Hollywood divorces can be tricky, and that certainly seems to have been the case for stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
However, despite the drawn out process, Angelina’s lawyers confirmed in December 2024 that the former couple had come to an agreement and filed to end their two-year marriage.
Now, Brad has broken his silence on the divorce, labelling it not “that major of a thing.”
When asked by GQ if he felt “relief” when the former couple legally settled their separation, Brad replied, “No, I don’t think it was that major of a thing. Just something coming to fruition. Legally.”
EXHAUSTED
When Brad and Angelina settled their divorce in December, Angelina’s lawyer James Simon told People Magazine, “More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt.”
“She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family.”
He also added that Angelina is “exhausted” and “relieved” this one part is over.
Angelina made the original filing for the divorce on the 19th September 2024, and while she has made very few comments about the divorce, she revealed in 2019 that she was hurt.
“It was a complicated moment, when I did not recognise myself anymore where I had become … how to say … smaller, as insignificant, even if it was not necessarily obvious,” she told the French magazine Madame Figaro in 2019.
“I felt a deep and real sadness, I was hurt.”
MOVING FORWARD
A source close to Angelina told People she hopes the settlement will allow Brad to move on.
“Angelina hopes the finalisation of their divorce will enable him to move on, stop attacking her, and instead help heal their family,” they said.
However, a source close to Brad claimed that Angelina was herself engaging in attacks, “including a never-ending distortion of facts and projecting their own behavior onto others, causing tremendous collateral damage to those in and around the family”.
The divorce news came as rumours swirled that Brad might be getting ready to do a tell-all so his side of the story could be heard.
“He loves the idea of doing an in-depth profile TV sit-down interview with someone like Oprah or even bringing someone like Ellen DeGeneres back for a one-off,” an insider exclusively revealed to Woman’s Day.
“It just has to be someone he trusts and in a prerecorded format that gives him some control, because the last thing he wants is to land back in court.”
