B ad
Pitt
ope ed
up
like
eve
befo e
a d
spoke
about
a
da k
chapte
i
his
life
away
f om
the
spotlight.
The
acto ,
who
has
ofte
mai tai ed
a
athe
p ivate
pe so al
life,
evealed
he
is
‘ ot
sobe ‘,
afte
stayi g
away
f om
alcohol
fo
seve
yea s.
B ad
Pitt
d i ki g
agai
I
a
ew
i te view
with
Esqui e,
B ad
admitted
that
he’s
o
lo ge
sobe
a d
ca
have
“a
few”
glasses
of
wi e.
B ad
evealed,
“No,
I
got
–
I
was
sobe
fo
seve
yea s.
A d
the
I
got
back
off
the
wago .
I
a
mo e
est ai ed
ma e .
I
got
ove co fide t
a
couple
times,
we t,
Yep,
ope,
ot
good
fo
me.
Not
i
big
qua tities.””You
ca
have
a
glass
of
wi e,”
the
i te viewe
said.He
espo ded,
“Yeah.
Well…I
ca
have
a
few.
But
I
ca ’t
have
a
lot.
I
have
to
be
p ofessio al
about
it.”
B ad
Pitt
o
getti g
sobe
Back
i
2017
Pitt
talked
about
getti g
sobe
i
a
i te view
with
GQ.
At
the
time,
he
said
he
could ’t
emembe
a
day
si ce
leavi g
college
whe
he
was ’t
d i ki g,
smoki g
pot,
o
usi g
somethi g.
He
also
ope ed
up
about
his
love
fo
wi e
a d
admitted
at
he
had
take
it
too
fa .I
2019,
Pitt
told
The
New
Yo k
Times
he
spe t
a
yea
a d
a
half
i
a
all-male
ecove y
g oup
i
Alcoholics
A o ymous.
I
2020,
Pitt
publicly
tha ked
B adley
Coope
at
the
Natio al
Boa d
of
Review
gala
fo
helpi g
him
get
sobe .Give
the
timeli e
a d
Pitt
sayi g
he’d
bee
sobe
fo
seve
yea s,
it
sou ds
like
the
acto
has
bee
off
the
wago
fo
at
least
a
couple
of
yea s.
B ad
Pitt
ope s
up
about
bei g
suicidal
I
the
same
i te view,
the
acto
ope ed
up
about
feeli g
“suicidal”
while
goi g
th ough
“family
stuff”
amid
his
split
f om
A geli a
Jolie
a d
his
est a geme t
f om
his
kids.I
the
i te view,
the
acto
spilled
his
hea t
out,
as
he
ope ed
up
about
the
da k
chapte
i
his
life.
“I’ve
eve
bee
suicidal
except
fo
o e
little
pe iod.
A d
i
that
o e
little
pe iod,
I
just
thought
—
I
just
could ’t
—
just
did ’t
see
a
way
out,”
Pitt
admitted.He
fu the
explai ed,
“The
pai
was
so
opp essive
that
–
I
was ’t
goi g
to
act
o
this,
but
I
could
feel
–
I
could
feel
the
cold
steel
of
the
bullet
i
my
head,
a d
it
felt
like
elief.”
B ad
Pitt
o
u de sta di g
suicide
Sha i g
his
thoughts
about
t yi g
to
u de sta d
suicide,
he
sha ed,
“A d
I
thought,
‘Oh,
okay,
ow
I
u de sta d’
–
I
u de sta d
suicide,
i
the
se se
that
it’s
just
elief.
It’s
just
looki g
fo
elief
f om
the
pai .’
The
acto
fu the
admitted
that
at
that
mome t,
his
‘i c edible
su vival
i sti cts’
kicked
i
a d
seemi gly
saved
him.
“This
s**t
ai ‘t
easy.
A d
you’ e
talki g
to
a
guy
who
wo
the
lotte y,”
B ad
fu the
added.
B ad
Pitt
claims
‘family
stuff’
as
easo
fo
suicidal
thoughts
Whe
he
was
asked
if
his
suicidal
thoughts
we e
t igge ed
by
the
“kid
stuff,”
he
cla ified
with
the
po tal,
“Family
stuff…
We
could
leave
it
at
that.”B ad
Pitt
has
bee
i volved
i
a
bitte
divo ce
battle
with
his
ex-wife
A geli a
Jolie.
Besides
thei
battle
ove
the
ow e ship
of
thei
F e ch
wi e y,
the
acto
has,
ove
the
past
decade,
become
est a ged
with
his
six
child e
–
Maddox,
Pax,
Zaha a,
Shiloh,
a d
twi s
Vivie e
a d
K ox.Jolie,
filed
fo
divo ce
f om
Pitt
i
2016
a d
equested
full
custody
of
thei
six
child e ,
allegi g
a
abusive
i cide t
betwee
the
acto
a d
the
kids.Ove
the
past
yea s,
ea ly
all
six
of
the
Pitt-Jolie
child e
have
go e
the
legal
oute
to
d opp
‘Pitt’
f om
thei
su ames.
