Brad Pitt says he experienced suicidal thoughts during a difficult period after his split from Angelina Jolie, describing the emotional strain as overwhelming. In an interview with Esquire, he discusses having “never been suicidal except for one little period,” adding that he felt “pain” that became “so oppressive.”
Pitt links these feelings to “family stuff” and the challenges of dealing with personal and family matters after the breakup. The New York Post and Stuff.co.nz both report his account of those thoughts, though each outlet emphasizes different phrasing from the same interview—one focusing on his comment about navigating “family stuff” and the other highlighting the degree of distress he described. Neither outlet provides additional new details about specific events beyond Pitt’s statements, and both frame the remarks as reflections on a past period about a decade ago.
The reports reflect Pitt’s personal testimony and do not identify medical treatment, timing beyond “one little period,” or further context beyond the general impact of the separation.
