You might have seen this already, but this week’s Life & Style cover is Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie: Back Together Again! “Sources” told the magazine that Jolie and Pitt “have been seeing each other several times a week lately. Slowly the old feelings have started to return… It’s like they’re now dating again.” They claim that Brad even gave Angelina a heartfelt apology for his drinking. Gossip Cop dismissed the story in an interesting way though. This is what GC writes:
Well, Gossip Cop can confirm one thing has changed: Pitt and Jolie are getting along better these days, compared to the immediate aftermath of their breakup. That said, however, there is no rekindled romance. A source close to Pitt exclusively tells Gossip Cop that while things are “reasonably well” right now, it’s not true he’s “dating” his estranged wife. A Jolie insider echoes that there’s no marital reunion at this point in time. It seems Life & Style is still peddling an alternate reality, and offering up fake news instead of the truth.
We haven’t heard a peep from Angelina or her people in months, ever since she was in Cambodia, basically. The Pitt stans would have you believe that Jolie had a come-to-Jesus moment about how she was never going to “win” a PR war against Saint Brad. But… I feel like Angelina is paying attention to how Pitt is painting parts of the story and what his people are saying about her. So, no, they are not getting back together. But she’s making an effort to get along… for the time being.
Meanwhile, sources close to Brad wanted to clarify some parts of the “Brad went to outpatient rehab” story. Team Brad wants you to know that he did NOT go to rehab?
Brad Pitt revealed he stopped drinking alcohol in his recent tell-all with GQ Style, and sources tell ET the 53-year-old actor sought counseling to get sober, as opposed to entering rehab.
“He made decisions for himself,” a source tells ET. A separate source says Pitt sought counseling for his drinking by attending meetings at a discrete location in Los Angeles.
“Pitt has worked very hard to get his kids back and the whole family is in a much better place,” the source says.
It appears Pitt and 41-year-old Jolie are actively making it work for their six children — 15-year-old Maddox, 13-year-old Pax, 12-year-old Zahara, 10-year-old Shiloh and 8-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. ET has learned that Jolie dropped $25 million and is currently in escrow on a mansion located less than two miles from Pitt’s Los Feliz, California, home. A source tells us Jolie wants their kids to be closer to Pitt so that they can see both parents easily.
“Angelina has said in the past she wants the kids to have a relationship with Brad,” the source notes. “It just makes sense for them to be closer in location to him.”
I loathe when people play these kinds of semantic games about seeking treatment. It plays into the stigmas that already exist about addiction, mental health and self-care. It goes along with what I think of Brad these days though: the only thing he’s really hellbent on fighting for is his own reputation, his own image, his own career. I believe that he went into rehab, probably some exclusive place out in desert, where he was forced to dry out. I think that probably happened immediately after the plane incident. And I believe that he’s been in therapy because of Child Services, which basically makes all of this court-ordered.
Also: The NY Post had a very interesting article called “Brad Pitt and the New Alcoholism.” It’s basically like the new “trend” in alcoholism is very high-functioning, careerism alcoholism. You can read the full piece here.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Oh, brother.
I believe he didn’t go to rehab. But I also believe he hired a sober coach.
And who do they think are they fooling ?
Apologies is the first step to get clean.
I think I know a bit of this “fonctioning alcholism”, boyfriend had something similar: at the beginning of our relationship he used to drink a lot, at home in the evening. He lived alone, and nobody noticed that.
It took me months to show him the truth: at the end of every week I showed him how many bottles of wine he had emptied alone.
In the end he admitted he used it as self-medication.
Now he drinks happyly one glass of wine while we have dinner. I’m proud of him.
First step in recovery, according to 12 steps, is admitting being powerless over alcohol, and that one’s life has become unmanageable.
There are a lot of high-functioning alcoholics out there and a lot of people who think they’re fine because they keep it together at work. A’course while they’re using they’re last bit of rationality to keep the career going everything else goes to hell in a hand basket.
I’m really looking forward to Jolie’s image tactic. Will she hold back for the sake of her children, especially the older ones or will old Jolie make a comeback and spill the beans? She’s already leaning into her old style a bit, I hope it flows over into her PR.
Either way, she is plotting, she is a woman who makes long-term plans and makes it happen to the best of her abilities. Even Pitt said she’s on the ball all the time and I remember some director (from The Tourist) saying she asked about his plans and he thought she meant short-term and Jolie replied for the next year. And I think Pitt’s GQ interview is him trying to be ahead as much as he can because he knows she will strike hard when she’s good and ready and leave him in the dust where he belongs.
