overrated and now it’s public knowledge that he’s fake and not the good dad they wanted us to believe. Just so unnatractive.
It seem i was always right about the creep. I’ve been calling him “fake good daddy” since I began posting on this site. 😋
@ yes I said it, if he is then you shouldn’t be caring then.right?lol
You- they seem jealous they cant have him as they seem want to have him planned .lol
You make no sense. I will comment about Brad as long as he keeps slyly trashing Angelina. Time for him to move on the way Angelina is. You don’t read “6 months after Brad” articles coming from Angelina and you never will cause that’s not who Angelina is.
The brange fans were all pissed at the “5 years after brad” article from aniston camp yet he’s now doing the same. I guess that’s why brange/Pitt fans are trying to claim the article is not from his camp. Bwhahah
Cool, I miss the fun Brad. I hope he continues to be a good dad and able to see his friends and have fun again. Hopefully will not date a control freak.
“Fun” Brad grew up and had six children. His priorities changed as they should as a middle aged man with six young children. Twelve years ago he didn’t have to care for children. I’m not saying kids don’t mean you can’t have fun but ask anyone that has children especially a large family. But evil Angie stole all his friends seems to work better for some people.
Brad aint interested in Kate Hudson…thats like going from filet mignon to the value menu at McDonald’s lol
I feel sorry for the next woman who dates him. Can you imagine? His ex-wife and mother of his children is Dame Angelina Jolie. Who wants to follow that?
@Sullivan Very good observation. Angelina is the first American Dame and the youngest in America. Angelina was appointed a Dame Commander of Saint Micheal. Which is in the field of a Diplomat.
Her Dame Commander St Michael took quite a hit in her decision to go after her husband full force and keep him away from the kids. People don’t like that. She will be remembered for that as well as for her humanitarian efforts. She took bad advice taking it all public.
I hope he is prioritizing his sobriety. That’s what he should be focusing on.
I’m not sure how Brad has managed to keep all of his stuff under wraps for so long. Pitt had a VERY serious drug problem years ago. Level 10. So this is not his first rodeo. I hope he remains sober.
I have no personal or professional beef with Pitt, but if people knew the kind of shit that Pitt has gotten away with, they would be flabbergasted. This man is absolutely not an angel.
Sorry, Mr. Pitt, but some of us do know about the “real” you. Stay sober.