Obviously, that has to be what’s going on, right? Brad Pitt was driven to say such awful things about Jennifer Aniston in the first place! Who put him up to it? Angelina did!

In Touch Weekly reports, “That is her exact opinion of Jen. She thinks she is a boring person. It’s as if Angelina specifically told Brad to say those things in the interview.” Angelina forces Brad to do this stuff because Angie is “calculating” so “she gets Brad to do her dirty work.”

And according to OK! Magazine, Angie is pissed that Brad had to go back and “clarify” what he said about Jen. “In her mind, he had no business groveling and apologizing to Jen. It’s clear that he still loves her. Why else would he go on and on about how wonderful she is? If Angie has one vulnerable spot, it would have to do with their staying in contact. Angie’s very cut and dry. When she moves on, she moves on. She doesn’t speak to [ex-husbands] Billy Bob Thornton or Jonny Lee Miller. And she expects Brad to do the same with Jen… Brad and Angie are not in a good place.”

Brad taped a segment with Matt Lauer for the Today Show, and here is a clip from the interview, which will air tomorrow.

“All I know is that my point was, the best thing I’d done as a father is be sure that my kids have a good mother. … That’s all I was, or am, trying to say. It has no reference to the past. And I think it’s a shame that I can’t say something nice about Angie without Jen being drug in. You know, she doesn’t deserve it.”

“I don’t wanna be encumbered by any of that. I know my intentions, and I know what I believe, and I know things get misconstrued, and I know there’s a good cycle and a good story to say we’re splitting up. And then when we don’t, they say we’ve come together again, it’s another new cycle, and then there’s a secret wedding. ‘No, that was put on hold because they’re upset.’ It’s, you know, that’s– I live outside of that, and it’s much healthier.”

When Lauer asked Pitt about the statement he released to The Hollywood Reporter and other outlets clarifying his comments, Pitt says, ” I don’t want them to say anything bad like that about Jen. She’s a dear friend of mine.”

He denies that Aniston called him after his quotes came out. “She’s also a seasoned veteran and she knows. You know, and she’s a valuable person. We spent seven years together. Come on.”

Brad will also appear on Ellen Degeneres this afternoon, and while talking with Ellen – he opens up about whether or not he’s going to marry Angelina.

Pitt will appear on Thursday’s episode of The Ellen Degeneres Show and answered the age-old question of ‘Will he and Angie ever tie the knot?’

“I’ve said that we would not be getting married until everyone in this county had the right to get married,” Brad told host Ellen DeGeneres.

“We live in this great country that is about freedom. It is defined by our freedom and equality and yet we allow this discrimination to go on everyday and that’s not what we’re about — that’s not what makes us great.

“Until that is reversed, I just don’t get it,” Pitt said, launching into an Italian accent. “It’a make’a no sense to me!”

DeGeneres said, “Thank you: So that means if like, next week if it’s legal for everyone to get married that you would then be getting married the very next day?

“It seems,” Pitt said.

Jennifer Aniston is sick of hearing people talk about her marriage about Brad Pitt. Especially from the man himself. After hearing what Brad had to say about their marriage in a recent interview with Parade Magazine, Jen was a source close to the actress said she was “annoyed. She thought it was rude and inappropriate.”

Aniston’s agent and publicists “went ballistic,” a Pitt insider reveals, and they angrily reached out to Pitt’s camp. “They got his team involved and Brad was read the riot act — the only way you can read the riot act to Brad Pitt,” the source says.

Within 24 hours, Pitt had released a statement lamenting that his words were misinterpreted. Still, the Pitt source says, “no one believes his words were taken out of context — he said what he said.”

And although Pitt is clearly blissed out with Angelina Jolie and their six kids, “We think he’s jealous she’s in love,” the source says.

Can’t we all just move on and find another topic to talk about?

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Last night Brad Pitt stepped out at the premiere of his latest movie, ‘Moneyball’. Angie was nowhere to be seen. Brad’s partner stayed behind with their children in London.

