E!: Brad Pitt thinks Neri Oxman is ‘brilliant’ & wants to get to know her more

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On Friday, we discussed the Curious Case of Brad Pitt & Neri Oxman. Neri Oxman is a famous, beautiful and accomplished architect and MIT professor. Brad Pitt is a still-technically-married actor and father of six whose last marriage ended in a haze of violence and booze. I still maintain that Prof. Oxman can do better and should do better. But many think that the “rollout” of Neri Oxman has been suspicious, as in “this is who Brad has been secretly dating for months.” From the curious way everything has been written in the past few days, I’d say that Brad Pitt definitely WANTS us to think that there’s something happening. But is something actually happening? God knows. Last time anyone checked, Neri Oxman was actually dating a hedge fund billionaire.

Still, the stories persist, almost as if someone’s publicist really wants this to happen. Sources insist to People Magazine that Brad and Neri’s relationship “is best described as a professional friendship” and that they’re “just friends.” A source also told People, “She is genius and gorgeous.” This comes within a People Mag story called “Five Things to Know About Brad Pitt’s New MIT Professor Friend Neri Oxman.” Excuse me while my eyes get stuck from all the rolling. E! News also got some hot tips from some excitable insiders too:

Is there a new love in Brad Pitt’s life? On Thursday, Page Six reported that the 54-year-old actor is “spending time” with 42-year-old MIT professor Neri Oxman after meeting through an architecture project. But a source tells E! News that Pitt and Oxman are “strictly” friends.

“Yes, Brad has become friendly with Neri Oxman,” the insider shares with us. “He thinks she’s brilliant. He’s interested in getting to know her more and learning from her, but they are strictly friends.” The source adds, “She’s not interested in the whole Hollywood scene at all and she is happy in her current relationship.”

Another source tells us of their friendship, “Some people seem to be exaggerating this into something that doesn’t exist.”

Oxman was previously married composer Osvaldo Golijov. The couple tied the knot in 2011 but they have since split. Pitt has been keeping a low profile for the past two years, since his split from Angelina Jolie. The actress filed for divorce from Pitt in September 2016.

“He has been on a few dates but nothing serious. It’s complicated for him to date and not a huge priority in his life,” a source told E! News in January.

The insider added, “He can be flirty by nature though. He will always hold the door and suggests that people go ahead of him in line. He’s just that kind of person. He’s the nicest guy in the world.”

[From E! News]

“Some people seem to be exaggerating this into something that doesn’t exist.” Yes, SOME PEOPLE. Some people who work for Brad Pitt. As I said, these stories benefit him. He looks like he’s still a player, like he’s the kind of guy who could “get” a beautiful, brilliant MIT professor and architect if he wanted. He’s just such a nice guy, and so polite, the sources insist. It’s not his fault that he has so much animal magnetism that brilliant PhDs are just throwing their panties at him whenever he walks into the MIT classroom.

Now, does it follow that Neri Oxman and Brad Pitt are happening or that they’re not happening at all? As I said, I have no idea. My gossip-gut says that there’s something very fishy happening with Brad and his team. I have no idea if that fishiness is a new girlfriend, and if it is, that new girlfriend is Neri Oxman. I still believe there’s a solid possibility this is all some kind of cover for something (or someone) else.

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  1. Mia4s says:

    Sigh…honestly at this point I hope something is going on, or at the very least she’s in on it. Otherwise it’s absolutely gross to drag a non-celebrity with a brilliant career into this nonsense. It doesn’t make me think you’re more interesting Brad. SHE’S interesting. You? I just hope you’re sober and getting help to repair your relationship with you’re children.

    • Helen Smith says:

      This looks like a new girlfriend roll out. Brad once said you need to refresh your narrative about every seven or eight years because it goes stale. Who knows? Maybe this lady is an Amal Clooney type who would use the high profile to advance her career? If she wants to be anonymous Brad is the wrong man to date.

    • Miss Jupitero says:

      It is absolutely gross. This is hideous.

  2. Eosy says:

    they are friends

    • RYotGrrrl says:

      She looks highly stylized for a professor. I mean, come one, this lady is a bit of a celebrity already, and at her age, the image conscious thing is strong. We are in the age of celebrity, so it’s not doubtful she’d be an Amal type.

      • G says:

        I agree 100%. There are a huge number of glamourous photos of her on the internet, and she seems very comfortable with that kind of publicity and image. To be clear, I’m not saying that there’s anything wrong with that! But I think it’s naive to believe that she would just naturally be above any desire for celebrity, particularly given her current standing.

