I continue to find it bizarre that Brad Pitt not only attended one of Kanye West’s Sunday Services, but that Brad continues to talk about it like it was a very pleasant experience. I mean… in my opinion, Kanye’s Sunday Service thing is just some bulls–t he’s making up on the fly, and it will eventually turn into an album and some other cross-promotional sh-t. Does Kanye believe in his sermons? Sure. But also: Kanye is a mentally ill megalomaniac and a Trump supporter. Can we not encourage him? Brad previously said that Kanye is “doing something really special” with the Sunday Services. And now Brad has this to say:
Brad Pitt is opening up about his surprising friendship with Kanye West. The actor, 55, spoke to Extra about West, 42, while at the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Ad Astra.
“[We kept] just running [into each other] through the years,” Pitt said of how he came to meet West. “I love that there’s a Kanye out in the world, like, messing things up, you know?”
He continued, “Envisioning the future and, you know, we can’t forget his music. He was one of the first to come out and be raw and open — he should always get credit for that.”
Pitt has also paid a visit to West’s Sunday Services, which he said is “really beautiful.”
“I think what he’s doing is pretty special,” Pitt said. “It’s this real celebratory thing of people and it’s a really loving vibe and it’s beautiful — it’s huge, so beautiful. I find it really special.”
*deep sigh* Okay. You know what? I’m not even going to unpack Brad’s thoughts on Kanye. What I will unpack is… why is Brad doing this? Why is Brad hanging out with Kardashians? Why is this suddenly a thing and why is Brad still talking about it? Is this a genuine interest on Brad’s part or is he suddenly trying to be “cool”?
Here’s more of Brad’s media oversaturation this week:
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Kanye West sure has a way with problematic white men
Lol
The ONLY thing Kanye is “messing up” is himself. As for Brad, if he’s trying to get with one of them, he should just do it and shut up.
This just further proves that the true reason Brad Pitt was ever a big deal to beginning with and now in 2019 was because of the media-savvy it girls he was involved with.
in fact I would say it was primarily his relationship with Angelina and the movies he helped create whilst in that relationship that really elevated him to Hollywood Icon level…..Single Brad Pitt really isn’t it.
Brad Pitt was a huge deal long before he met Jolie and he is still a huge deal. You can dislike him but trying to rewrite history is disingenuous
Yep, Brad Pitt can arguably be called a bit of a ding dong but he was a bigger movie star than Aniston or Jolie. That’s just a fact. If anything, he raised Jolie and Aniston’s celebrity profile. But I don’t think either of those ladies got together with him for career advancement.
Agreed @Michael. Brad Pitt may be an ass but he is/and very much is still a big time movie star, I mean come on LOL. Being with Angelina was not what elevated him to Hollywood Icon, let’s get real here. He was already there.
Lily, Brad and Angelina met on the downswing of his career. His best movies and most iconic roles happened well before he met her.
I agree. Brad had a number of iconic roles in brilliant movies in the 90s. His career has been petty sad for the past 10 years or so.
Sad career?
Inglorious Basterds
Moneyball
Tree of Life
12 Years as Slave
Yeah, I stand by my comment. His roles in the movies that LP listed below were leaps and bounds above those you listed. We’ll just have to agree to disagree.
Before Jolie:
Thelma & Louise
A River Runs Through it
True Romance
Interview with the Vampire
Legends of the Fall
Se7en
Twelve Monkeys
Seven Years in Tibet
The Devil’s Own
Meet Joe Black
Fight Club
Snatch
Spy Game
The Mexican
Ocean’s Eleven
Troy
He was a pretty well established Hollywood icon before Fight Club, long before he was with Jolie.
How many of these movies are any good? Do you really think Brad Pitt is looking back on his work in ‘Seven Years in Tibet’ or ‘Meet Joe Black’ and thinking that was his ‘golden age’?
The reading comprehension is weak today.
PP’s comment was not in reference to his talent, nor were they referring solely to Jolie.
They said that Brad’s celebrity status is owed in large part to his media strategy surrounding his relationshipS with an S.
Brad’s media and self promotion game are at his strongest when he’s in a relationship. This isn’t saying his work is bad. There are plenty of terrific actors with great pickers who don’t have Brad’s people despite turning out similar bodies of work.
Seven Years in Tibet was highly anticipated at the time. The issue was whether he reached icon status only because of who he married, not whether he would consider it his best acting performance. Legend of the Fall proved he could open a big movie on his own. People weren’t buying tickets to watch Julia Ormond stare at herself in a mirror or Anthony Hopkins stumble around with a sign on his neck.
The first six or so movies you listed were really good movies. And don’t forget the awesome Kalifornia flick. He and Lewis were phenomenal.
