‘Depressed’ Brad Pitt Explains Pothead Past ‘I Got Really Sick Of Myself’

Posted on Jan 25, 2012 @ 02:00PM

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It wasn’t easy being Brad Pitt in the 1990s!

The Academy Award nominee opens up in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, revealing that he suffered from depression after his rise to fame in the 1990s and turned to Mary Jane for support – and RadarOnline.com has the details.

“I got really sick of myself at the end of the 1990s,” he admits. “I was hiding out from the celebrity thing; I was smoking way too much dope; I was sitting on the couch and just turning into a doughnut; and I really got irritated with myself. I got to: ‘What’s the point? I know better than this.’”

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Explaining how he “used to deal with depression,” he admits, “I was doing the same thing every night and numbing myself to sleep... the same routine: Couldn’t wait to get home and hide out. But that feeling of unease was growing and one night I just said, ‘This is a waste.’”

The ultimate reality check, was a trip to Casablanca, Morocco, where he witnessed extreme poverty and devastation.

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“I just quit. I stopped grass then -- I mean, pretty much -- and decided to get off the couch.”

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And we are to believe he's aged 20 years in the last five because...?

by aemish
Posted Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:10pm

Glad he is feeling better now. Having kids gives your life a new meaning.

by Lotta
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 9:58am

There was a time when Brad was a real hollywood star - he should quit while he can with some dignity...

by genug
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:59am

He's vile, never bathes, can't act and has the IQ of a stone. Blech.

by crimsonroses
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 4:50am

God, he looks like Hell...is that what Karma does to you?

by Hollywoodhasnomorals
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:52am

He still smokes pot....and a LOT of it. Don't let this article fool you. There have even been rumors going around that he's now growing his own.

by jonquil2543
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:57am

Liar.Yyou both try to make everyone believe these fake images
of your character and your lives. Depressing, is to constantly try to keep up these images that you want the public to believe. We just do not buy it, any of it.

by Sparkl4860
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:50am

join the club of people who are sick of you, pittiful. it's a ginormous club!

by BlogDog
Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 8:29pm

He really became a much more productive person after his divorce, he got more involved internatiuonally, he became involved with rebuilding New Orleans, he just expanded his life in so many different ways for the better.
Good for him.

by A-zilla
Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 7:31pm