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Just found this on Reddit trigger warning abuse

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jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 16:50

Wtf Brad Pitt?! I remember hearing about this but seeing it wrote down in black and white is awful. Those poor kids must’ve been terrified, and to think they was trapped in the sky. Anyone else seen this before ?

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PeggyMitchellsCameo · 03/07/2025 18:32

He’s vile. I can remember reading that the air crew were absolutely terrified as well.
As far as I can remember, there was some nod to him having alcohol/drugs issues.
I can remember his first wife saying he smoked a lot of pot and sat around all day.
A pretty face doesn’t always mean a pretty person.
I am not Amber Heard’s biggest fan but that footage of Johnny Depp screaming at her and destroying the kitchen was awful. He said vile things about her and about Vanessa Paradis as well. And as much as Kate Moss stood up for him, he treated her like dirt, too.
Jolie got a lot of flack for getting with Pitt - she stole him from America’s sweetheart. She is a big bonkers, but she has continued looking after those children. And she’s a really talented actress as well.

bookdook · 03/07/2025 18:36

That report has been out for years.
Didn't they have security with them?

Noodledog · 03/07/2025 19:47

NWL · 03/07/2025 17:30

This isn’t new news.

So? Anyway, I hadn't heard about it.

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 20:34

bookdook · 03/07/2025 18:36

That report has been out for years.
Didn't they have security with them?

The report says there was witnesses. I’m guessing crew

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jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 20:36

Firealarm1414 · 03/07/2025 18:07

It's not just coming out now, its been known about for years, including that report. People just don't seem willing to accept that beloved Brad Pitt might not actually be a good person

Yep. This thread is suspiciously quiet. It seems The beautiful Brad Pitt can do no wrong.

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AnneLovesGilbert · 03/07/2025 20:41

Did he have contact with any of the kids after this? Was he prosecuted? It’s a horrible list of events.

Pricelessadvice · 03/07/2025 20:42

I figured something bad had gone on given the children won’t have anything to do with him now.
He sounds absolutely vile.

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 20:43

All the kids have dropped Pitt from their name ! Says it all imo

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Thepossibility · 04/07/2025 07:31

Wow that's much worse than what I had assumed happened. I'm shocked there wasn't more outrage?!

FeistyCat · 04/07/2025 07:46

Sadly, people hate Angelina Jolie so much that they didn't believe it or believed Jolie and her kids 'deserved it' hence the lack of outrage.

Cheeseplantandcrackers · 04/07/2025 07:52

I didn’t know about this. It’s horrific.
Very scary for them all.

SidekickSylvia · 04/07/2025 08:04

I hadn't realised that it was physical, his PR did a good job of minimising. Poor Angelina and the kids, they must've been terrified.

daleylama · 04/07/2025 09:29

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:15

What’s happened since?

Years of Pitt being very open rgds rehabilitating himself.

SpryCat · 04/07/2025 09:41

Look at the way he moved on from Jennifer Anniston, he didn’t care one iota for her feelings and publicly humiliated her.
He has a handsome face but his personality is awful and abusive!

Myrobalanna · 04/07/2025 09:48

roses2 · 03/07/2025 17:38

Wow! Poor Angelina and the kids, why is this just coming out now??

It's not: it came out when the court documents were filed. There's also the story about the vineyard they own(ed) in France: she sold her 50% stake and he sued her in order to try to force her to remain in business with him. Clear case of financial abuse.

What has happened is that Brad Pitt's crisis PR have over the years worked to make sure it wasn't and isn't news. Stories of him getting sober. Photos of him on the red carpet wearing a skirt (ooh sensitive).

Angelina Jolie has said very little so one suspects a NDR. Or at the very least a desire to protect her children - most of whom are estranged from him, one of whom has recently dropped his surname officially.

And people keep him in work, because the film industry seems fine with keeping on rewarding abusive men.

Daffodilsarefading · 04/07/2025 09:52

If it’s true that his own children don’t speak to him then that speaks volumes.
Jennifer Aniston had a very lucky escape.
I think people are very quick to vilify AJ and make her the villain if the piece.
No excuse for what Brad Pitt has done.

WhineAndWine1 · 04/07/2025 09:55

This isn’t new. It’s been out for a few years that he is/was abusive

meditated · 04/07/2025 09:59

Every time there’s a post of Angelina on Instagram there’s a bunch of people attacking her for either ‘stealing’ BP from JA or getting all the children disown him for no good reason.

I remember hearing something about a plane and him drinking too much but had no idea to the extent of it. I assume many people don’t so I am happy people are talking now and hopefully there will be more understanding and empathy for his ex wife and children.

CanOfMangoTango · 04/07/2025 10:01

He's on the well worn rehabilitation path these days, lots of interviews telling everyone how he's a changed man, blaming it on the drugs and alcohol. He's sober now don't you know.....

He's a vile man and Angelina and the kids are well rid of him. I won't be going to see F1.

SpryCat · 04/07/2025 10:03

Daffodilsarefading · 04/07/2025 09:52

If it’s true that his own children don’t speak to him then that speaks volumes.
Jennifer Aniston had a very lucky escape.
I think people are very quick to vilify AJ and make her the villain if the piece.
No excuse for what Brad Pitt has done.

Brad was the one who was married to JA, he is the one who decided to move on to a different woman, he broke her trust in him,
AJ got vilified for them getting together and again when the divorced dragged on.
Why is the women always blamed ? And the men get a slap on the back?

Lurkingandlearning · 04/07/2025 10:32

I think he has recently admitted that he had a problem with alcohol and has stopped drinking. He was drinking during that flight.

What is described is appalling. At that time he was disgraceful.

But do you think alcoholism is a disease? If not then sure, he should suffer consequences for what he did forever more.

But if you do think it is a disease, now he is in remission/ recovering shouldn’t what happened that day be viewed with the forgiveness we have for people who do appalling things during a mental health crisis?

Myrobalanna · 04/07/2025 10:36

SpryCat · 04/07/2025 10:03

Brad was the one who was married to JA, he is the one who decided to move on to a different woman, he broke her trust in him,
AJ got vilified for them getting together and again when the divorced dragged on.
Why is the women always blamed ? And the men get a slap on the back?

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Brad Pitt is a good box office draw and also a prominent producer. He makes money for people. They are not going to turn their backs on him or punish him in any way whatsoever.

SarfLondonLad · 04/07/2025 10:39

So what? This was nearly a decade ago. Who cares?

daleylama · 04/07/2025 10:42

jacksmannequin · 03/07/2025 17:01

This

unreadable / Got a link?

2024onwardsandup · 04/07/2025 10:44

Unfashionablyearly · 03/07/2025 18:14

I don't know how to write this because if you take this account at face value, whe he did was horrific and my default position is to believe women.

I have one adopted child and its so intense. Not intense in a way that DH and I would resort to violence but intense to the point of feeling hyper vigilant pretty much all the time.

I could imagine this family environment to be a pressure cooker, and some really unhelpful attachments taking hold.

Throw in all the weirdness fame brings and it seems like a totally unhealthy environment.

Doesn't excuse violence.

Why would you not take it at face value. It’s what’s happened. Why are you tying yourself in knots to avoid the conclusion that he’s an absolute wrong un.

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