Brad Pitt's Response To Alia Shawkat Dating Rumors
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Alia Shawkat Shared Brad Pitt's Response When She Informed Him That Their Hangouts Had Sparked A Frenzy Of Dating Rumors
"He had no awareness of it at all."
by Emily Mae Czachor StaffLink
Around two years ago, Alia Shawkat and Brad Pitt went to a gallery opening in Los Angeles and took photos backstage at a stand-up show.
Brad Barket / Getty Images, Kurt Krieger - Corbis / Corbis via Getty ImagesThey also saw a play, attended a concert, and shared a few meals — once, at an In-N-Out, which at the outset of pandemic-era America was genuinely thrilling news.
Daniele Venturelli / WireImage via Getty Images, Pool / Getty ImagesPaparazzi and passersby alike documented instances, mostly between September of 2019 and March of 2020, where Alia and Brad jointly supported Los Angeles arts and culture. Credits go to EU strategist Meral Melika Duran for these social media snaps of the actors enjoying an exhibit at downtown LA's Wilding Cran Gallery that November.
Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images for Glamour, Kevin Winter / Getty ImagesNaturally, their hangouts sparked rumors that speculated about the nature of Alia and Brad's relationship. Fans and media outlets got a little carried away, with tabloid headlines referring to the Arrested Development star as "Brad's New Girl!"
Steve Granitz / FilmMagic via Getty Images, Kurt Krieger - Corbis / Corbis via Getty ImagesAlia, who currently stars in Amazon Prime Video's Being the Ricardos, told Vulture outright halfway through 2020 that she and Brad were strictly friends. But alas some speculation lingered. And while Alia couldn't ignore the heightened public attention, Brad was, apparently, blissfully unaware of the dating rumors until she informed him.
Axelle / FilmMagic via Getty Images "He had no awareness of it at all. Which is so funny. Because he doesn't read that shit," Alia recalled in a new interview with the New Yorker. "I was, like, 'You know everyone thinks we're dating? And there's this whole thing, and I'm being followed.'"
Tommaso Boddi / Getty Images for Vulture It sounds like Brad, for his part, honestly did not know. "He was, like, 'I'm sorry. It happens. If you hang out with me, it happens,'" continued Alia. "He had no awareness of it at all."
Steve Granitz / WireImage via Getty Images Funny as it is to hear Brad's response, what he supposedly said isn't untrue. Last summer The United States vs. Billie Holiday's Andra Day confronted similar rumors about a potential romance with Brad after meeting him one time at the Oscars. Anyway, someone who definitely was aware of the dating rumors involving Alia and Brad? Alia's grandmother, who still had a copy of a magazine with both of them on the cover when her granddaughter visited recently.
Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images "The other day I was at my grandmother's house, my father's mother," Alia explained. "She's been in this country for over thirty years and still barely speaks English. An Iraqi Muslim woman. She's sitting there, watching her Turkish soap opera. And next to her is this old gossip magazine with Brad's face, and my face in a small circle. And it says 'Brad's New Girl!'"
Paul Archuleta / Getty Images "And then on the inside it's old Instagram photos of me and friends at dinner. It was, like, 'ALL ABOUT ALIA.' This whole made-up story about how we were healing each other by spending time together," she continued. "I looked at my grandmother, like, 'Why do you have this?' She's, like, 'It's you and this movie star! And it's your face.'"
Cindy Ord / Getty Images for SiriusXM "I was embarrassed by it," Alia said. "I told her she had to throw it away. And she laughed."You can check out the rest of Alia's New Yorker interview here.
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