Brad Pitt Talks Getting Sober, Quitting Cigarettes, & Says Something 'Profound' in New 'GQ' Cover Story

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Brad Pitt has given fans an insight into his life for the past few years, recently revealing that he is currently in the “last leg” of his career, which means he might be retiring soon. Now the Hollywood star is opening up about more personal issues, admitting that he quit smoking and drinking as he was not able to cut back, and decided to take a drastic decision.“I don’t have that ability to do just one or two a day,” he confessed in a recent interview with GQ.

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Brad Pitt’s cover shoot for GQ’s August edition has sent social media into a frenzy. On Wednesday, the magazine released a first look at Pitt on the cover.The movie star is lying down surrounded by dark flowers with a blank stare on his face. Pitt talked to the magazine to promote his latest project, "Bullet Train," which releases in August.

told GQ magazine that he was told gold worth millions of dollars was known to be buried under Château Miraval, his 1,000-acre estate in Provence.“I got obsessed,” Pitt, 58, told the mag.“Like for a year, this was all I could think about, just the excitement of it all,” said the Missouri-raised actor.“Maybe it has something to do with where I grew up, because in the Ozark Mountains there were always stories of hidden caches of gold.”Pitt said he even brought radar equipment during his year scouring the vast estate, which is now part of a bitter lawsuit with his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, whom he bought it with in 2008 and married there in 2014.He never found any gold — and later realized that the man who told him the initial tall tale had been seeking investments for a radar company. It was not clear if it was the same equipment that he bought for the dig.It proved to be “pretty foolish in the end,” Pitt admitted.“It was just the hunt that was exciting,” said the star who makes up to $20 million a movie, according to the GQ profile.The Miraval estate is located in the village of Correns in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France.

Brad Pitt has suggested he is approaching the final stage of his film career.The 58-year-old Oscar winner, who began his acting career in the 1980s, made the confession in a recent interview with GQ.“I consider myself on my last leg,” Pitt said. “This last semester or trimester.

Pitt's best movies include psychological thrillers like Fight Club and Se7en, as well as showing off his comedy chops in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Burn After Reading. Lately, Brad Pitt has been doing less acting after his divorce from actress Angelina Jolie and maintaining sobriety. The Troy star has shared how he goes about dealing with depression and finding “joy” in his life these days.

Brad Pitt and Joey King‘s new movie Bullet Train is hitting theaters this summer and a slew of character posters have been released by Sony Pictures.

Brad Pitt is opening up about his mental health struggles.

Brad Pitt is looking back on the time he became “obsessed” with finding “buried treasure” at his property in Provence, France. 

Brad Pitt is on the search for gold.

Brad Pitt has revealed that he is almost ready to retire from his successful career in Hollywood, following 30 years in the film industry and many acclaimed performances.The 58-year-old actor, who is currently in a legal battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie, confessed that this is the last part of his career, talking to GQ about his plans for the future. “I consider myself on my last leg,” Brad said, explaining that “This last semester or trimester.

Brad Pitt has spoken about identifying “safe” Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, after witnessing the effects of other Hollywood actors’ AA meetings being shared and exploited.The 58-year-old got sober in 2016, embarking on a year and a half of the recovery program, after breaking up with his then-wife, Angelina Jolie.Speaking to GQ, Pitt said: “I had a really cool men’s group here that was really private and selective, so it was safe.“Because I’d seen things of other people, like Philip Seymour Hoffman, who had been recorded while they were spilling their guts, and that’s just atrocious to me.”Hoffman, who won an Oscar for his leading role in Capote and garnered critical acclaim for turns in films such as The Master, Magnolia and Almost Famous, died of a drug overdose in 2014 after relapsing.“I’m realising … that I value [my] missteps, because they led to some wisdom, which led to something else. You can’t have one without the other,” Pitt said in an interview back in 2019, adding that he drank “to escape”.“I am quite famously a not-crier,” he continued.

Brad Pitt teased his upcoming retirement from Hollywood in a recent interview. While speaking with GQ, Pitt, 58, hinted he is in the last stretch of his career. "I consider myself on my last leg," Pitt told the outlet before adding, "this last semester or trimester.

Angelina Jolie is hard at work on her new movie.

Kicking his old habits. Brad Pitt opened up about his decision to quit cigarettes and his experience with Alcoholics Anonymous.

Bowing out. After a contentious divorce with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt has revealed that he’s in the “last leg” of his Hollywood career. But will Brad Pitt quit acting, for real?

British GQ, Brad also discussed his year-and-a-half Alcoholics Anonymous stint following his break-up from Angelina.The Maleficent actress filed for divorce in 2016, ending a 12-year relationship and two years of marriage.Brad then entered Alcoholics Anonymous to become sober, effectively finding a “cool men’s group” to privately discuss his journey with.He said: “I had a really cool men’s group here that was really private and selective, so it was safe, because I’d seen things of other people, like Philip Seymour Hoffman, who had been recorded while they were spilling their guts, and that’s just atrocious to me.”Back in 2020, Brad praised his friend and fellow actor Bradley Cooper for helping him get sober.The Once Upon A Time In Hollywood star credited his friend with the important feat during a heartfelt speech at the National Board of Review Gala.He had walked on stage to deliver his acceptance speech for best supporting actor.Brad revealed: “Bradley just put his daughter to bed and rushed over here to do this."He's a sweetheart. I got sober because of this guy and every day has been happier since.""I love you and I thank you."Brad and Bradley looked close at the event, which was held in midtown Manhattan's Cipriani 42nd in New York City.They graced the red carpet together, with their arms wrapped around each other as they grinned broadly.Brad previously spoke to The New York Times how his support group at Alcoholics Anonymous were an emotional breath of fresh air."I had taken things as far as I could take it," Brad said.

Brad Pitt speaks candidly about loneliness, his health, and more in a new interview with GQ.

Brad Pitt is embracing life. The 58-year-old actor opens up in a new interview with about everything from recently quitting cigarettes, to discovering things about himself throughout the years, including that he feels he «spent years with a low-grade depression.»“I always felt very alone in my life,” Pitt shares. “Alone growing up as a kid, alone even out here [in Los Angeles], and it’s really not till recently that I have had a greater embrace of my friends and family.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter can move! Shiloh Jolie-Pitt appeared in a video posted by choreographer Hamilton Evans last week, where she showed off her dance moves alongside a class full of dancers at the Millennium Dance Complex.In the clip, which was posted on YouTube, Shiloh appears around the 2-minute, 30-second mark as one of three dancers who take the floor to show off their version of Evan’s routine to Doja Cat’s “Vegas,” which is the lead single from the soundtrack.  The 16-year-old takes the lead and owns the dance floor as she does the count. Fitting right in, Shiloh sports a black Beatles T-shirt, black pants and a pair of classic black-an-white Vans.