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Brad Pitt Opens Up About Going To Alcoholics Anonymous Amid 'Difficult' Split From Angelina Jolie
In Monday's episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, Pitt shared with host Dax Shepard:
"I was pretty much on my back, on my knees. I was trying anything anyone threw at me. It was a particular difficult time."
"I needed rebooting. I needed to wake the f*ck up, in some areas."
Shepard shared:
"Yeah. You don't come into AA because everything's working out fantastic."
"It's not the winner's club. Your hair has gotta be on fire before you go like, 'Yeah, I'll go hang with a bunch of dudes and talk about emotions.'"
Pitt spent a year attending all-male Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings which, the pair shared with cohost Monica Padman and the audience, was how Shepard and Pitt first met.
They also discussed the reasons for AA to remain anonymous for most people's safety, but they felt they were in a position to promote the 12-step program's benefits and how it helped them get sober.
Pitt stated:
"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. I thought it was a really special experience."
He added:
"When I've stepped in sh*t, I'm pretty good at taking responsibility for it and owning up to it. And now it's a quest to, you know, ‘What do I do with this? How can I right this?’ And make sure it doesn't happen again."
People appreciated their candor.
But longtime fans of the podcast took exception to some portions.
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You can watch the full 2.5 hour podcast episode here:
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Rod Stewart Explains Why He's No Longer Friends With Trump In Blistering Interview
The duo are of a similar age, with only one year difference between them. Both are half Scottish; Stewart's father Robert was from Leith Edinburgh while Trump's mother Mary was from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
They also shared an affinity for models/actresses, with each man marrying three women with those credentials on her resume. Speaking to Radio Times to promote his Legends performance at the upcoming Glastonbury Music Festival, Stewart revealed they're also neighbors in Florida.
But they're no longer friends and can't be again for the foreseeable future.
Stewart said:
"I’m not a great fan of Trump. I knew him very, very well. I used to go to his house. I live literally half a mile away."
"We’re both on the beach. I used to go to his Christmas parties. He’s always been a bit of a man’s man. I liked him for that."
Stewart added:
"But he didn’t, as far as I’m concerned, treat women very well."
"Since he became President, he became another guy. Somebody I didn’t know."
When asked about a possible reconciliation, Stewart responded:
"No, I can’t anymore. As long as he’s selling arms to the Israelis—and he still is. How’s that war ever gonna stop?"
After stating the UK also needed to stop arming Israel, Stewart stated:
"Someone's gotta do something. What [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is doing to the Palestinians is exactly what happened to the Jews."
"It’s annihilation, and that’s all he wants to do—get rid of them all."
"I don’t know how they sleep at night."
Back in 2016 when Stewart considered Trump a friend, he still didn't endorse his presidency.
According to The Daily Mail, Stewart said:
"Although he's sort of a friend of mine, I don't think he's presidential."
"I don't think he's made to be a President."
In 2020, Stewart's criticism became more pointed, telling the How to Wow podcast:
"That prick in the White House, pulling out of the Paris [climate] Accord is terrible."
"I think the good Lord's intent on wiping us all out because we've spoiled the Earth. We've spoiled it. I think it's too late to turn back now."
People were surprised Trump ever had friends.
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In February, Trump unveiled plans for the United States to relocate Palestinians to Jordan or Egypt so the U.S. could take over the Gaza strip to build resort hotels and casinos.
While Trump's plan didn’t specify it would be a real estate development run by the Trump Organization—paid for by U.S. taxpayers—the AI video posted on social media by official Trump accounts featured images and a soundtrack about "Trump Gaza."
In addition to the AI version of Trump, computer-generated versions of Netanyahu and Elon Musk also had cameos in the bizarre video.
In a February news conference alongside Netanyahu, Trump declared:
"The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site."
"Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings. Level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area."
"I envision world people living there. The world’s people. I think you’ll [sic] make that into an international, unbelievable place. I think the potential in the Gaza Strip is unbelievable."
The plan wasn't well met.
GOP Rep. Offers Snarky Clapback After Trump Kicks Him Out Of MAGA For Criticizing Iran Attack
Massie condemned the attack as "unconstitutional" during a joint appearance with his colleague, Democrat Ro Khanna, on Face the Nation, words that prompted Trump to attack Massie in a post on Truth Social.
Trump said:
"Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is not MAGA, even though he likes to say he is. Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him. He is a negative force who almost always Votes “NO,” no matter how good something may be."
