Brad Pitt has been linked to, married to, or divorced from some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, including Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, and Gwyneth Paltrow. But before he became a household name, Pitt also dated well-known stars like Juliette Lewis. Pitt and Lewis dated for three years before calling it quits in 1993. Recalling that time in her life, Lewis told People (via Huffington Post) in 2014 that most of the headlines she made at the time were 'usually about Brad Pitt or drug addiction, which hasn't been me since I was 22. I'm 40. I stopped all my bullshit** at 22. There's growth. Get out of the past. I used to be very insular, very introverted. I couldn't express myself.
While Lewis was having a tough time with all the attention she was getting for her romance with Pitt, there was another Hollywood star around the same time dating Pitt who must have foreseen the future while being linked to the 'Thelma' star. and Louise'. – Christina Applegate. That might have been why she decided to unexpectedly dump Pitt before they were supposed to hit the 1989 MTV Music Awards red carpet together. Here's more.
Brad Pitt's red carpet date gone wrong
In 2012, Christina Applegate revealed that she and Brad Pitt were quite close in the 1980s and before they became a famous couple. She told More magazine (via USA Today) that Pitt, along with TV actor Jason Priestly, used to go to his home in the Hollywood Hills for barbecues. Recalling her early years with no strings attached, she said: 'All the mums let us do what we wanted to do. There weren't many rules, but there was a lot of mutual respect. I always made sure he knew where I was and always got home at a reasonable time.
And while Applegate and Pitt made plenty of red carpet appearances together as an up-and-coming golden couple of the celebrity sphere, she reportedly dumped him on the red carpet at the 1989 MTV Music Awards. During an interview with Andy Cohen on 'Watch What Happens Live' in 2015, the host pressed Applegate about the incident. Although she admitted that she left the awards ceremony with another man, Applegate did not say who she was and tried to claim the fifth. However, she admitted that she and Pitt had completely broken up, as she never saw him again after that night.
Although Applegate declined to name names or add details about what happened, the mystery man she allegedly left with that night was revealed in another interview.
Christina Applegate left Brad Pitt for this musician
Believe it or not, Christina Applegate left Brad Pitt for none other than Barrio under frontman Sebastian Bach. Although Applegate refuses to confirm or deny the rumors, Bach admitted on the iHeart radio show "Elliot in the Morning" that he was the mystery man who might have made Pitt question his eclectic appeal that night.
Bach explained (via Yahoo News), '[Christina] was recently interviewed on, like, Entertainment Tonight, or something, and they said, 'What was the dumbest thing you ever did?' And she's like, 'One night I left Brad Pitt for this other guy.' And that guy would be me. So there was a time on this earth when Sebastian Bach was, like, a hotter fuck than Brad Pitt. Well, that's one way of putting it, but a win for Bach's team all the same!
While there's no denying that Applegate had a guy back then (perhaps men with long blonde hair and a bit of a sharp edge), it now makes sense why Applegate went to such lengths to defend the fifth. It seems like everyone in this story has moved on, but it's pretty amusing Hollywood gossip.
