Brad Pitt Breaks Silence at First AA Meeting Post-Divorce with Angelina Jolie! Shocking Details Revealed
Brad Pitt Opens Up About Attending AA Meetings Post-Divorce
The actor shared his experience of attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings following his separation from Angelina Jolie. During a recent podcast appearance, he described the process as transformative and freeing.
Pitt, 61, recalled feeling “pretty much on [his] knees” at the time and acknowledges that he needed a serious wake-up call. He said, “I was trying anything and everything, anything anyone threw at me. … It was a difficult time. I needed rebooting.” While he didn’t specify exactly when he started attending AA, he previously revealed he attended for a year and a half after their 2016 divorce.
He described the meetings as “incredible,” highlighting the openness and honesty shared by participants. “It gives you permission to go, ‘OK, I’m gonna step out on this edge and see what happens.’ And then I really grew to love it,” he said. Pitt also appreciated the humor and camaraderie among men sharing their flaws, missteps, and aspirations, which reminded him of how men in his upbringing often emphasized that “everything is great.”
Sharing his experience, Pitt mentioned feeling inspired when listening to others speak openly, which helped him to embrace vulnerability. He also noted that watching Dax Shepard, a fellow attendee, with his humor and wisdom, added to the significance of the meetings.
Pitt previously discussed that attending AA felt like “exposing the ugly sides of” himself and that he decided to “remove [his] drinking privileges” to regain control. His struggles with alcohol are believed to have played a role in the collapse of his marriage to Jolie, which officially ended last year.
Pitt expressed that sharing his journey on the podcast was an essential step toward honesty. He described the experience as coming from humble roots in the Ozarks, where men often insist “everything is great”—but in the meetings, genuine stories and humor flourished.
He reflected on how being truthful about his struggles was intoxicatingly freeing, and how the honesty of others, like Shepard, helped him grow. Pitt noted that he’s moved on romantically with Ines de Ramon but remains distant from his older children, apart from seeing Knox and Vivienne periodically. Notably, Vivienne and Zahara have dropped Pitt’s last name in recent years, with Shiloh also filing to do so legally.
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