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Brad Pitt Gets Candid About Attending Alcoholics Anonymous amid Angelina Jolie Split: 'I Needed Rebooting'

Brad Pitt opened up to Dax Shepard about meeting him in Alcoholics Anonymous in 2016 on the June 23 episode of Shepard's podcast 'Armchair Expert.' The Oscar winner said he "needed rebooting" when he entered the program.

Brad Pitt opened up to Dax Shepard on the latest episode of his podcast, Armchair Expert, which landed on Monday, June 23 The Oscar winner spoke about his time in Alcoholics Anonymous and said he didn't hesitate to open up due to how "desperate" he was when he began the program Pitt previously said he joined AA in 2016, around the time of his split from ex, Angelina Jolie Pitt called AA an “amazing thing,” noting, “I just thought it was just incredible men sharing their experiences, their foibles, their missteps, their wants, their aches, and a lot of humor with it. Shepard, 50, who has been very open about his struggles with substance abuse and sobriety, wondered if Pitt was “nervous” to speak with him publicly after they met in AA, noting the “really heightened honesty and vulnerability" of the situation.

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