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In 2017, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt after two years of marriage and more than a decade together.

Since the split, Pitt has spoken about major changes in his life, like his sobriety.

\"I had taken things as far as I could take it, so I removed my drinking privileges,\" he said, adding that he learned a lot from being in Alcoholics Anonymous. \"You had all these men sitting around being open and honest in a way I have never heard. It was this safe space where there was little judgment, and therefore little judgment of yourself.

\"It was actually really freeing just to expose the ugly sides of yourself.\"

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