Brad Pitt has spoken about discovering a “non-public and selective” Alcoholics Annonymous assembly to keep away from what he feared could be “atrocious” exploitation by the media.
The As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood star obtained sober in 2016, following a broadly publicised break up from his then-wife, Angelina Jolie.
He attended AA conferences for a yr and a half, and touched on the expertise in a brand new interview.
Chatting with GQ for its July/August situation, Pitt recalled: “I had a very cool males’s group right here that was actually non-public and selective, so it was secure.
“As a result of I’d seen issues of different individuals, like Philip Seymour Hoffman, who had been recorded whereas they have been spilling their guts, and that’s simply atrocious to me.”
Hoffman died of a drug overdose in 2014, shortly after relapsing.
Pitt has beforehand credited the actor Bradley Cooper with serving to him obtain sobriety.
Accepting the trophy for Greatest Supporting Actor from Cooper on the Nationwide Board of Overview Awards in 2020, Pitt mentioned: “I obtained sober due to this man, and day by day has been happier ever since. I like you and I thanks.”
Elsewhere within the GQ interview, Pitt additionally spoke about his legacy, suggesting that he’s within the “final leg” of his appearing profession.
“I contemplate myself on my final leg, this final semester or trimester,” he mentioned. “What is that this part gonna be? And the way do I wanna design that?”
The July/ August situation of British GQ is accessible by way of digital obtain and on newsstands on 28 June.
