In an interview with Parade magazine, Brad Pitt said he ‘wasn’t living an interesting life’ when he was married to Jennifer Aniston

It’s not you it’s me.

Or in this case it wasn’t Jennifer Aniston, it was Brad Pitt.

World media outlets went into a frenzy last week when Brad Pitt (apparently) admitted that his five-year marriage to Jennifer Aniston ended because ‘he wasn’t living an interesting life’.

I was a bit shocked when I read the reports. Jennifer Aniston boring? I find that hard to believe.

Here’s what Brad said in his interview with Parade magazine:

Everyone was quick to assume that it must have been an uninteresting Jen who was making Brad’s life so pathetic. Especially after he added that his subsequent relationship with Angelina Jolie had made him a ‘satisfied man’.

But in a statement released by his talent agency after the commotion, Brad Pitt said his words were misinterpreted.

Reuters reports:

As it turns out, what Brad was trying to convey was that it was his relationship that had made him uninteresting. He felt that he had changed and that had affected the state of his marriage. He didn’t like the person he had become. Maybe he looked in the mirror one day and saw a face he didn’t recognise; a person he didn’t like.

The words ‘it’s not you it’s me’ are often used as an easy way out of a relationship (and I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve used them before.) But maybe they do speak the truth.

Have you ever been in a relationship where you didn’t like the person you had become?

And here is a little gallery of Brad Pitt (just because we can).

Brad channels a hit man for Interview magazine.

Pirate chic.

Brad goes Rastafarian.

Getting shady,

Bling, rings and guns.

Brad Pitt in one of his movies

Brad Pitt at Cannes Film Festival 1

Brad Pitt at the Cannes screening of 'Killing Them Softly'

Brad and Angelina 2

Brad and Angelina 4

A young Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt

Brad and Angelina 1

Brad and Jen

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston on their wedding day

Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt with children Zahara and Maddox

Brad and Angelina at the Cannes Film Festival

Brad and Ang after the birth of their twins, Knox and Vivienne

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Angelia Jolie and Brad Pitt

Ang and Brad and their six children

Brad and Angelina 3

Brad Pitt at Cannes Film Fetival 2

A picture of Brad Pitt featured in Parade magazine