I never watched anything he was in until he got with AJ, he just never appealed to me before then, particularly during the Aniston years. So I was surprised at how good he was in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Moneyball, the Oceans movies, Inglorious Basterds. I actually think he gets better and better.
Aren’t there enough people in this world “messing thing up”?
Yes. Yes there are. Too many. What the hell Is Pitt thinking?! And this quote: “It’s this real celebratory thing of people and it’s a really loving vibe and it’s beautiful — it’s huge, so beautiful. I find it really special.” Does he think that all the “cool kids” are talking in garbled Trumpisms now? Pitt has really gone off the deep end.
If I ever struggled to believe Brad Pitt was 55, here’s the proof.
This!
Brad sounds like an old idiot.
How does being aligned with Kanye equate to any factor of cool? So weird. At the end of the day, he’s still effing Brad Pitt. He’s acting desperate or delusional. Or maybe he’s just a dumbass. He’s a D word.
I’m still a little in love with brad Pitt, don’t care for Kanye.
Did anyone see the blind item about brad and kourtney Kardashian. Crazy if true
I am rarely one to comment on someone’s look or style choices. But the helmet head hair is a… choice. Is he trying to look like a lego? Is this a cool thing the kids are doing now?
Snorted with laughter at Kaiser’s comment: “Kayne is a mentally ill megalomaniac and a Trump supporter. Can we not encourage him?”
LMAO 🙂
“I love that there’s a Kanye out in the world, like, messing things up, you know?” Hi, Walking Privilege.
+1000 Brad isn’t gonna be affected by the stuff Kanye messes up. I swear, it’s like some rich old white people (Brad, Susan S.) think causing chaos for other peoples’ lives is fun and games.
I came here to say the exact thing as both of you (Original Jenns and Repunzel).
He Loves it because IT WILL NEVER AFFECT HIM in a negative way. Are you kidding? If things really go to sh** he and Kanye can just pick up and literally afford to move anywhere else in the world that suits them.
SHUT UP Brad Pitt.
Sure, Brad, whatever 🙄.
Sunday Service seems cool to me. At the very least, from Kanye’s interview with Letterman, you can tell that a lot of effort has gone into it and it’s not some kind of half-assed cross-promotion. People seem moved by it.
I just hate that because Kanye has obvious issues we have to act like he’s incapable of artistry. I don’t see how denying the humanity in a screwed up person is helpful. The fact that George Bush makes cute paintings doesn’t change the fact that he is basically a war criminal, but the whole mystery of humanity is that the two sides exist in one person.
“I just hate that because Kanye has obvious issues we have to act like he’s incapable of artistry. I don’t see how denying the humanity in a screwed up person is helpful.”
This. So. This.
Sunday Services sounds to me similar to how Scientology got started. .
Exactly. And I feel like it’s more about an ego maniac looking for an audience, not just for his music but just him. I respect celebrities who want attention for their work then go away and want privacy for their real lives. He just wants attention for attentions sake which is hollow IMO
I agree Wowza, say what you will about Kanye, he’s a gifted producer and musician. He’s also a perfectionist and I would expect the same standards and quality at the Sunday Service.
Kanye is an easy target. It’s pretty telling that Kanye is the bad guy and the comments make it seem like Brad is lowering himself hanging out with him. Black men who wear maga hats are lower than white men that *one can reasonably assume* abuses his wife and children. Kanye wearing a MAGA hat but doesn’t vote is worse than Jay Z laughing it up with white supremacists in the NFL and in response to a cultural movement makes the comment “the time for kneeling is over” and at the same time donating 250k to an all lives matter .org that cuts locs out of the hair of young black men.
But yeah, Kanye wearing a MAGA hat is the worst thing that ever happened and we should hold him more accountable than abusers because he made Taylor Swift sad 10 years ago.
“I love that there’s a Kanye out in the world, like, messing things up, you know?” No. Shut up.
Why do we do this so much with regressive men who promote insensitivity? Tell them they’re a force for good, they’re great, they’re brave, they’re logical, speaking old truths that people just don’t want to hear, and make them think that any negative reaction to their endorsement of bigotry is just a sign of the ‘spiritual ‘ or mental weakness of modern people?
Great comment. It really doesn’t take much for people to throw their weight behind problematic men whose thinking and words might have once or twice resembled something akin to a coherent insight into society at large.
I really feel like people need to wake up and stop blindly feeding and empowering narcissists just because they are talented and beautiful and charming and have fame or massive followings. I think a lot of us are easily fooled by the smoke and mirrors, despite how much the artifice of fame has been exposed over the years.