  3. BostonGossip says:

    This might be good for her career too. Media Lab professors are evaluated partially on their pop culture impact. Maybe they are collaborating on some huge, out there, arty-er than all get out project. Her recent work on biodegradable sculptures is really beautiful.

    • Qzie says:

      Yes, that’s right about the Media Lab/pop culture thing. Good idea about a collab.

    • perplexed says:

      This is a genuine question: why is the pop culture aspect important for her field?

      • BostonGossip says:

        It’s the priority of that part of MIT (the Media Lab). Their goal is to drive cultural and technological zeitgeist. They want to be the people who start a new art movement or open up a new field of research, but not really be the people who are most expert at that new discipline. So that translates into trying to get into the press a lot. I don’t think dating Brad Pitt would mean anything, but doing some big project that gets a lot of press with him would.

      • Cali says:

        @Perplexed I’d love to know, too, My guess is media that attention leads to grants to further work? I dunno.

      • Miss Jupitero says:

        The media lab is all of these things, true. But Neri is already a rock star in her own right. Pitt is a step down. She doesn’t need him.

  4. lunchcoma says:

    It’s a little ridiculous to do a whisper rollout when you’re a megastar and the other person is a civilian. Brad’s people don’t gossip unless he wants them to and she doesn’t have people, so this is obviously all approved by him. Why not just take her to an event or something?

    Anyway, she’s not 19 or anything, so I guess no one’s being hurt. I can’t imagine it will last long if she’s tied to Boston.

  5. Sullivan says:

    Me too, Brad, me too.

  6. Patty says:

    Good for Brad.

    • MamaHoneyBadger says:

      I suspect he quietly understands why Justin left. Jennifer may be “nice” but I don’t see a lot of depth there. For men intrigued by more, a relationship with a woman like that has an expiration date.

      • Darla says:

        Does this make you feel good about yourself?

      • lunchcoma says:

        I would really hope he doesn’t think much at all about the breakup of a woman he divorced 13 years ago! Both of them seem long past that even if fans aren’t.

  7. Fa says:

    “She’s not interested in the whole Hollywood scene at all and she is happy in her current relationship.”

    Brad his PR team think we believe this nonsense.

  8. Tina says:

    She is pretty and seems very interesting,they make a nice couple

    • Truthful says:

      “she is pretty and seems very interesting” true

      “They make a nice couple” total fantasy

      Why a young, gorgeous, incredibly brilliant and accomplished woman will link herself to…that

      • NotSoSocialButterfly says:

        MTE. Why would an MIT professor have any kind of romantic interest with someone who is not her intellectual equal? Where would that go? Honestly, I don’t think he even has a true sense of self, because he morphs into a different guy with each relationship, to become more similar to his partner. Just look at photos of past couples he has been in.
        Sheesh.

      • BorderMollie says:

        Like most academics, she likely longs for fame and attention not so secretly.

      • Darla says:

        Haha, that is so true. I haven’t been around any movie stars, but boy have I known (very well) my share of academics. Their egos are second to none.

      • noway says:

        I’m adding my hell yes to the egos of academics. Yes I can see them liking the fame you get from a movie star, so I wouldn’t be completely surprised by her interest. Most likely bs, but it wouldn’t be the weirdest couple we’ve seen.

  9. Millenial says:

    Amal is brilliant too, but if anything she’s proven even otherwise smart women can fall for the pull of pretty dresses, glitz, and red carpets. At least George didn’t have six kids and alcohol problems, though. I could see it happening, but I think she’d be waaaaay smarter to stick with her hedge fund billionaire.

    • QueenB says:

      Its not like hedge fund men are any good at all.

      • tracking says:

        Yeah, that was my first thought as well. Pitt might be nicer than the hedge fund guy (seems likely, he’s a typical alpha) and they do have the art/design interests in common. He’s also very wealthy and famous–look now millions of people know who she is, which can’t be a bad thing for her professionally.

      • magnoliarose says:

        Just ask Pippa Matthews. Some of the worst a-holes I have ever met in my life are in the financial sector, and his business is in a freefall at the moment. Maybe they like each other? He’s not an idiot to the PR game, so I don’t see anyone doing against her will. What would that serve?

      • Agapanthus says:

        Yes, I agree. Not necessarily very bright either, just sociopathic gamblers in my experience.

