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Melissa Etheridge Hasn’t Spoken To Brad Pitt Since Angelina Jolie Romance Began

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Melissa Etheridge explained that she was simply expressing her opinion when she spoke about how she felt double mastectomies could be "fearful."

To each their own. Melissa Etheridge sparked a feud when she referred to Angelina Jolie's preventative mastectomy as "the most fearful choice" a woman could make. The "Come To My Window" singer tells Us Weekly that her words were blown "out of proportion" and that she had only intended to shed her own thoughts on the issue as a fellow breast cancer survivor. In fact, she hasn't even spoken to Jolie's fiance, her old pal Brad Pitt, since his days with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston.

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"I in no way meant for that statement to reach [Brad Pitt] in that way," Etheridge told Us at the 2013 Recording Academy Honors on Tuesday, June 25. "It was not meant for him… or his wife." "Wife" appears to be a misnomer: Together since 2005 (shortly after Pitt's split from Aniston) Pitt, 49, and Jolie, 38, confirmed their engagement in spring 2012 but have yet to actually wed. "Everyone's personal health is their own personal choice," the singer added.

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The Grammy winner, who sang at Pitt's 2000 wedding to Aniston, confessed that she and Pitt fell out of contact a long time ago. "I haven't, um, spoken to him . . .  since he 'married' Angelina," she said, chuckling. "But we were very close before that. I don't know . . . I have reached out.

She added that she and Aniston have also lost touch. "I haven't heard from her either.  We all kinda got our own families and went our own way," she admitted. "It's funny we all were together and then it all went POOF."

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In May, Jolie opened up about her decision to get a double mastectomy after discovering that she carried a "fault" breast cancer gene, BRCA1, which gave her an "87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer." The Maleficent star made the tough decision to undergo the procedure, which supports applauded as empowering and courageous. 

Several weeks later, Etheridge opened up to the Washington Blade about her own views on the subject, saying that she felt "a little differently."

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"I have that gene mutation too, and it's not something I would believe in for myself," she told the paper. "I wouldn't call it the brave choice. I actually think it's the most fearful choice you can make when confronting anything with cancer." 

Pitt didn't seem too thrilled about the singer's comments, telling Us that he was "sure we'll talk on the phone" about the matter.

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