Just last week Brad Pitt was being hailed in the media for his performance in the baseball-themed movie, Moneyball. In fact, there seemed to be an open conspiracy among critics to ensure that it earns him his first Oscar.
Yet all of that seems to have been lost in the fog of gossip this week about some ill-chosen words Brad used to describe his failed marriage to Jennifer Aniston. In essence, he said in a recent interview with Parade magazine that it was a dull marriage that did not inspire much in the way of love, ambition or creativity in him.
Well, who knew that Jennifer’s rabid fans could wield as much influence in the movie industry as Sarah Palin’s ideological supporters wield in the Republican Party. Because Brad’s apparent diss has provoked Jennifer’s avenging minions to launch a campaign to boycott Moneyball that has him bending over backwards to clarify his words and assure them that he and Jennifer are still … friends.
Of course, if they really are still friends, one wonders why Jennifer hasn’t come to his defense – knowing, as she surely does, how any adverse publicity can not only spell death for his movie at the box office, but also render even the most expensive and sophisticated campaign to confer an Oscar upon him null and void.
But I suppose the hypocrisy and spite that misled Jennifer to steal another woman’s man (namely, her current boyfriend Justin Theroux) after complaining about how “uncool” it was that Angie stole hers, is the same hypocrisy and spite that is now misleading her to let Brad twist in the wind as her misguided fans do all they can to ruin the greatest opportunity of his career.
This, my friends, is Jennifer – still clearly a woman scorned – serving revenge cold….
But, frankly, I couldn’t care any less about what Brad said about, or what happened in, his marriage with Jennifer. I just think he has earned such good will with his Make It Right foundation, which has built over 50 homes in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, that he deserves a pass for whatever perceived insult he may have hurled at Jennifer.
Therefore, I urge you to see Moneyball this weekend and make it a homerun at the box office. The awards will follow….
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