      • Darla says:

        Agree, they are the world’s biggest aholes in my experience. I am sure some movie stars are worse, but is Brad specifically? Probably not.

    • Ophelia says:

      I don’t understand why “dad of six kids” should put a crimp on his lifestyle or put an onus on her to be a bonus mom. She is perfectly entitled to be in a relationship with him for only him, and keep a distance from his kids.

      Kids have nannies, their own circle of friends, and their very possessive mom. It’s fine if she plays the role of “that one aunt we only see every christmas, that one family friend who came by for festivities”.

      She is not obliged to care for his children, and it should not be a criteria if she doesn’t want to.

      It’s disingeous to say that she can’t want him because he has six kids as though we’re putting a burden, as if to say: you can’t have him unless you take all his kids too.

      • lunchcoma says:

        I don’t think anyone would expect Brad’s next partner to fill a stepmom role, but people do generally consider whether someone has children when they decide to date. Brad is going to be committed to having part of his life in LA, will have lots of people’s events to attend, and will need to coordinate parts of his life around Angelina’s needs. That’s not disastrous and certainly doesn’t mean he can’t find someone, but some women will be put off. This woman is 42 and has been married before (it’s unclear if she’s also a mother) so she might be a better fit in that respect than some others.

      • Helen Smith says:

        Anyone who steps into the mom role has to deal with Angelina. Yikes. No thanks.

    • noway says:

      Oh lord, now we are axing financial guys too, not surprised. My experience is occupations where you have an enormous amount of money or power involved you also have an enormous amount of a&*(holes.

      Still think this is probably bs, but it does kind of seem like Pitt is trying to pull a Clooney here.

    • Jayna says:

      I guess you haven’t seen all of the articles about Bill Ackman lately? The headlines are not good and haven’t been for a couple of years. Here’s a recent one. “How Bill Ackman’s hedge fund empire crumbled in less than three years.”

      He might not be a ball of fun to be around.

    • Miss Jupitero says:

      She already has gorgeous dresses and glamour in spades. Come on.

    • LAK says:

      Who said brains and pretty dresses are mutually exclusive!?!

  10. Krill says:

    I think they are already dating but downplaying it as a friendship to keep the media away. That would explain why PR team are throwing in the fact that he likes her. They dont want a record of him distancing himself too vigorously incase they are ever photographed intimately together. This is a slow roll out of a non-celebrity gf to a man whose new gf will attract a swarm of attention,

    • Fa says:

      I think you are into something.

      • Fa says:

        They wanted to see how the public react to her, whether negative or positive and so far the public reaction is positive. Next step is to come out as couples for roll out of his next movie promotion.

    • tracking says:

      The slow roll out hypothesis makes a lot of sense to me too. I suppose time will tell. Honestly, she seems like his dream woman. Brilliant, beautiful, accomplished, sophisticated, with a shared passion for art, architecture, and design (the piece of him that does seem authentic, unlike the golden boy persona he tried with Aniston and the international humanitarian persona he tried with Jolie). With his baggage and different coasts, hard to see how it could work long-term, but who knows. I can see why he would try though.

      • KBB says:

        His interest in architecture and design is one of the few qualities that he has kept through multiple relationships. It’s one of the few things that doesn’t seem to have come from a romantic partner. I think it’s definitely authentic.

  11. Maya says:

    So tired of the games celebrities constantly play.

    Just confirm you are dating or not, divorcing or not, pregnant or not etc. The public is really fed up with this sh*t.

    Brad’s pr games made me lose respect for him last year or so and he hasn’t done anything since then to make me like him again. He is soo obsessed with his image that he will end up alone with just his image as company in his last days.

    • lunchcoma says:

      I’m neutral on Brad, but agree about the PR games. Look, I kind of get it if you’re costars. You have some interest in playing up the flirtation if you’re promoting, and some in not going official since many of those relationships don’t last.

      None of that applies to Brad. If he wants people to know he’s dating this woman, he should go public with her. If he doesn’t, he shouldn’t say anything at all.

    • Helen Smith says:

      Amen Maya. Me too.

  12. Fa says:

    Meanwhile Angie is living an interesting life outside Hollywood.

    Angelina Jolie is in a #documentary about the conservation efforts of The Queen. Entitled “The Queen’s Green Planet”, The #Queen also joins #planetearth2 host Sir David Attenborough to give a unique view into her #conservation project on ITV Tonight @RoyalFamily @KensingtonRoyal

  13. minx says:

    Meh, he’s allowed to date. Whether they are actually dating or not, who knows?

