At one point in time, Brad Pitt might well have been considered the most eligible bachelor on Earth. But no more.
Fans have known for some time now about his romance with Ines de Ramon; the pair are said to have planned to celebrated his milestone 60th birthday with a low-key week.
According to PEOPLE, Pitt wasnât of a mind to go overboard with the celebrations after ushering in his sixth decade on Monday. It surely says quite a bit about his commitment to De Ramon, then, that he wanted to spend his time with her.
Last month, a source is said to have spoken to PEOPLE and described De Ramon, ex-wife of actor Paul Wesley, as âBradâs first proper relationship since the divorceâ from Angelina Jolie.
Indeed, the Troy star is said to have started introducing the 32-year-old as his girlfriend.
âHe introduces [Ines] as his girlfriend,â an insider PEOPLE. âItâs great to see him in a good place. Ines makes him very happy.â
Itâs been a rocky road back to happiness for Pitt, whose marriage to Angelina Jolie ended in a tumultuous separation, the wounds of which still donât appear to have fully healed.
Famously dubbed âBrangelinaâ in the media, the A-listers fell in love on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, embarking on a romance that stole headlines all over the world.
In 2016, however, Jolie filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. She also moved to request sole custody of the pairs six children, Maddox, Pax, Shiloh, Zahara, Vivienne and Knox.
On January 21, 2021, Angelina Jolie emailed Brad Pitt, an email which has since then made public. In the email, she mentions that she writes âwith a heavy heartâ to inform Pitt of her decision to sell Miraval, âa business that is centered around alcohol.â This is perhaps a reference to the now infamous plane event where an intoxicated Pitt âchokedâ one of their children and then âstruck another in the faceâ before he poured alcohol on her and the kids.
As recently as October did Brad find his name in the headlines for a less than savory reason, after an old Instagram story surfaced wherein his adopted son Pax had labeled him a âf****ing awful human beingâ.
Pax, who was 16 at the time, expressed his displeasure with his father and warned him âthe truth will come to light someday.â
âYou time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person,â Pax wrote over an image of his father accepting the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
âYou have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence.
âYou will never understand the damage you have done to my family because youâre incapable of doing so.
âYou have made the lives of those closest to me a constant hell,â the teen continued. âYou may tell yourself and the world whatever you want, but the truth will come to light someday.