Overview
- Pitt disclosed in an Esquire interview published Monday that he has begun drinking again after seven years of sobriety.
- He said the drinking is limited and professional, describing it as 'a few glasses' and saying he cannot drink large amounts.
- In the same interview he recounted a brief period when family-related pain led him to understand suicidal thinking while stressing he never intended to act on those thoughts.
- The conversation took place at his Los Angeles home, where he offered the reporter wine, and the comments were made while he was promoting new projects including The Adventures of Cliff Booth with outlets reporting an IMAX run and a later Netflix window.
- Pitt said his original sobriety began around his 2016 separation from Angelina Jolie and included roughly a year and a half in Alcoholics Anonymous, and his new disclosures have prompted public discussion about relapse risk and mental-health support for high-profile figures.