Brad Pitt: I Was Pretending in My Marriage to Jen Aniston
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Way harsh, dude!
Brad Pitt -- whose ex-wife once said he lacked a "sensitivity chip" -- looked back with a lot of candor on his failed marriage to Jennifer Aniston in a new interview with Parade.
Now 47 and happily ensconced in a globe-trotting family life with longtime partner Angelina Jolie and their six kids, Pitt gushes that he's a "satisfied man" these days.
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"I'm satisfied with making true choices and finding the woman I love, Angie, and building a family that I love so much," he tells Parade.
But his earlier years as a movie star -- which included the Aniston era -- weren't quite so satisfying, he mused.
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"I spent the '90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony. I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic," says the Moneyball star. He dated Gwyneth Paltrow from 1994 to 1997 and met Aniston, 42, in 1998. They married in 2000 and divorced five years later.
He went on about his pre-Jolie life: "It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn't living an interesting life myself."
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Why was he so glum? "I think that my marriage had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn't."
By contrast, life with Jolie, 36, is bonafide awesome, he says. "One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom," he gushes. "Oh, man, I'm so happy to have her."
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168Ummm well I for one believe Jen would have also been a great mom if she had had the chance...and the fact that Brad did not have an "interesting life" is his own fault...you make the best of what you have... probably having that affair with Angie was the highlight of his boring life...
Brad needed to mine his own business when it come to Jen he got what he wanted so leave Jen and what she doing alone, or who she doing it with that not any of his business. He got who he want at least he think he does, or waht with him and Angie he not as happy as he want people to think he are. Sound like it to me he the one having the problems. If he as happy as he say he was he wouldn't have time to be all up in Jen business. Brad need to move on and keep trying to raise that big happy family he got.
I don't what you people are reading. JA never talked about BP or her failed marriage. If she was promoting one of her movies and a host asked her questions with regard to this, she always painted BP in a favorable light even if she wasn't feeling that way about him at the time. On the other side of the coin BP and JA weren't even divorced and he was in a magazine with AJ and her child making like the perfect family. Talk about a slap in the face. BP was relatively unknown until he hooked up with JA, hello does everyone have a short memory. And then when he let his penis rule his heart he took up with AJ. And she knows how to get a guy in that respect. And speaking of respect BP is not even divorced from JA and AJ is pregnant and here is a women who said that she would never cheat with a married man. Doesn't say much for her character does it? in closing there are three sides to every story, hers JA, his BP and the truth.
Everyone is talking bad about Brad, but when Jen was talking bad about him no one said anything about her. It take two or did you people forget. We don't know what went on behind closed doors.
There is still that chance that Angie may switch teams again. She is bisexual.
Jen divorced him so he could marry his mistress. still he doesn't marry Jolie? maybe scared of alimony :)
This man is such a liar. He just stated a few months ago, how he keeps in touch with Jen, and how they had some very good moments together and would always be part of each others lives etc..what a loser this guy is. He also stated he would marry Jolie when everyone could get married, last month he said he would when the kids wanted it, and Jolie said they never talk about it. Hilarious. Anyway discussing a past failed marriage can be talked about without slurring on the ex wife he cheated on.
Whine boy.
lol. this is pathetic at it's most pathetic. how incredibly convenient that he suddenly says he's had these feelings after jen is in a happy relationship. is brad really so jealous that he has to go and trash his marriage? he really needs to get over it and move on, jen did when it was her that filed for divorce so that she could get on with her life and away from this cheater. he didn't even have the decency to ask for one when he got angelina knocked up, it was jen who spead up the process by filing. jen is SO LUCKY not to be with this guy, how sad that he still sounds like such and idiot and so childish when he's in his late 40's. i 'm almost inclined to feel bad for angelina that she couldn't be with a real man, and instead is with some guy who can't get over his ex-wife and has to try to get her attention after she's already moved on with somenone else. what a sad, sad life.
