Alia Shawkat is officially closing the book on those Brad Pitt dating rumors, seven years after they started. During a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live, the actress was asked about the speculation that surfaced in 2019 when she and Pitt were spotted together at an art exhibition. Her answer was simple and direct:“We’re not dating. We’re just friends.”
According to Shawkat, the two were introduced by filmmaker Spike Jonze, and the connection was purely platonic from the start. She also addressed how easily these rumors spiral out of control, noting that simply being seen with someone like Pitt is enough to trigger a media frenzy. Shawkat even mentioned that Pitt himself had no awareness of the rumor mill churning around them, which is arguably the most on-brand detail of the entire story.
The actress also shared a hilarious family moment from the height of the speculation. Her grandmother spotted the Us Weekly cover featuring Shawkat and Pitt and considered it a major milestone, completely unaware that the romance was fabricated. Meanwhile, Pitt has been in a relationship with Ines de Ramon since late 2022, so the rumor timeline was always a bit fuzzy anyway. What do you think, can two celebrities ever just be friends without the internet turning it into a love story?
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