B ad
Pitt
eveals
etu
to
d i ki g
afte
7
yea s
of
sob iety,
says
‘family
stuff’
affected
me tal
health;
ecalls
suicidal
thoughts
B ad
Pitt
has
ope ed
up
about
a
deeply
difficult
pe iod
i
his
life,
eveali g
that
pe so al
a d
“family
stuff”
co t ibuted
to
a
decli e
i
his
me tal
health.
The
Osca -wi i g
acto ,
62,
also
spoke
about
his
past
st uggles
with
alcohol,
his
etu
to
d i ki g
afte
seve
yea s
of
sob iety
a d
the
impo ta ce
of
his
su vival
i sti cts.
B ad
Pitt
eflects
o
a
difficult
pe iod
i
his
life
I
a
i te view
with
Esqui e,
Pitt
spoke
ca didly
about
his
me tal
health
jou ey
while
eflecti g
o
the
pe so al
challe ges
he
has
faced
ove
the
past
decade.The
acto ,
who
has
bee
i volved
i
a
p olo ged
legal
battle
with
ex-wife
A geli a
Jolie,
said
he
has
ge e ally
co side ed
himself
a
optimist
a d
i sisted
that
he
was
eve
someo e
who
egula ly
expe ie ced
suicidal
thoughts.“I
was
eve
suicidal
i
a y
way.
It
just
was
ot
my
makeup,”
Pitt
said.He
desc ibed
himself
as
a
“co ge ital
optimist”,
addi g
that
his
optimism
had
helped
him
th ough
difficult
situatio s,
although
it
had
also
sometimes
led
him
to
make
poo
decisio s.
Pitt
says
‘family
stuff’
affected
his
me tal
health
While
Pitt
did
ot
go
i to
exte sive
detail
about
his
family
ci cumsta ces,
he
ack owledged
that
“family
stuff”
played
a
ole
i
a
pe iod
whe
his
me tal
health
dete io ated.Pitt
a d
Jolie,
o ce
o e
of
Hollywood’s
most
famous
couples
a d
widely
k ow
as
“B a geli a”,
sepa ated
i
2016
afte
two
yea s
of
ma iage.
Thei
divo ce
was
fi alized
i
Decembe
2024,
followi g
yea s
of
legal
disputes.The
fo me
couple
sha e
six
child e
–
Maddox,
Pax,
Zaha a,
Shiloh,
Vivie e
a d
K ox.
Thei
family
elatio ships
have
emai ed
u de
public
sc uti y
amid
the
legal
battles
betwee
Pitt
a d
Jolie.Seve al
of
thei
child e
have
also
moved
away
f om
usi g
Pitt’s
su ame
i
ece t
yea s,
acco di g
to
cou t
fili gs
a d
epo ts.
B ad
Pitt
ecalls
a
mome t
whe
emotio al
pai
felt
ove whelmi g
Pitt
we t
o
to
desc ibe
o e
pa ticula ly
da k
pe iod,
sayi g
that
although
he
did
ot
i te d
to
act
o
suicidal
thoughts,
the
emotio al
pai
became
so
ove whelmi g
that
he
u de stood
why
someo e
might
view
suicide
as
a
escape
f om
suffe i g.“I’ve
eve
bee
suicidal
except
fo
o e
little
pe iod.
A d
i
that
o e
little
pe iod,
I
just
did ‘t
see
a
way
out,”
Pitt
said.“The
pai
was
so
opp essive,”
he
ecalled,
addi g
that
he
expe ie ced
the
thought
of
suicide
as
a
fo m
of
elief
f om
that
pai .Pitt
said
his
su vival
i sti ct
ultimately
kicked
i .“But
I
also
thi k
we
have
i c edible
su vival
i sti cts.
A d
fo
me,
that
immediately
kicked
i ,”
he
said.
Pitt
talks
about
alcohol
afte
seve
yea s
of
sob iety
The
F1
sta
also
ope ed
up
about
his
elatio ship
with
alcohol.Pitt
evealed
that
afte
emai i g
sobe
fo
seve
yea s,
he
eve tually
bega
d i ki g
agai ,
although
he
said
he
ow
app oaches
alcohol
i
a
much
mo e
co t olled
way.“I
was
sobe
fo
seve
yea s.
A d
the
I
got
back
off
the
wago ,”
Pitt
said
with
a
laugh.The
acto
emphasized
that
he
does
ot
d i k
i
la ge
qua tities
a d
has
lea ed
to
ecog ize
whe
alcohol
is
ot
good
fo
him.“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,”
he
said.Pitt
said
he
ca
have
a
few
d i ks
but
eeds
to
emai
discipli ed
about
it.“I
ca
have
a
few,
but
I
ca ’t
have
a
lot.
I
have
to
be
p ofessio al
about
it,”
he
explai ed.
B ad
Pitt
p eviously
c edited
Alcoholics
A o ymous
with
helpi g
him
Pitt
has
p eviously
spoke
publicly
about
his
decisio
to
stop
d i ki g
followi g
his
sepa atio
f om
Jolie.I
a
2019
i te view
with
The
New
Yo k
Times,
he
evealed
that
he
had
atte ded
Alcoholics
A o ymous
meeti gs
fo
a ou d
a
yea
a d
a
half.He
late
c edited
fellow
acto
B adley
Coope
with
suppo ti g
him
du i g
his
sob iety
jou ey.I
a
Ju e
2025
appea a ce
o
the
A mchai
Expe t
with
Dax
Shepa d
podcast,
Pitt
also
eflected
o
how
difficult
that
pe iod
had
bee
a d
desc ibed
his
willi g ess
to
accept
help.“I
was
p etty
much
o
my
k ees,
a d
I
was
eally
ope ,”
he
said
at
the
time.
“I
was
t yi g
a ythi g
a d
eve yo e.”
B ad
Pitt
a d
A geli a
Jolie’s
lo g
legal
battle
Pitt
a d
Jolie’s
pe so al
st uggles
have
played
out
alo gside
a
le gthy
legal
battle
that
bega
afte
thei
2016
sepa atio .The
dispute
i cluded
a
bitte
fight
ove
Château
Mi aval,
the
F e ch
vi eya d
the
couple
o ce
joi tly
ow ed.
Jolie
made
allegatio s
of
physical
abuse
agai st
Pitt
i
legal
fili gs,
i cludi g
claims
elated
to
a
alleged
2016
i cide t
aboa d
a
p ivate
flight
f om
F a ce
to
Los
A geles.Pitt
has
de ied
the
allegatio s.The
FBI
i vestigated
the
2016
i cide t
but
did
ot
pu sue
c imi al
cha ges
agai st
Pitt.
The
fo me
couple’s
divo ce
was
ultimately
fi alized
i
Decembe
2024
afte
yea s
of
legal
p oceedi gs.