"He’s a simple minded “grandstander” who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the highest level Nuclear weapon, while at the same time yelling “DEATH TO AMERICA” at every chance they get. Iran has killed and maimed thousands of Americans, and even took over the American Embassy in Tehran under the Carter Administration."
"We had a spectacular military success yesterday, taking the “bomb” right out of their hands (and they would use it if they could!) but, as usual, and despite all of the praise and accolades received, this “lightweight” Congressman is against what was so brilliantly achieved last night in Iran. Massie is weak, ineffective, and votes “NO” on virtually everything put before him (Rand Paul, Jr.), no matter how good something may be."
"He is disrespectful to our great military, and all that they stand for, not even acknowledging their brilliance and bravery in yesterday’s attack, which was a total and complete WIN. Massie should drop his fake act and start putting America First, but he doesn’t know how to get there — he doesn’t have a clue!"
Trump added that Massie would without a doubt vote against his "Big Beautiful Bill" and called on MAGA to drop and primary Massie while they're at it:
"He’ll undoubtedly vote against the Great, Big, Beautiful Bill, even though non-passage means a 68% Tax Increase for everybody, and many things far worse than that. MAGA should drop this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, like the plague!"
"The good news is that we will have a wonderful American Patriot running against him in the Republican Primary, and I’ll be out in Kentucky campaigning really hard. MAGA is not about lazy, grandstanding, nonproductive politicians, of which Thomas Massie is definitely one."
"Thank you to our incredible military for the AMAZING job they did last night. It was really SPECIAL!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN."
You can see Trump's post below.
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And Massie provided a "sassy" response—yes, he even used the hashtag #sassywithmassie—when he wrote:
"[Donald Trump] declared so much War on me today it should require an Act of Congress."
You can see Massie's post below.
MAGA is at each other's throats again—and the commentary from the GOP was juicy.
According to Axios, Trump's team is using some of its $500 million war chest to launched its first direct campaign to oust Massie.
The effort centers on a new super PAC, Kentucky MAGA, created to defeat Massie in the May 2026 Republican primary. Trump's team is actively recruiting challengers, with the goal of uniting support behind a single candidate to avoid splitting the vote.
The group will be led by senior Trump advisers Tony Fabrizio and Chris LaCivita, with LaCivita pledging the PAC will spend “whatever it takes” to unseat Massie. According to a Trump aide, the plan to target Massie was already in motion before Massie publicly criticized Trump’s military strike on Iran as unconstitutional.
People Reveal The Times 'What Happens In Vegas' Did Not Stay In Vegas
Of course, as anyone who has seen any one of the Hangover movies knows, what happens in Vegas doesn't literally stay in Vegas.
Poor choices and bad behavior always find a way to come back and haunt you.
Both figuratively and literally.
Redditor Draegin was eager to hear stories of when things that happened in Vegas most certainly did NOT stay. in. Vegas, leading them to ask:
"Folk who did something in Vegas that did not stay in Vegas, what happened?"
Apparently Things Do Come In Threes...
"The bride and her maid of honor and bridesmaids (3) all went for a 4 days girls trip to Vegas."
"Well one of the 3 bridesmaids let it slip that the bride, maid of honor and one of the bridesmaids all had sex with guys they met there."
"The wedding was called off, and the maid of honor's marriage ended ."- dogguy444
Nice Try
"Going back 25+ years, at a conference with a co-worker and shared a cab ride with a co-worker back to our hotel."
"He called his wife saying he was heading back to hotel."
"He asked me to say 'Hi' to his wife which I thought was a little weird because I’d met his wife once for 2 minutes at a previous work function like 2 years prior."
"We get to the hotel and he 'suddenly realized' he left something at the event hall and asked the cab driver to get another ride after we’d paid."
"Apparently he got back in and asked the driver to take him to some brothel."
"Except he was yammering with the driver about the place, not knowing he’d butt-dialed his wife."
"He’s still paying alimony last I heard (2023)."- RandoBoomer
But Was It Worth It?
"My friend's fiancé went to a bachelor party."
"After he came back, she deleted all of his pictures on Instagram and broke up with him."
"He had videos on his phone with a $1500 sex worker."
"She asked why he even recorded it and he said because it was $1500."
"Bruh."- Prestigious_View_401
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Let it Ride!
"Was in the Venetian playing roulette with my wife."
"In walks this crowd of drunk early 20s frat guys."