if a man is married and cheats on the wife, he'll definitely be unhappy and brings unhappiness into a marriage. a married man is not supposed to make himself fall for another woman, a married man should work hard too to make a marriage succeed. if a married man's eyes wander to other women, he should not have married at all from the start. Brad you don't know what you want, Jen does and she works on it meticulously! enjoy your mistress and this time commit yourself to her since relapses will surely come to her from drugging days:)
First of all, Brad is afraid to admit publicly, that he made a mistake by leaving Jen for whats her name, because it would make him look stupid......in the last five years, he aged atleast 15. The kids never look happy in any pictures, a sign of stress, I think! She looks like a scarecrow with big teeth. She is so nasty, while Jen has a lot of class. This is the first time that Brad has spoken negatively about his life with Jen. Do I sense a little jealousy? She seems to be happy with the new man in her life, and rumor has it that it may lead to matrimony and a family. I think Brad is having some regrets. Let him stay in the "pit" he fell into with that disfunctional beast, and fester. I don't spend my time or money going to or watching any of their movies, because I have totally lost respect for them both! They deserve the misery that they created. According to staff members, they fight all the time! Good for them!
Hello Brad!! I'm thankful that you finally expressed your love for Angelina to the entire world!! I think Ms. Aniston is a great person and wish her the best!! Yet being Angie's hardcore fan I'm so happy for both Brad and Angie. You've earned it guys.
He is speaking his mind- something I pride myself in doing- what's wrong with that? HE wasn't happily married so what? He was in a marriage that was making him counter-productive- so he did the right thing and jumped ship. He hopped aboard the "Queen Angelina" luxury yacht and has been out to sea ever since. Nothing wrong with that!!! He is probably in a much better place. At least he was true enough to himeslf to realize that his marriage was gonna fail, and if someone's not happy, they're not happy. He wasn't living the life he wanted to- and so he pursued a different life. That's how it is in life people- if you're not happy, then you gotta move on and find something that DOES make ya happy. Life is too short to be miserable, married OR otherwise. I would have done the same thing if I was in Brad's shoes. I know plenty of people that stay in unhappy, unfulfilling, and unproductive marriages for one reason or another, and believe me, these people are MISERABLE beyond belief. WHO Wants to live like that???? Noone should feel like they are stuck in a situation if they aren't happy. Happiness is the key to a productive life. If you're unhappy- then find WHAT makes you happy! That's my philosophy 101. And besides, I will always stick up for Brad- because I like him, and I can't stand Jennifer Aniston!
who does Brad tryin' to fool?himself,the world or his "Wonderful wife?"its obvious he had one person in mind Jenifer,why?because he cant believe she's over him and has moved on with her life,hapiness can be shown in a very obvious way,rather that wasting your breath explaining what is not to the world,its a pity i havent seen anything or read anything that depicts your hapiness Brad!
Jay! Totally agree with Sofie, he has the same right to comment as lame Aniston. He seems to be totally happy with his family, they all look so great and right together and life a fantastic life. Good for them!
Her fans are angry cause now everybody knows that she wasnt a victim of him. but thats what jen wanted us to believe, she wanted the minivan symphaty cause she was affraid that her carrer would end after friends and the divorce so she did a lot of interviews about her private life and the divorce! she sold her privacy to the world. instead of picking better movieroles to stay relevant, she took the easy way and picked every well paid role, no matter how bad the movie was, and sold her privacy insted of working work harder on her carrer. she choosed the easy way to get money and fame! just like a hilton would! she will never have the grace and class of Sandra Bullock. And Brad has the same right to talk about his past lilfe like Jennifer do all the time. There is not one year where she didnt talked about her marriage! Shes a huge Star, she can demand every question in a interview, they know before what they will ask them! So she wants to talk about him when she needs the attetion for pr. So why cant he? He was also a part of it not just her! If you read behind the lines, you can see that he says: Jen didnt want to give me kids! And thats why her fans hate him because they dont want to belive this cause shes a liar! she know that her fans would hate her if she would say that she didnt want kids at the time with pitt. woman cant say that!
@Leah, totaly agree!!!!!
@Mai, totaly agree!
You should read what Laineygossip has to say about this :-) its more fun to read .... And by the way, he didnt said anything bad about Jennifer, he just said the truth that they werent happy anymore and it was over and thats what her fans dont want to believe. the cant imagine that it was a normal boring seperation! you want it to be like a soap opra but it isnt. if jen had the right to say some comments about their marrieg then he has the same right.
You should read what Laineygossip has to say about this :-) its more fun to read .... And by the way, he didnt said anything bad about Jennifer, he just said the truth that they werent happy anymore and it was over and thats what her fans dont want to believe. the cant imagine that it was a normal boring seperation! you want it to be like a soap opra but it isnt. if jen had the right to say some comments about their marrieg then he has the same right.