I too am looking forward to the Jolie’s PR game once she decides it’s time- I have a feeling it will be one for the ages. I personally think she’ll hold back for the kids sake , she’ll just play it differently. I think she’s smart enough to know that she’ll never win with some & thus shouldn’t even bother, she’ll just play a different game & I’m interested to see what it will look like. But I’m sure she’s pissed as hell at him, Wasser’s statement about Pitt impugning her character says she’s aware & I’m sure she’s not amused.
I know some here like harping on about her smear campaign against him, I actually think she went easy on him and didn’t try smear him. All her statements have been about the truth as she sees it, if she had really gone after him, real carnage would have ensued- she was always going to lose the PR war with some, so going after him proper would have been a disaster for him and ultimately her children.
Also I believe the plotting is at a minimum right now, I don’t think she ever switches off fully so I’m sure it’s in the background. I truly believe she’s focused on the children and their well being & once she’s certain that’s good, then she’ll focus on the narrative. With FTKMF coming out in September, she’ll need to set things up before then, also with the Breadwinner making waves- it will be interesting to see if she’s involved in any promotion for that (doubt it)
Angelina was a master at PR for her Cambodia premiere and teaching job at London School of Economics.
What I don’t get is why he’s confessing everything now after the smearing campaign. He was doing fine PR wise.
She doesn’t need to do anything.
She put the truth out there when she filed for divorce and asked for sole physical custody of the children.
At every stage when his legal team have put out untruths, she has provided receipts to show that truth has been on her side.
Whether he went to rehab or not doesn’t really matter, he has had to rehabilitate his habits and behaviour and he is in court directed therapy.
He has had to admit the truth in a public way and will have to continue being honest about who he really is.
Whatever leeway he was given by Angie to be the head of the family, he literally drank away.
Yes a lot of this is about rehabilitating his public image,but the harder work is behind the scenes reuniting with his children and repairing the damage to them that he caused.
His pride in being a professional drinker(he was also proud of being a professional smoker) was something to behold.
His’ I drive things into the ground,off a cliff, then walk away’ was astonishing.
Was that the plan he had for Angie all along?
With no public melt down, he would get joint custody and no one would be any wiser.
Then he could walk away as Hollywood good guy& Number One Dad.
But the Universe came for him and now he is picking up the pieces of his image.
Lets hope the good things about him are worth the heartache he has put his family through.
Alcohol always ends up being the master not the servant.
I agree with you that she doesn’t need to do anything, I’m of the opinion that she did nothing wrong other than file for divorce. I don’t focus on the image part, because I don’t believe she has to rehab anything. I refer more to the PR, in terms of what she puts out there going forward as Angelina Jolie , what the narrative will be with regards to who she is as an actress, director, UNHCR special envoy, her foundations etc and hopefully very little as a divorced mother of 6. We all know the Jolie is in control, thus she’ll want to put out her own narrative in whatever form that takes.
As for Pitt, I think it’s obvious his image is very very important to him, sometimes it seems to the exclusion of everything else. But you’re right the only people he’s actually accountable to are his children just like Angelina. If they are both doing right by those kids and taking every step possible to fix what is broken- then goodluck to them & what we project on gossip sites is of no consequence.
Astonishing? 😂😂😂😂
His interview was a joke. the sad thing the children had to suffer because of his alcoholism, but they were better off far away from him anyway. He reminds me of janelle from teen mom- very selfish and she still doesn’t have custody of her oldest son either. Sad that he’s not actually a teen mom but a 53 year old creepy dude.
“His’ I drive things into the ground,off a cliff, then walk away’ was astonishing.
“Was that the plan he had for Angie all along?
“With no public melt down, he would get joint custody and no one would be any wiser
“Then he could walk away as Hollywood good guy& Number One Dad.
“But the Universe came for him and now he is picking up the pieces of his image.”
Thank you for such a:
Profound, insightful, thought provoking, powerful comment.
@MildredPierce
We all forget that two of his children are fifteen and thirteen, they know and understand exactly what happened and who their father is. They are probably dissapointed at his initial denials and his team’s attack on their mother. Maybe he is doing this also to start reparing things with them?
He is doing this now, because it’s on his terms. He can say – I already quit drinking six months ago! I did it myself! I am working on myself!
I do wish him well, but I am not applauding him. He lied at the begining, and that just shows what kind of person he really is.