"I quickly picked up that it was one of the said guy's 23rd bday, and he was down to his last $100."
"He puts it on black."
"It hits!"
"Now he’s got $200, and he wants to walk away, but his friends are egging him on, so he lets it ride."
"Hits again!"
"Now he’s has $400."
"The table is growing loud as he lets it ride again…$800!"
"At this point stuff is getting exciting."
"He puts the $800 on red and…it hits again!"
"$1600!"
"Now it’s getting really loud, and the other frat guys are all like 'just let it ride dude!'”
"This guy puts the $1600 on #23."
"I think that was higher than the table max because the pit boss came over to approve it (and obviously approved it)."
"I covered my face with my hands; I knew what it would feel like to lose a free $1600 as a 23-year-old and was picturing the devastation."
"The wheel spins and…"
"23."
"It’s was a $56,000 payout if I remember correctly."
"Let me tell you, that table was friggin pandemonium!"
"They did leave after that and, I presume, had a fun night."- PubliusRexius
A Permanent Memento
"Got dumped by a girl I thought was 'the one'."
"In my despair, I hopped in the car and drove to Vegas."
"No plan, no room, very little money."
"First night there I met a girl in the same boat and she looked like Sarah Michelle Gellar."
"We spent 4 days wandering about and doing decadent and debaucherous things."
"Before we parted ways, we got matching tattoos, nothing significant, just a silly little symbol."
"This was before social media, and she scribbled her name and number on a piece of paper, and I lost it."
"That was 26 years ago."
"I don't even remember her name but we had a hell of a time and I still have a silly little tattoo."- titwrench
Till Death Do Us Part
"I eloped."
"We stayed married very happily until he passed away from cancer at 40 years old."- ArticulateRhinoceros
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She Can't Say She Wasn't Warned...
"Buddy of mine (I wasn’t there) had his bachelor party in Vegas and hooked up with a stripper..."
"Then another stripper the next night."
"One of the guys who went on the trip with him WAS HIS FIANCÉES BROTHER!"
"So when they get back home, the brother says I hope you had fun, but I have to tell my sister what you did."
"It was a whole thing, but the dude did not say anything, so the brother told his sister (the fiancé) what happened."
"She married him anyway, and he ended up repeatedly cheating on her."
"Eventually they got divorced."- ChampionshipStock870
Maybe Time for A Change Of Location?
"Pre-covid times, when professional conferences and conventions were a lot more popular, we'd have an industry conference annually in Vegas."
"The amount of people that lost their jobs, destroyed their marriages, or tanked their company's year was staggering."
"Like, you'd think it was a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence, but it was a guarantee each year that some high drama antics would go down at least a few times."
"I'm out of that rat race now but I've since heard they've moved the annual conference to Reno, and it's very much the same."- CptLoken
In Classic Vegas Fashion, It Didn't Work Out...
"Years ago and Not long out of law school was in court for a case against opposing counsel who I had gone to law school with and her paralegal."
"I had met the paralegal once just in passing."
"I lost and I exchanged pleasantries with both women and I headed to the airport for a family members Vegas wedding."
"That night we finish the rehearsal dinner at the Venetian and I go walking around just people watching, little gambling, drinking."
"Headed back to my room at the Bellagio and I hear my name sort of screeched."
"I spin, and it's opposing counsel's paralegal, and she's sprinting at me."
"Throws her arms around me and Long story short, she too was in Vegas for her sister's wedding and left court for the airport."
"We chat no biggie."
"I head up to my room as she and her bridesmaid friends are going out."
"3am there's a knock."
"I open and it's her."
"She walks in, kicks off her heels, and just crawls into my bed and curls ups and is out."
"I cover her up and take the other bed."
"At 7am or so I wake up to the sound of my shower."
"There's a black dress, thigh highs, underwear in a pile on my floor."
"I picked them up and folded them and laid back down."
"She comes out in a towel a few minutes later and sits on the bed."
"I asked her if she remembered how she got there, and she said yes."
"She had gone out, and they got drunk as f*ck, and she doesn't drink nearly at all."
"She was Beyond Incoherent."
"They got to some bar, the girls took off without her and one had her phone because she was checking something."
"She had no idea where she was, couldn't even remember her hotel as she was rooming with her cousin who booked it."
"But remembered seeing me at Bellagio."
"She took off walking and followed the fountains and ended up there, talked the front desk lady into giving her my room Number and there she was."
