Brad Pitt opened up, sharing his thoughts about masculinity during an interview. This came on the heels of the two-time Oscar winner strolling the red carpet in Germany wearing a \u201clinen skirt.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to TODAY, when the veteran actor was asked about his \u201cfashion-forward\u201d choice, Pitt responded by saying, \u201cWe\u2019re all going to die, so let\u2019s mess it up.\u201d#<\/p>\n
In an interview with the Financial Times, Pitt, who was born in Oklahoma and raised in Missouri, claimed Clint Eastwood-type masculinity was overwhelming and outdated. \u201cIt\u2019s just exhausting to be anything but who you are,\u201d Pitt said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to understand, at least where I grew up, we\u2019re more the Clint Eastwood character: you hold everything within, you\u2019re capable, you can deal with anything, you don\u2019t show weakness. I see that in my dad and the older generations of actors, and, man, it\u2019s exhausting.\u201d<\/p>\n
After making those remarks, Pitt was immediately attacked on social media by fans who claimed this was all a PR stunt to rehabilitate his image after his ex-wife Angelia Jolie\u2019s countersuit that alleged the Hollywood star was physically abusive to her and two of their children during a private jet flight six years ago.<\/p>\n
Not only was the hashtag #BradPittIsAnAbuser trending on Twitter, but he also got blasted by \u201creal men\u201d who were offended by his Clint Eastwood remark. \u201cBrad Pitt. From Tyler Durden in 1999, one of the most badass characters ever.<\/p>\n
To wearing a skirt on the red carpet in 2022. This encapsulates the degeneration of western society, real men need to rise now more than ever before,\u201d posted one male Twitter user. \u201cDon\u2019t get infected by this feminist disease.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are those who ran into the Twin Towers on 9\/11 when others were running away,\u201d Josh L. wrote about Pitt\u2019s statement on masculinity. \u201cMen who fought in Europe and the Pacific\u2026these are men who complain little if any and gave so much.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m really sick of these metrosexuals who think so highly of themselves for redefining what men and women are.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf a man wants to wear a skirt then he is not a valuable man to society,\u201d posted another man. \u201cWe need strong, competent masculine men to uphold society, not feminine b*tch boys who can\u2019t do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some men were deeply offended by Pitt\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing a perennial child is so much easier than having to grow up,\u201d one male commenter posted. \u201cBeing handed money through the Hollyweird network to be an influence peddler rather than have to actually \u2018work\u2019 to take care of family and friends as \u2018men\u2019 do is exhausting at times. But that\u2019s who \u2018real men\u2019 like Clint Eastwood really are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another male commenter named \u201cStu\u201d was also outraged. \u201cSo, it\u2019s exhausting? Being a man?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoing what men have had to do throughout the ages? Yes. It is exhausting. Dangerous. Sometimes unappreciated.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s what real men do. Men who believe in truth. Honor. Dignity. Looking cute for the camera isn\u2019t about being a man. It\u2019s the exact opposite. Pansy.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2019, Brad Pitt claimed his film, Ad Astra, was about \u201cexploring the theme of toxic masculinity and its detrimental effects,\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cIn retrospect, what James [Gray] and I were digging at was that definition of masculinity,\u201d Pitt said<\/p>\n
. \u201cWe\u2019ve both grown up in an era where we were asked to be strong\u2026and there is a value in that, but [also a] barrier because you\u2019re hiding some of those things you feel ashamed of. We all hide and carry individual pain and wounds.\u201d<\/p>\n