Alia Shawkat breaks silence on Brad Pitt dating rumours, says media attention has been ‘uncontrollable’

Actor Alia Shawkat has lastly addressed rumours that she is relationship Brad Pitt, after a yr by which she described tabloid consideration round her as being ‘uncontrollable’. Alia and Brad have been first noticed collectively at an artwork exhibit final yr.

“We’re not dating,” she instructed Vulture in an interview revealed Friday. “We’re just friends.” She stated that after these preliminary rumours emerged, her mates have been simply as curious as the remainder of the world. “All my friends were like ‘What’s going on?’ and sending me photos,” she stated. “I just felt overwhelmed. It’s that feeling of being naked in school, like, Oh my God, everyone’s looking at me.”

 

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Alia stated that as an actor who has been working because the age of 9, “I’ve gotten press, but not like that.” She stated that she turned acquainted with Brad by way of director Spike Jonze. “We just became friends, and Brad introduced me to his group of friends, and it grew from there,” she stated. About the media protection round her, she stated, “To them it’s like, ‘We don’t get it! This girl is weird! She’s so different! Why are they hanging out? You get too close to the prom king, and all of a sudden, everyone’s like, ‘Well, who is this bitch?’”

People.com quoted a number of sources as saying that whereas the 2 are shut, their relationship doesn’t transcend friendship. Brad separated from his spouse, actor Angelina Jolie, in 2016. One supply stated the 2 “are just friends — absolutely nothing romantic is going on.” Another stated, “Brad loves the art world. He has a large group of artist friends that he hangs out with. Several are women, but he isn’t dating them. He just loves surrounding himself with good friends.”

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