“Plotting” would be a terrible move for her. It’d be playing into what so many people already think of her, that she’s spiteful and vindictive. There are people she’ll never be able to win over. Her best revenge is living well and not keeping score. A “when they go low, we go high” type of approach.
Not plotting as in she’s a witchy witch plotting, but rather coming up with a plan going forward. Angelina is a smart woman and like all smart women, she has to manage and be in charge of her narrative/ life. There’s nothing wrong with that, that’s part of the reason people hate her, because she’s a powerful woman in control. Angelina despite what people on the Internet think, is already getting her ” revenge” she’s surrounded by her kids, who love her & friends & acquaintances who know exactly who she is.
Who thinks she’s spiteful & vindictive? Based on what exactly? As far as I’m aware, Pitt did something on a plane, CPS was called, she filed for divorce- the end. I’m not sure where spiteful & vindictive behavior enter the equation. She’s silent isn’t she, other than initial receipts to refute his sides attacks ? That’s her going high, she hasn’t given us a play by play on what happened & according to her BBC interview- she never will.
You don’t know there are people that call her spiteful and vindictive since the divorce? Do you not come here often?
@KB Angelina is truly a Good Person. If anyone can find a negative thing Angelina has said about anyone please reference it. Angelina just does not acknowlege stupidness.
About living well: That is the average person’s way of thinking because what you gain by plotting is not worth the effort to get the gain in the first place plus no soul cares about ‘you’ anyway so your revenge has to be living well or else you can become bitter.
When all is said and done, Jolie will always be a product of Hollywood. She’s born in it and the lifestyle she has comes from sustaining her position in it. When ‘living well’ is directly related to her image, it would be worth the effort to at least think about her first big interview a la Pitt as she’s not making any money with her side careers. Those side careers she got btw thanks to her high profile in the first place (yes she climbed up because of the hard work she did for the UN but nobody could just ‘call’ the UN like she did and go on some missions with them to gain experience!).
Plus it’s no secret that Jolie analyses situations and her life. Before ‘Unbroken’ she said she was restless and thinking about what to do next in her life. She’s not one to let life happen to her or go with the flow. She’s not going to allow Pitt to make her work around his PR, she’s going to have to create her own. Which she did by being ‘difficult’ at first about sealing the custody case as it provided some look into what drove each party for real and for Pitt transparency was never the key to his image post-separation was it? She knew that, she knew he would be making deals with magazines for positive coverage and throw her under the bus and she knows magazines are waiting for it as she never escaped the ‘weird’ behaviour from the past. Trust that she at least has some tactic lined up to deal with the press post-separation. Don’t forget that her first public appearances included her children not only being seen but HEARD. She knows, she always does and she’s usually ready.
Good for Angie by taking the high road. No need to leak to the press at every turn. She has plenty to do without stooping so low.
he went to rehab, but whats the problem with that?
The wording of this makes me very uncomfortable. It’s like: no, no! he didn’t go to rehab! He’s stronger than all those other actors who needed rehab! He’s stronger than that!…..😒. Yeah…we will see.
So after revealing that he is the one who screwed up, will Hollyweird give him another standing ovation? I mean they all thought Jolie was out there to destroy him and get custody but now 8 months later, he’s still in therapy, has no custody, has confessed about abandoning his kids, alcoholism (and fighting with Maddox).
I hope the idiot is attending AA meetings. Stay strong Angelina!
If he was that strong to quick drinking why not do it before things got out of control and lost his family? He makes know sense.
Prince Charles and his wife have seen previews of Angelina’s new a film The BreadWinner.
Well I am not on a “diet” I simply changed the food and portions sizes of the foods I eat so I can lose weight before my HS reunion in June.
But it’s not a DIET.
#sarcasm
@BJ Very Good Analogy!
He and his team can deny it all they want, the proof is in the second s&o they signed. Pitt was ordered to attend individual and group therapy, the group therapy essentially meaning rehab or quasi rehab. As they have done from the start they are trying to bend the truth but, regardless he would have had to attend meetings.
Brad’s a prime example of losing some of the most important things in life, his wife and children, to addiction.
I guess it’s a good thing for the Post to remind people that drug and alcohol addictions have very little to do with class, economic or educational status. Addiction is no respecter of credentials. And there are other methods of treatment that are valid and work as well as the 12 step model.
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At least Angelina is fessing up to something approaching her real age. She’s been 32 for a good, long time now.
Let me quote Tom Brokaw Angelina is the Real Deal!
He went to rehab. He didn’t stay but he went.