    • Helen Smith says:

      I think Brad and Angelina are playing PR games with the public as they have been doing for years. I’m kind of tired of the games being played by entertainers, politicians, activists and basically anyone else trying to influence how I think. Trying to sift through all of the BS to find the truth is exhausting.

  14. Fa says:

    He’s the nicest guy in the world.”

    Overselling PR

    • Alix says:

      “… when he’s not in an alcoholic rage, that is!”

    • someone says:

      Have you ever heard anyone say anything about Brad being mean though? Surely if he was as bad of a raging drunk that you think he is there would be more stories along the lines of Johnny Depp and his broken hand or smashed hotel rooms or production being shut down. But there has never been any stories along those lines. Brad isn’t that golden that he could get those stories hushed up, if they existed. The one and only story is Brad and the airplane. I’ve never seen any stories of Brad being a mean person non-drunk either. A little shallow maybe, but not mean.

      • kate says:

        Someone should ask his son.

      • Lady D says:

        Who knows what he’s like at home though? He could have (not saying he did) saved his rage for behind closed doors.

      • Fa says:

        CAA vs UTA different calibre, CAA is more powerful than UTA. Johnny is not anymore with UTA because they did not protect him from bad publicity.

      • Fa says:

        It is a bit overselling to say “In The World”.

      • someone says:

        Did you actually read the articles you cited? Not one says anything bad about Brad. The first talks about World War Z going over budget – but does not say that was due to Brad being a raging angry drunk. More that he had trouble finding a “vision” and paid dearly for rewrites and reshoots. Even the last one about the hotel just says they wouldn’t have chosen to stay at that hotel if they would have realized he was there. “Then the fact there was a private pool party going on for Brad Pitt and all the local VIPs meant not only was the hotel full to overflow point but also very noisy until the early hours of the morning. “Don’t get me wrong I have every respect for Brad Pitt he is a fabulous actor but I would not choose to meet him nor stay in the same hotel as everyone has a right to privacy.” Hardly proof of an angry mean Brad Pitt.

      • KBB says:

        That hotel article was based on an online review The Sun found after the divorce news broke. And it never said anything bad about Brad Pitt.

        And he’s a drunk jerk because WWZ went over budget and over time?

      • Mimi says:

        @Someone You can still be a very nice person with a dark destructive side. That’s what brad has. Child protection would not have issued a safety plan for him & the kids, even months after he was cleared, if there weren’t issues with his parenting style & deeper rooted issues expressed in an unhealthy way. Doesn’t make him a bad person. Obviously he is & has been working on those issues & by his own words “be a better more present father”. Good for him for working on himself, but naive to think he is just one thing. He is human with different sides of himself.

      • perplexed says:

        He probably has a self-destructive side in private (I think he implies it at times), but in work environments no one really seems to say anything bad about him, so in that context I can see someone going out of their way to vouch for him. People who work with him probably don’t find it hard to characterize him as one of the nicest people.

        I don’t think he’s that good of an actor, so I figured the reason he keeps getting meaty roles is because he must be easy to deal with on set (i.e “nice.”). It’s probably easier to insure him than other more talented but also more volatile actors.

        I had no idea that holding a door open for someone was considered flirty though.

      • Maybe someone will write a book about “life behind closed doors” with Brangelina.

        I expect Brad and Angie had a volatile relationship since Angie mentions “tearing his shirt” when she’s angry and he seemed to rather deal with alcohol than his marital problems.
        Seems like they’re the couple that are doing on cloud 9 doing great or fighting tooth and nail when theyre not so great.

    • QueenB says:

      “Not to his kids but other people!”

  15. Mary says:

    She’s gorgeous

  16. Lousie says:

    It’s refreshing to see a Hollywood type date someone age appropriate. Good on him.

    • kate says:

      Yeah, it says a lot about the kind of relationship Hollywood has normalised on and off screen. Neither this MIT teacher not Angelina Jolie is age-approriate for him as they are a decade younger than Brad.
      According to the 2013 Population Census, only 4.8% of couples have an age gap of 10 to 14 years (with the husband being older) but we are so used to seeing Hollywood actors dating or being paired on screen with decades older women than when we see, a famous actor like Pitt or Affleck with a woman only 10 years younger, we think it’s appropriate or average. Not really.

