Brad Pitt’s Esquire interview came out yesterday, and the biggest headline from it is that he is no longer sober. It’s a big reveal, given that alcohol played a huge role in the disintegration of his second marriage. I still believe, to this day, that Brad was blackout drunk on the plane in 2016, and he barely has any memory of terrorizing and assaulting Angelina Jolie and her children. After Jolie abandoned him and filed for divorce immediately following the plane assault, Brad worked a half-assed 12-step program without even going into a rehab facility to properly dry out. He announced his sobriety in a 2019 interview with the NY Times. But for years now, social media has been keeping receipts of his insobriety – his glassy eyes at work events, blurry fan photos of Brad holding cocktails, his bizarre behavior at various premieres. According to Page Six, Brad was openly drinking at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding last month too:
Guests at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s NYC wedding were surprised to see Brad Pitt tipping back drinks before he publicly admitted he was no longer sober. A source told Page Six last month that the “Ocean’s Eleven” actor had been seen imbibing at the star-studded affair at Madison Square Garden on July 3.
The source noted at the time that guests were shocked to see Pitt, who has been vocal about his sobriety, drinking at the high-profile event that brought out Adam Sandler, Paul McCartney, Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Tom Cruise and more. Pitt attended Swift and Kelce’s wedding with girlfriend Ines de Ramon.
In an Esquire interview published Monday, the Oscar winner confirmed he had made the decision to drink again.
“I was sober for seven years. And then I got back off the wagon,” Pitt confessed in the interview. “In a more restrained manner. I got overconfident a couple times, went, ‘Yep, nope, not good for me.’ Not in big quantities.”
Pitt explained he “can have a few” glasses of wine, but he “can’t have a lot.”
“I have to be professional about it,” he said.
Yeah, I believe he was openly drinking at the MSG wedding. By Brad’s own timeline, he hasn’t been sober since 2023?? I think it’s been longer than that. My guess is that he probably started drinking again during the pandemic, honestly. Also, this is so Pete Hegseth-coded: “In a more restrained manner. I got overconfident a couple times…Not in big quantities.” That kind of self-bargaining is a huge red flag for alcoholics. Still, it’s interesting that so many people have clocked this story and what it really means: that his kids have had every right to cut their ties with Brad, who is still in the throes of alcoholism.
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- New York City, NY Brad Pitt was spotted leaving Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s star-studded wedding celebration alongside girlfriend Ines de Ramon and musician Beck at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The trio departed the lavish event together in the same SUV following the ceremony and reception, joining the long list of celebrity guests who attended the highly anticipated celebration. Pictured: Beck, Brad Pitt, Ines de Ramon BACKGRID USA 4 JULY 2026 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
“Seen drinking” certainly implies that he had more than a few glasses.
Yes, but he’s pro… Remember!
I too believe that he believes he has plausible deniability because he was so blackout drunk on that plane that he doesn’t remember. I also believe he never stopped drinking. I mean, he owns a winery….
I can only imagine the belligerent messages he has left on his kids’ voicemails.
If it were only Angelina on that plane, he could deny it, but with the kids and personnel… He can only admit and own it, but alas…
I’ve seen a lot more chatter on SM about Brad Pitt since that article landed. He was trying to sound cool but mentioning the drinking again part really backfired. I get why he did bc he is likely seen drinking enough that he didn’t want it to come out another way. But it’s still messy.
I have very little sympathy for Brad as he is an abusive narcissist.
However, having watched people in my life struggle with alcoholism and seeing the impact on those around them, it’s sad to watch someone do so publicly knowing he legitimately thinks he’s pulling it off and that he is undoubtedly still causing pain – not just to Angelina and the kids, but to everyone in his life.
Two things are true – Brad Pitt is terrible, and addiction is devastating for everyone.
Yeah, I can have sympathy for addiction and possible depression but what i can’t have sympathy for is the drawn out lawsuit over miraval that he instigated and the continuous press shenanigans that he has played over the years in which he made the mother of his kids look like a villain and him like the hapless poor woe is me father. That’s where I’m like yeah no sorry.
Ugh, I didn’t know he was at the wedding. Not sure why you’d want someone like that at your wedding.
Kelce wants to become an actor after retirement. That’s why.
All of us who have dealt with alcoholism whether personally or with family/friends are side eying his claims of control over his drinking.
Unfortunately the alcohol controls you for most alcoholics.
I hate that I’m thinking about Brad and this topic. I have so much sympathy for his children for what they have lived through with regards to their father. I have two children and their father is an alcoholic. I left him five years ago and the drama never ends even though he has been sober for two years. Not all alcoholics are narcissists but Brad sure seems like it.
He is in complete denial and that is sad for him. He has caused so much harm to his children and their mother because of drinking. His children are removing his name from theirs, probably in part because he is now not sober and has never actually embraced sobriety and the accountability that comes with it.
In the face of this new knowledge, the fact that he made public statements about his children removing his name from theirs, it’s a low that in my mind he can never come back from. You were their father Brad. You hurt them with drinking and never stopped drinking. And then you publicly said words about their very healthy decisions to set boundaries with you. Those kids deserved better.
Just a matter of time before he treats the current girlfriend the way he treated Angelina and the kids. Wonder how long she’ll put up with it?
@Chaine, I came here to say the same thing. I believe that, and unfortunately, she chose this situation.
It’s ironic how, in many of his recent interviews, he talks about how good he is at accountability, taking responsibility for his mistakes and learning from them, when CLEARLY he has learned absolutely nothing. The self-own in bragging about falling off the wagon is another great irony, but it’s the only one I love. And I say that as a former fan – from his pre-Angelina days, when no one knew what he was capable of.
If I had lost my marriage and all of my children because I drank until I was blackout drunk, then assaulted my wife and my children, I wouldn’t be giving interviews about how it’s cool for me to be drinking now.
Alcoholism is hard to control, and he’d rather drink than have his children and wife. It is what it is, but he shouldn’t be bragging.
Every alcoholic and addict in recovery understands exactly what is happening and can see that this man’s disease is fully in the driver’s seat. If he is talking about drinking in interviews and drinking publicly, he is drinking around the clock.