Los Angeles: Brad Pitt has broken his silence on the finalization of his long-running divorce from Angelina Jolie, describing the legal milestone as “not that major” and saying he’s more interested now in moving forward than rehashing the past.
The 61-year-old actor made the comment in a recent GQ interview while promoting his racing drama F1. Asked whether the divorce settlement brought him any sense of relief, Pitt didn’t lean into drama. His answer was blunt: “No, I don’t think it was that major of a thing. Just something coming to fruition. Legally.”
That may sound casual, almost too casual, given the history behind it. Pitt and Jolie reached a divorce settlement on December 30, 2024, more than eight years after Jolie first filed for divorce in September 2016. Their split became one of Hollywood’s longest and most closely watched celebrity breakups, touching on custody, finances, public allegations and private family wounds.
Still, the finalized divorce doesn’t mean every legal matter between the former couple is over. Their separate dispute over Château Miraval, the French winery and estate they once owned together, remains unresolved. The property has become its own courtroom battle, far removed from the romantic image it once carried when Pitt and Jolie were still seen as one of Hollywood’s most powerful couples.
In the GQ conversation, Pitt also addressed the constant attention around his personal life, suggesting he has learned to live with the noise rather than let it define him. He compared the scrutiny to a kind of background buzzing — annoying, yes, but not something he wants to organize his life around.
The timing of his remarks is interesting. Pitt is currently back in the public eye for F1, a major film project that has placed him on red carpets and in interviews again. And naturally, questions about Jolie, the divorce and his family life have followed him there too. That’s how celebrity works, fairly or not: the work is never entirely separate from the personal story.
Jolie has not publicly responded to Pitt’s latest comments. After the settlement was reached, her side indicated she was exhausted by the long legal process but relieved that at least one chapter had finally closed.
Pitt and Jolie married in 2014 after years together and share six children. Their 2016 separation, once shocking in its own right, turned into a drawn-out legal and emotional saga that kept resurfacing through court filings, interviews and reports about family tensions.
Now, Pitt seems to be choosing a quieter line: the divorce is done, at least legally, and he doesn’t want to make it the headline of his life anymore.
For him, the message is simple. The chapter closed. The cameras are still rolling. And he’s looking ahead.