      • LizLemonGotMarried (AKA HufflepuffLizLemon) says:

        Huh. Never thought about it in relation to reality, but HW has totally skewed perception on that.

        In a small sample size (my friend group, 7 couples): the age ranges are as follows:

        38-33 (5 Yrs) (1 2nd marriage)
        44-37 (7.5 yrs) (2 2nd marriage)
        43-49 (6 yrs) (1 2nd marriage)
        32-33 (1 yr) (2 2nd marriage)
        44-42 (2 yrs) (first marriage)
        44-41 (3 yrs) (first marriage)
        45-45 (same age) (first marriage)

        With an average of 3.5 years and the larger gaps generally including at least one first marriage to someone even closer to their age.

    • Nn says:

      She’s 42 and he is 54. That’s quite an age gap even at their age…

      • tracking says:

        No, they’re both mature adults. A 12 year age difference once you’re both at mid life is NBD, seems more meaningful when you’re younger.

      • KBB says:

        If she’s 42, she’s a couple months younger than Angelina. No one had a problem with their age difference.

      • minx says:

        I usually side eye older men/younger women pairings but I agree with tracking, at their respective ages it’s not a big deal. They’re both middle aged, he’s just a more on the upper side of middle age. She’s really beautiful and accomplished, so I can certainly see the attraction.

    • Truthful says:

      Not really “age appropriate ” when it’s a 12 years old gap…

      • Carmen says:

        My parents had a 12 year age gap and they were happily married for 35 years until my dad passed away.

      • KBB says:

        It didn’t seem to affect him and Angelina. They didn’t break up because of age.

  17. Magdalene says:

    The fishy thing happening with and his team is they want you to look away and don’t ask why he has not been seen with even one of his children since Jolie filed for divorce and we found out he had a violent encounter with his oldest son, and traumatized his other children. If it was any other celebrity the media would have set a running clock for how long it’s been that he has been seen with his children.
    I guess Lainey was right when he reported that Team Brad were promising the media access and information if they buried the negative stories about him. Page six went to war on Jolie and they got the first scoop, but Brad is a flirty, arty gentleman.

    • Fa says:

      He has the power of CAA behind him.

    • kate says:

      The fact that Brad has not been seen with any of his kids since Jolie filed, more than A YEAR AGO is incredible. It’s a much bigger story than Tom and Suri Cruise IMO.
      He used to be very hands on, very involved and now nothing… If Jolie had been investigated by child protection services and than not photographed one signe time in a year with the kids, people would never give her the benefit of the doubt. She would have been ripped to shreds online and dubbed the worst mother of the century.

      • Magdalene says:

        Remember the perception was that Jolie was the crazy, drugged up parent and Pitt needed to take his biological kids and run back to Aniston, the irony that it is Brad that his kids don’t want to see. We never ever know what goes on behind the facade. I have disliked most of America sweethearts, when the veil has been lifted, they have never been anything like their public persona. The PR companies do earn their money.

    • QueenB says:

      I am also wondering. Tom Cruise while not as popular as Pitt was still very famous and succesful and he got a lot more crap and violence was never implied. Its obviously hard to compare as Cruise has the crazy cult behind him but still.

  18. Fely says:

    Brad gotta go after her like crazy. a MIT professor with a movie star looks. seriously. Don’t wait Brad.

    • Noelle says:

      Lol I think Nero is rather being oversold by many on this board.

      • tracking says:

        Why? She seems amazing to me, and the real deal.

      • BorderMollie says:

        Ha, yeah. Very nice looking for a professor, I suppose, but otherwise looks like a hundred other ‘upper class ladies who lunch and attend galas’ types.

      • ComeON. says:

        I know @Noelle – so true and +1! Lol

        It reminds me of all those heavy breathers that Justin Theroux had on these boards, as long as he was with Aniston it was ‘He’s soooo HOT, OMG, squeeeeeee!’ Now that they’re split and he’s moved on reportedly, he’s a bald poseur nobody with tiny twig legs. So funny how the common denominator for the fans love, hyperbole and adoration of the significant other, is that you must never ever ever leave Jen.

        Aniston and her ex Pitt, have serious enablers in their CAA camps.

      • bikki says:

        @noelle, yea possibly. I love the stuff she’s worked on, but the more articles I read on this rumored relationship the more I see her as a regular human being with flaws and wants. which is cool that she’s been humanized in my eyes, but the only reason I had even bothered remembering her name is because of my obsession with 3Dprinting textiles with chitin and other bio materials. her personal life had no bearing on my appreciation for the research she’s lead.