Brad took a moment last night to clarify comments he made about his marriage to Jennifer Aniston. (You remember… THESE comments)

“That was never my intention for it to be spun that way,” he said of those who interpreted his remarks to be critical of his former mate. “People read things into it that just weren’t there.”

At the Oakland Coliseum, where the movie premiered and much of Moneyball takes place, Pitt, 47, said the role of Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane offered him a unique behind-the-scenes perspective of America’s favorite pastime. (The film is based on nonfiction author Michael Lewis’s Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.)

“Getting into the Oakland Coliseum and being inside the baseball world is something you just don’t get to do every day,” he said. “When you are a spectator, you are left behind the gate, so to speak. So getting inside was a real privilege.”

But while Pitt, 47, never played baseball himself, it’s likely he’ll one day be watching son Maddox swing for the fences.

“My son is a big baseball fan,” he said. “We went to a Yankees game and we were sitting next to the dugout. [Derek] Jeter offered him a cracked bat, and he said, ‘It’s broken!’ “

I don’t really care anymore whether Brad called Jennifer dull or not – I mean honestly, who cares. BUT I do care about posting pictures of a scruffy Brad. I can’t tell if it’s hot or not? What’s your verdict?

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Seems like Brad Pitt has been on the cover of every magazine over the last couple weeks. First there was Entertainment Weekly, and then Parade. I know I’m missing some… well anyway, now he’s on the cover of Sports Illustrated – to promote his new film, ‘Moneyball’. It’s not the first time SI has had a non-athlete on the cover of their magazine. Past covers have gone to Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Stephen Colbert, Bob Hope, Ed Sullivan, Steve McQueen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

In the magazine, Brad admits he really doesn’t know much about baseball.

“It’s shameful how little I know about baseball … I’m amazed they let me do this movie,” Pitt, 47, tells Sports Illustrated in this week’s cover story, which will hit newsstands on Wednesday.

“Baseball and I didn’t get along that well,” he adds. “I wrestled one year [in high school]. I dove one year. Everything but baseball.”

What drew him to the role, says Pitt: “I’m a sucker for the underdog story.”

What draws me to the movie is Brad Pitt. Can’t wait to see it!

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Yesterday the press got a hold of an interview Brad Pitt gave Parade Magazine. In the article Brad opened up about his marriage to Jennifer Aniston – and basically how he’s so much happier and fulfilled with Angelina Jolie. He claimed to have been “pretending” in his marriage with Jen. Here’s a recap of what he said:

“I spent the ‘90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony. I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic. It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn’t living an interesting life myself,” he continues. “I think that my marriage had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn’t.”

“I put much more emphasis on being a satisfied man. I’m satisfied with making true choices and finding the woman I love, Angie, and building a family that I love so much. A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss. … That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.”

“One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom,” he tells Parade. “She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I’m so happy to have her.”

Well, this morning Brad Pitt released a statement on the interview, claiming he never meant to insult anyone. He was just giving his own feelings on the matter of his first marriage.

“It grieves me that this was interpreted this way. Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend. It is an important relationship I value greatly. The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself — and that, I am responsible for,” Pitt said in the statement.

Do you think that Brad and Jen really truly are great friends? I find that so strange! How could Jen be friends with him!? I understand having a respect for someone, but c’mon, really?

And also – I think Brad has the right to talk about whatever he wants – but c’mon. Isn’t it like beating a dead horse at this point? He has so much more to talk about. I haven’t heard Jen bring it up in a while. It’s called MOVING ON PEOPLE.

Brad Pitt was interviewed by Parade Magazine, and in an rare, candid interview, he references his marriage to Jennifer Aniston. He felt pathetic during that time, and found himself “pretending” in his marriage. Can we all be DONE talking about this relationship already? I can’t think of any other celebrity marriage that is talked about more! I’d just like to see Jen get married to hottie Justin Theroux - and start popping out little Jen/Justin babies so it gives everyone else something to talk about (myself included).

Anyway, it’s a very interesting article, which you can read in full here, so read on!

On how his marriage to Jennifer Aniston affected his work: “I spent the ’90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony . . . It started feeling pathetic. It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn’t living an interesting life myself. I think that my marriage [to actress Jennifer Aniston] had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn’t.”