"She thanked me for letting her crash and not asking questions."
"Then she asked for a favor, if she could borrow a shirt, shorts, and pool shoes and if she could bum a Uber back to her hotel."
"So I got her downstairs, some coffee, and in her car."
"I get home several days later and back to work."
"On my desk in a FedEx box with my shirt, shorts, shoes, a $50 bill and a 'what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas' cheesey shirt with a note that said she appreciated everything along with info on reservations at a restaurant and her number."
"And that dinner was my ,ex-wife and I's first date."- AmITheFakeOne
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Whatever Turns You On...
"Not my story."
"We were doing a bachelor weekend - duh."
"One of our friends was walking through through casino and some random cougar grabbed him and kissed him … this could be interesting."
"She took him back to her room, and they got right down to it."
"He was going at it and all of a sudden he looks up and sees a dude sitting in a chair in the shadows."
"So my boy stops and says WTF."
"She says don’t worry, he loves this."
"So he goes back to work (pretty sure I’d have noped out)."
"We all called bullsh*t, but we ran into her the next morning with her husband at breakfast, and they had a whole conversation about what had transpired the night before."
"It was a wild conversation."- jeffweet
It Won't Stay In Vegas If It's Caught On Camera...
"Bachelorette party a week before the wedding."
"I and a couple other friends said it was a bad idea. We knew the bride and knew nothing good could come from a Vegas trip."
"But she really wanted it."
"Red flag right there."
"Sure enough, a video was sent to her fiancé of her making out with some random couple at the club we were in."
"And apparently,y that’s not all that happened."
"She said that couple recorded their threesome."
"Sucks too because her fiancé was a really sweet guy."
"She wasn’t even drunk either."
"Not that it would make it better, honestly."
"But she made all these decisions sober."
"Told us to fuck off when we tried to get her away from the couple."- Living_Bath4500•
Big Money! Big Money!
"Won at the tables and left."
"Money did not stay in Vegas."- 022922
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Should Have Checked Trip Advisor...
"I used to go to Vegas every year for a tradeshow."
"The first year I went, I was 18."
"You can’t book a hotel unless you are 21 there."
"Found a website that let me book a room at a hotel off the strip that just said 18+ to book."
"So I booked a room online. I fly down (first time flying, first time going really anywhere on my own. Didn’t really know anyone, and it was just me for the business I started."
"Still laugh my mom was just like 'have fun')… show up to this run down hotel, front desk has bars and bulletproof glass."
"Guy asks for my ID 'oh, you’re only 18? We can’t book rooms for anyone under 21'.”
"Then he looks over and saw I paid in full for a week (another mistake. Never go more than like 3 days tops) and he says 'oh, you’re all paid up'."
"'Here’s the key'.”
"The room had bullet holes in the wall and what appeared to be blood stains on the carpet."
"Absolute worst hotel I have ever stayed in."
"… had to stay for the full week."
"Slept on top of the blankets in my clothes each night."
"Luckily, nothing too terrible happened, but what an experience for an 18-year-old on their own for the first time, haha."
"Fortunately stayed in better hotels the other 9 years I went."
"Came home with about 1000 of those stripper cards they hand out on the strip for my friends."- Kurt4413
No Price On Love
"2010…Boys trip."
"5 of us. 2nd night there, got pretty drunk, enough to not realize I left my wallet in the cab on the way to a club."
"Tried sneaking into a spot that had a first-floor bar and a wild night club on the 2nd floor."
"Didn't work."
"Couldn’t get past the bouncer checking wristbands."
"I stayed downstairs while 1 of my friends would go back and forth checking in on me."
"Buying me a drink or two in the process."
"About 3 in the morning, the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen walks by with a group of her friends and sits at a table next to us while she’s the only one sort of dancing back n forth lazily."
"I ask her to dance, we talk for about 20 minutes and after getting her number we go out separate ways."
"She ended up living in LA while I was from Northern Cali."
"Long story short, we did the long-distance thing for about two years before I decided to move down to LA."
"We’ve been married for almost 11 years now."
"Two kids, two dogs and a lot of beautiful memories to look back on."
"So my wallet stayed in Vegas but I ended up taking home a whole a** family."- Goldblooded1981
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Everyone's entitled to a few nights out of uninhibited fun, especially in Vegas.
However, whether or not the choices you make there will follow you home is possibly the biggest gamble you could make...