  19. Quy says:

    Thank god he¿s not acting like DiCaprio…..

  20. Yuka says:

    She¿s gorgeous and impressive

    • Adee says:

      Yes, very true. Honestly, Brad Pitt was going to date at some point, glad he’s gravitating towards strong, independent women like he did with Angelina

  21. Menlisa says:

    Good for him!!
    If this is his “Amal” I see them lasting.
    She seems brilliant & captivating.

    • Noelle says:

      She maybe brilliant and captivating. He might be the ultimate catch. They may well be very suited. But I am not sure how you can see them lasting (both divorces etc)

      • Adee says:

        This could absolutely last, divorces tend to be learning curves, also don’t think she needs to play a huge step mom role since she’s child free and Angelina has got that aspect covered really well. She can stimulate him mentally with her intelligence, he can educate her on the inner workings of Hollywood. I don’t see this match as a bad thing. Still, with all that said, Angelina’s still my foreva number1!!

  22. Bella says:

    If this is true, i congratulate Mr Pitt , usually celebrity men go for the model in her twenties, nice to see he likes intelligent women who are in their forties, shows u he has class.

  23. Veny says:

    I wish them luck, if it is destined to be.

  24. Mimi says:

    Unless he moves to the East Coast, there is no point in pursuing her. Which he can’t because of the kids, whose life is in LA. As for this lady? Don’t really see what she would get out of this. She’s too accomplished & deserves a better relationship, than a long distance romance with an actor with six children going through a very complicated divorce.

    • Fa says:

      I think he do the back and forth trip to the east coast, many of his recent pictures are him with a pack bag in a parking lots coming from somewhere.

    • Ophelia says:

      Well, I don’t think traveling to see dad is a problem for the kids. They’re used to being carted all around the globe. Dad filming, Mom directing, Dad tending his wine orchard, Mom visiting bomb sites… they’re used to it. In fact, maybe do them some good. Mom is West Coast, Dad East Coast, a different atmosphere…

    • KBB says:

      Isn’t Angelina spending the next several months in London? If he’s going to be flying back and forth or the kids are, New York is closer.

  25. Shessy says:

    I’m thinking they’re a lovely couple and maybe Brad needed to get involved with women who were not in Hollywood.

    • tracking says:

      Yes, I think this is true of pretty much all the Hollywood couples who recently split. Most of us have assumed Jolie will also date someone outside of the business, whether a politician, humanitarian, or philanthropist, when the time comes.

  26. pwal says:

    JMO, if they are dating, it wouldn’t surprise me if they make their ‘public debut’ at the Met Gala, since Amal is chairing it this year. Of course, doing so will result in many reading too much into the status of the relationship.

    It’s entirely possible that they are dating and that’s it, which would put a crimp into many people’s theory that he’s no good unless he booed up. He may just want to go out to restaurants, concerts, exhibits, friends/family events with someone who is game to going to them.

  27. Hmn says:

    Wow, glad to read this piece, I hope he finds love again, everyone deserves to be happy

  28. Abby says:

    Meh, if true they’ll have a romance it’ll be great but i imagine she’ll get bored with him after a year or two.

  29. someone says:

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  30. Julia Renno says:

    They make a good looking couple. Plus they have something in common. I hope they find love, I`m sure there is a flame there. Just waiting to be….

  31. Noelle says:

    Looking at the majority of comments above, Brad Pitt who is America’s sweetheart lol.

    Good on yer Brad or something lol.

  32. LittlefishMom says:

    This is BS. They are friends and she’s married. Don’t believe a word of it.

    • Booie says:

      She’s divorced not married.

      This article is strange to me. Why say they are not dating but say he is trying to get to know her better and that he finds her fascinating if it’s attempting to deny any ‘exaggerated’ claims?

      • lunchcoma says:

        Well, and it’s People. Would they really put out speculation if he disapproved?

  33. Mabs A'Mabbin says:

    Brad or hedge fund guy. Now there’s a study in causality.

  34. lucy2 says:

    This whole thing is weird. Obviously his camp is pushing this story for some reason, either they are dating and testing the waters of public reaction, or it’s a cover for some other relationship. They sure want Brad to seem smart, interesting, and desirable, huh?