On he and Angie adopting right away: “When Angie and I first met, we came together quite quickly and we decided we were adopting. Now the rules are that because we are not married, I can’t adopt. Angie adopts. We decided we were adopting a daughter. We were going to do it right out of the gate. We were not going to mess around. Angie said, ‘No shopping [for kids].’ I thought that was astute and beautifully put. It took the pressure off of adoption and brought a magic to it. We had set our parameters—we had room in our family if anyone needed a home. We got the call, and that’s our eldest daughter, Zahara.”

On Fatherhood: “I was surprised at how automatic it is, how much of it is instinctual. And now I have a great confidence and trust in those instincts. I mean, one sound at night and you’re awake and up because they may need you. Or when they start to have a tantrum, you know to divert them from spinning out by helping them focus on something. It just goes on and on. I tell them, “You can make a mess, but you’ve got to clean it up.”

On why he doesn’t read about himself: “I really don’t want to know . . . I mean, how many stories have you read that aren’t true, stories about me and Angie being married or fighting or splitting up? And when we don’t split up, there’s a whole new round that we’ve made up and we’re back together again! We’ll get married when everyone can. We’re not splitting up. And we don’t have a seventh child yet . . . I used to go mental over it and try to fight it. But it was a futile battle, so I just gave up on it.”

On life with Angelina: “I’m satisfied with making true choices and finding the woman I love, Angie, and building a family that I love so much. A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss. That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all . . . One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I’m so happy to have her.”

On gay marriage: Can you believe that we’re still fighting for equality in America? To be against marriage for everyone is utter discrimination. I feel strongly about that because if equality of marriage doesn’t happen now, the next generation will have to deal with it. It is an amazing thing that New York has finally gotten same-sex marriage. But the real problem is that the federal government hides behind states on this issue. It is blatant, ugly bigotry, and the federal government shouldn’t be doing that. You’re denying some Americans the right that all Americans have, to live their lives as they choose. What are you so afraid of? That’s my question. Gay people getting married? What is so scary about that? It’s complicated. You grow up in a religion like that and you try to pray the gay away. I feel sadness for people like that. This is where people start short-circuiting—instead of being brave and questioning their beliefs, they are afraid and feel that they have to defend them.”

On religion: “I don’t mind a world with religion in it. There are some beautiful tenets within all religions. What I get hot about is when they start dictating how other people must live. People suffer because of it. They are spreading misery. My family is all devout Christians… We don’t see eye to eye on this one, yet at the end of the day we love each other, we’re still family.”

On learning French: “All our kids are speaking French, so now we have that second language infused into our home. Everyone is learning another language. I’ve got the Rosetta Stone for French sitting right on the table in the bedroom, and it’s going to be loaded into my brain. I know there are certain synapses in my brain that just freeze dead at French, but I have to learn it because our kids are speaking it. [Laughs] Even the twins as babies were saying certain things in French.”

Brad Pitt gives a rare, three-and-a-half hour interview in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, speaking from London where he’s promoting Moneyball and shooting the zombie epic World War Z. He talks about career highs, like meeting Angelina Jolie on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

“We had some good workshops beforehand. Had some good laughs and ideas. That was just a great collaboration that turned into a greater collaboration.”

He admits the couple may want to rethink their policy of never working at the same time — it helps with child rearing, but also means they can’t make movies together.

“We should be doing them together,” Pitt says. “That’s what we should be doing. We should be doing everything together, and then we could work less. We could have more time off.”

The conversation covers many low moments as well, and Pitt is ruthlessly honest about his own failures.

Told he looks miserable in 1994’s Interview with The Vampire, he says:

“I am miserable. Six months in the f—ing dark. Contact lenses, makeup, I’m playing the bitch role…” Pitt says he was depressed by the colorless role and the dreary London shoot: “One day, it broke me… I called David Geffen, who was a producer… I said, ‘David, I can’t do this anymore. I can’t do it. How much will it take to get me out?’ And he goes, very calmly, ‘Forty million dollars.’”

I can’t wait to see ‘Moneyball’!

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