# It Seems Brad Pitt is Now Single **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692 "2005-01-08T03:11:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/1 "2005-01-08T03:11:33Z")
I hardly ever notice these things, but this was on the main page when I booted up my DSL… > **[Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines](https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=%2Fnm%2F20050108%2Fpeople_nm%2Fpeople_pitt_dc)** > > The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos. I suppose that means Jennifer Aniston is single, too. So do you think Brad will find someone willing to have his baby? 😉 These are the days of our lives… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/2 "2005-01-08T03:12:51Z")
How…how…how will I go on now? _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/3 "2005-01-08T03:14:15Z")
Damn. They were so pretty together…I really thought they would beat the odds. At least there’s no kids. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/4 "2005-01-08T03:15:18Z")
I still don’t think he likes me. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/5 "2005-01-08T03:17:08Z")
I feel like a real idiot for saying this, but I always liked these two together. Plus I was always hoping to see what kind of little Adonis they could manufacture with their loins. I guess I’ll be a little bummed about this, but only for a sec-- there, it’s over. Happy ---
**Author:** ![seal\_tamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@seal\_tamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_tamer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/6 "2005-01-08T03:24:49Z")
Well, thats sad, but really, none of our business. I always like to see a couple make a life-long go of it, though. Who is the longest married famous couple, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/7 "2005-01-08T03:30:24Z")
> [@seal tamer](#): > > Who is the longest married famous couple, anyway? My first thought was Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; a trip to IMDB showed that they were married from 1922 to 1977 (55 years). That’ll be hard to beat. Paging **Eve**. . . ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/8 "2005-01-08T03:30:33Z")
> [@seal tamer](#): > > Who is the longest married famous couple, anyway? Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward have been married since 1958. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/9 "2005-01-08T03:32:03Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > I feel like a real idiot for saying this, but I always liked these two together. Plus I was always hoping to see what kind of little Adonis they could manufacture with their loins. I guess I’ll be a little bummed about this, but only for a sec-- there, it’s over. I liked them together and am not ashamed to admit it. I thought they’d make it and it sucks that they didn’t but at least it’s amicable. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/10 "2005-01-08T03:33:41Z")
> [@](#): > > So do you think Brad will find someone willing to have his baby? Considering that Melissa Etheridge said she’d be happy to have Brad Pitt’s baby, I’d say the bar’s been set pretty low on his fatherhood prospects. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/11 "2005-01-08T03:34:39Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward have been married since 1958. Jimmy Stewart was married to his wife for some incredible amount of time too. **Eve**? Oh, **Eve**? Settle the debate for us, please ma’am? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/12 "2005-01-08T03:34:54Z")
> [@seal tamer](#): > > Who is the longest married famous couple, anyway? I doubt this is anywhere near the record but Mel Brooks and Ann Bancroft will have been married 40 years in August. Maybe they can set the record…they are my favorite celeb couple. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/13 "2005-01-08T03:42:18Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Jimmy Stewart was married to his wife for some incredible amount of time too. 1949 to 1994 (45 years), and I don’t think she was particularly famous except for being his wife. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/14 "2005-01-08T03:45:29Z")
For thems that are still with us, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis would be hard to beat, I’ll betcha. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/15 "2005-01-08T03:51:43Z")
> [@essvee](#): > > For thems that are still with us, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis would be hard to beat, I’ll betcha. True. They just celebrated 56 years! ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/16 "2005-01-08T03:55:37Z")
That means that if my wife passes on (perish the thought), I get hot, I get rich, I get powerful, then I might get a chance to be turned down by Jennifer Aniston. It’s so close I can almost touch it, but that would be assault. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/17 "2005-01-08T03:56:35Z")
> [@essvee](#): > > For thems that are still with us, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis would be hard to beat, I’ll betcha. Ooh, we have a new leader! December 9, 1948 to the present. That’s 56 years and counting. Good call! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/18 "2005-01-08T03:59:07Z")
> [@Greenback](#): > > That means that if my wife passes on (perish the thought), I get hot, I get rich, I get powerful, then I might get a chance to be turned down by Jennifer Aniston. If it makes you feel any better, I’m sure she’d still turn you down without all those conditions. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/19 "2005-01-08T06:57:05Z")
It’s too bad. I thought they were lovely together, but apparently he wanted a passel of kids, and I don’t recall her ever talking about having more than one or two, if any. Major differences. I’m just speculating here. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692/20 "2005-01-08T06:57:48Z")
Mr. S came up with another runner-up: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, December 1947 to July 1998 (50 years). And that was his THIRD marriage and her FOURTH!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-brad-pitt-is-now-single/283692.md?page=2)