Brad has never been the brightest bulb.
I wish he would keep Kanye’s name out of his mouth. Also, is it just me or is Brad starting to look like the way Steve Brannon thinks he looks?
He’s starting to resemble William H. Macy a little.
He does have a little Macy vibe! What’s with all the articles saying how young he looks? He looks like a 55 year old man that has a skin care routine. On the other hand I just saw Hustlers and Brad ain’t got shit on J-Lo!
Kanye West isn’t messing anything up. He’s an idiot whose opinion can’t be taken seriously. For every good point he’s ever made about something there’s 844 instances of him making a total fool of himself.
Like this isn’t even the worst thing he’s said but I always remember when he was presented that vanguard VMA or whatever and he went on and on about how MTV just “wants ratings”. And he was talking about it like it was a legit issue, he was convinced this was a problem. That a TV channel would host an awards show for ratings.
Don’t even get me started on Trump.
Huh. You think gun to his head Brad Pitt could even name a Kanye West song?
Brilliant!
Pitt probably thinks Kanye is ‘it’ because his oldest was listening to Kanye the last time he spoke to him, several years ago.
Why is Brad Pitt so far up Kanye’s ass? It’s unfortunate, but Kanye hasn’t been a REAL force in music for years. Actually right around the time he fell into the Kardashian clutches. Is Kanye West the best Brad Pitt can do? Won’t other, more ‘relevant’ celebrities associate with him now?
Is Brad trying to show that he’s still ‘down with the minorities’ now that his Asian sons refuse to have anything to do with him?
Brad Pitt looks like a middle aged White man trying to stay ‘hep’. It’s not a good look.
My theory is this is the longest he’s ever gone without a relationship, and now that he doesn’t have a wife/girlfriend to mirror himself against, he’s latching onto something/someone he thinks is cool. For some reason it’s Kanye.
In my celeb gossip fantasy Brad & Kourtney K get involved. All the kids, the globe trotting, “Angie’s Anger” headlines! It would be pure heaven!
Yeah, you’re fine with it because you’re a rich 1 percenter; nothing is going to affect you. His “messing things up” negatively impacts those of us who can least afford it or can least recover from it. It’s so much fun to play around with the well being of others because you’re bored and want attention. What an incredibly selfish, tone deaf comment.
Brad opening his mouth and revealing two things: 1. He knows F*CK ALL about rap and hip hop and 2. He’s not very bright. But we kind if already knew that.
Just like every other coward they always need someone else to blame their problems on.
I feel like Brad’s trying to signal that he too is a Trump fan, but without saying so outright, as it is frowned upon to support a known racist who is really the one “out there messing things up.”
And i’m pretty sure the only religious thing Kanye understands is that God is great because god made Kanye, and Kanye is really great.
Not that I’m usually a Brad defender, but I think we have to keep in mind that Brad’s doing a lot of promotion for his new movie and he’s getting asked the same questions (over and over) by the press, and one of those questions is certainly Kanye. So it seems he’s talking about it all the time, when he’s just being asked about it all the time and it would be an even bigger deal if he “no commented” every time he’s asked about Kanye.
But I think the bigger thing is WHY he was at Sunday Service. Maybe he was just truly interested. But kinda seems like his PR people (who we know have strange past tactics ::cough cough::) are trying to hit the younger generation and what better way than to have him show up all over social and gossip blogs as chilling with Kanye?
This is what I said in this week’s earlier post on Brad. He is literally 5 minutes away from saying that Trump is good because his existence points to some underlying problems of society and we would not face them if it wasn’t how him. I have hard time believing that whatever Kanye is politics free. He has a “talent” to rant about everything at once.
I read a blind item recently suggesting Brad & Kourtney are boning on the regular…. This would all make sense if that were true. Just sayin’
Now that’s not just a BIG step down, that’s an elevator ride down. Even from Anniston.
Jesus, if a Kardashian is the best BRAD PITT can do…? Damn, he’s worse off than I thought.
Well he tried an MIT professor then charlize theron and none of them took so he may just be resorting to a kardashian
Wait until we start to hear reports of abuses from inside the kanye kult, what will brad say then?
Khloe + Brad.
Perfection.
“He was one of the first to come out and be raw and open — he should always get credit for that.” – huh? I don’t even understand that. Many people are raw and open in their music. How is he the first? As for the messy comment…Kanye only made himself look foolish and pumped up Trump’s ego. How does that help the world?
I will say though…Brad still looks good.
Brad looks damn good. His career has been on the upswing this year..and he is well-liked in Hollywood. Tired of folks saying he is dumb. Anyone with a 30+ year career in Hollywood is impressive.