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Published 16:19 11 Aug 2026 GMT
Angelina Jolie admitted that she wasn't taken aback upon hearing that ex-husband Brad Pitt was no longer sober.
The Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood star shocked fans this week with news that he was no longer sober after seven years of avoiding drink.
Pitt began his sobriety journey after splitting from Jolie, as he was accused of pouring alcohol on her and their children during a fight on board a private jet in 2016, a claim he has since denied.
The 62-year-old previously revealed that he was working on battling his demons at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and that he was done with drinking for good.
But now, he has said in an interview with Esquire UK released on Monday (August 10) that this is no longer the case.
In fact, he admitted that he had 'gotten back off the wagon.'
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The divorce between the pair took eight years to settle, with things left on a more than sour note, with many of the couple's children since choosing to drop his last name.
A source close to Jolie has now commented on the situation, telling Rob Shuter's Naughty But Nice column following Pitt's admission: "Angelina is not surprised. She tried to warn people. She knew this was always a possibility."
They added that the actress had 'long believed that sobriety did not necessarily mean the underlying problems [Brad had] had disappeared.'
"She doesn’t believe Brad has fundamentally changed. She believes Brad is who Brad is, and no amount of sobriety or reinvention changes that," the source claimed.
Speaking to Esquire, he revealed he had gotten 'back off the wagon' as the interviewer noticed the actor had offered him a glass of wine.
The interviewer asked if the drink was for guests, but Pitt revealed: "No, I got - I was sober for seven years. And then I got back off the wagon," letting out a laugh.
He admitted: "In a more restrained manner. I got overconfident a couple times, went, 'Yep, nope, not good for me.' Not in big quantities."
The 62-year-old admitted that he can now 'have a few' glasses of wine, but he cannot take it any further than that.
He added: "Yeah. Well... I can have a few. But I can’t have a lot. I have to be professional about it."
Esquire's profile said of the actor: "He likes mornings now anyway, and you can miss a lovely morning when you drink too much the night before, and it’s just not as interesting."
"Mornings are interesting, and he doesn’t want any more of them to go by unseen," the publication wrote.
