{"id":36908,"date":"2026-08-10T17:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36908"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:59:54","slug":"brad-pitt-reveals-hes-no-longer-sober-after-seven-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36908","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt reveals he&#8217;s no longer sober after seven years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2FUntitled-3-copy-1.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brad Pitt revealed he broke his sobriety after seven years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was sober for seven years. And then I got back off the wagon,\u201d Pitt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a73336135\/brad-pitt-interview-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said with a laugh in an Esquire interview<\/a> published on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a more restrained manner. I got overconfident a couple times, went, Yep, nope, not good for me,\u201d he explained. \u201cNot in big quantities.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Brad Pitt (seen here on the cover of Esquire Magazine) revealed he broke his sobriety after seven years. <span class=\"credit\">CHANTAL ANDERSON\/ Esquire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt (pictured here) told the outlet he \u201cgot back off the wagon.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">CHANTAL ANDERSON\/ Esquire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt (seen here) admitted he \u201cgot overconfident a couple times\u201d before he decided drinking was \u201cnot good for me.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">CHANTAL ANDERSON\/ Esquire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Pitt\u2019s sobriety came up after he offered wine to the interviewer for their sit-down at the actor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/02\/lifestyle\/brad-pitt-buys-12m-house-in-hollywood-hills\/\">$12 million Los Angeles home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After revealing he\u2019s no longer sober, Pitt explained he \u201ccan have a few\u201d glasses of wine, but he \u201ccan\u2019t have a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to be professional about it,\u201d he told the reporter. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Oscar winner (seen here) said he \u201ccan have a few glasses of wine\u201d but \u201cnot a lot.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">CHANTAL ANDERSON\/ Esquire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt (pictured above) got sober in 2016 after his split from Angelina Jolie. <span class=\"credit\">CHANTAL ANDERSON\/ Esquire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, Pitt \u2014 who split from ex-wife Angelina Jolie in 2016 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/08\/10\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-felt-suicidal-navigating-family-stuff-10-years-after-angelina-jolie-split\/\">revealed he felt \u201csuicidal\u201d <\/a>while navigating \u201cone little period\u201d of \u201cfamily stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pain was so oppressive that \u2014 I wasn\u2019t going to act on this, but I could feel \u2014 I could feel the cold steel of the bullet in my head, and it felt like relief,\u201d\u00a0the \u201cFight Club\u201d actor said.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt quit drinking after an <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/08\/19\/brad-pitt-allegedly-damaged-plane-during-angelina-jolie-fight\/\">alleged 2016 drunken plane incident <\/a>which is said to have contributed to the downfall of his and Jolie\u2019s marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Jolie, 51, claimed in court documents that her then-husband\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/10\/04\/brad-pitt-allegedly-choked-hit-kids-during-angelina-jolie-fight\/\">physically harmed<\/a>\u00a0her and one of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-kids\/\">their six kids<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 20, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 18.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMr. and Mrs. Smith\u201d co-stars were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/18\/brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie-desperate-to-be-legally-single-again\/\">declared legally single<\/a>\u00a0in 2019 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/30\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie-settle-their-bitter-divorce-after-8-year-battle\/\">settled their divorce<\/a>\u00a0last year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt (seen here with Jolie in 2015) was allegedly drunk during an altercation on a plane that is said to contributed to the downfall of their marriage. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt and Jolie (seen above in 2006) share six children. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Page Six Daily\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pitt \u2014 who is allegedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/18\/parents\/where-brad-pitt-stands-with-his-and-angelina-jolies-kids-report\/\">estranged from his eldest children<\/a> \u2014 first revealed he was sober and joined a 12-step program in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/04\/movies\/brad-pitt-ad-astra.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 New York Times interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had taken things as far as I could take it, so I removed my drinking privilege,\u201d\u00a0he said at the time. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, Pitt <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/23\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-details-first-aa-meeting-after-difficult-angelina-jolie-divorce\/\">detailed his \u201camazing\u201d first AA meeting<\/a> on Dax Shephard\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/armchairexpertpod.com\/pods\/brad-pitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cArmchair Expert\u201d podcast<\/a>, recalling being \u201cpretty much on [his] knees\u201d and needing \u201cto wake the f\u2013k up in some areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained, \u201cI was trying anything and everything, anything anyone threw at me. \u2026 It was a difficult time. I needed rebooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt (pictured above in 2014) is allegedly estranged from his eldest children. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt (seen above at the \u201cF1\u201d photocall in Mexico City in June 2025) has opened up about his sobriety over the years. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cF1\u201d star also admitted that while it felt daunting as his turn was \u201ccoming around\u201d the circle, he felt inspired after watching \u201ceveryone [being] so open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He remembered, \u201cIt gives you permission to go, \u2018OK, I\u2019m gonna step out on this edge and see what happens.\u2019 And then I really grew to love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you care about is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call SAMHSA\u2019s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Pitt revealed he broke his sobriety after seven years. \u201cI was sober for seven years. And then I got back off the wagon,\u201d Pitt said with a laugh in an Esquire interview published on Monday. \u201cIn a more restrained manner. I got overconfident a couple times, went, Yep, nope, not good for me,\u201d he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Untitled-3-copy-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}