    If they are not involved, I feel bad for this woman being dragged into this drama just because she met and talked with the guy. He’ll never comment on it though – he let both ex wives get dragged through the tabloid mud, as well as Marion Cotillard when he and Angelina split.

    • ComeON. says:

      That’s what’s so disappointing about Brad, he’s so weak. Non confrontational (except when liquored up maybe). I used to think Angelina was putting her foot down and it was because of HER insistence that they not respond to tabloid and gossip drivel, that he often let her take the brunt of the hate and vitriol and horrible tabloid stories and lies. Now after seeing him do same with others, including Marion Cotillard, a I’ve just come to the conclusion that he just wimps out.

      Sad look.

  35. Sam says:

    The only thing that I have heard about Brad is the incident with his son, which was unfortunate and painful for the family. I am happy for him, he seems to have worked really hard on himself and is moving forward in a positive way.

    • kate says:

      Let’s hope his children, especially his oldest son, have been able to move forward in a positive way.

  36. Skippy says:

    Looking at the Angelina Brad divorce, I feel blessed. It took me weeks to get my ex to go to the courthouse to sign the papers. Look how long this divorce is going on? What? Nearly 2 years??
    😫

  37. Kristen says:

    I’m sorry, no, it’s not happening. Their intelligence levels are not commensurate.

  38. Betty says:

    Finally. A divorced actor going after someone age appropriate.

  39. .. says:

    I cannot stand how he uses women to advance his image. I seriously doubt this lady would be dumb enough to go there…and I highly doubt they are dating…. but ever since robin givens he has tried to link himself to women more famous….or that have some trait he wants you to apply to him. He’s like George costanza with this architect thing. Maybe if he knows one …it will make him one too. But really…the use of women for his own gain in the public eye is disgusting and has gone on too long. He was sleeping with a child when he was a grown man…. remember Juliette Lewis. I’m sorry but no 26 year old is sleeping with my 16yold. That’s child abuse. There’s a dr in ok who just got arrested for that…he was 27 she was 15-16.
    Brad Pitt is the opposite of what kind of man this world needs. Always has been. He’s literally a parasite to women. Such a narcissist.

  40. NYCgal says:

    Good for you Brad…if this is actually happening. She is beautiful, smart and accomplished. I don’t see this lasting past a year but that’s enough to give him some romance cred and to her some PR and to the public some nice pictures to look at.

  41. Halle says:

    She’s lovely and he deserves some tender loving care. May it work.

  42. Adorable says:

    Guess Brads image after this divorce is pseudo”Artistic/Creative”type…With a lady in the arts by his side…meh…..Angelina made him Intresting..

  43. bikki says:

    You know, as fascinated as I am with her and her team’s work (bc of course she didn’t do all that research single-handedly), I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s open to being a figure like Amal. You can tell from certain pictures -i.e. feature articles in fashion mags (for her work with fabrics) and other publications- in the past that:
    1. she knows she’s beautiful, and 2. she likes that kind of attention too (beyond the praises in academic circles).
    eh I don’t care who she dates since it doesn’t bear any weight in my day to day, but at the same time, it’s interesting to hypothesize as to why people do certain things. I personally love my privacy, and fame is very low on my list of needs. But I can understand that other people place a high priority on it and make moves to get it..

    • perplexed says:

      It kind of seems like she’s done modelling shots of some kind.

      Honestly, I’ve never seen an academic like her before. Usually they’ll pretend like they’re above this sort of thing.

      • tracking says:

        I find that piece of it refreshing.

      • Xperia says:

        I think it’s because she’s an academic in the design field. Very avant-garde and starchitect. Since their industry is so visual and because it emphasises ‘creativity’ and ‘innovation’, they often act like and promote their work like artists. Some of her photoshoots that accompany interviews are wild. They like to cultivate that rockstar image to promote their work as cutting edge.

  44. ladida says:

    Two words: publicity stunt.

    • Parigo says:

      Yup. I think it’s all a set up to say « Brad likes interesting age appropriate women » before he dates down.

  45. Mona says:

    I like it

  46. Adee says:

    I don’t mind this union. I think she’s an intelligent, sophisticated , beautiful woman with a career and life of her own. They are grown and can figure out the details of merging their lives and schedules if this gets serious. Good choice Brad (if this is infact true)

  47. Sasha says:

    Google imaged her out of curiosity. She’s SO beautiful. In some photos she really looks quite similar to Angelina!