Star Christina Applegate has spent the past five years dealing with the new realities of her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, but much of her life until then was all about starring on a number of TV shows and in movies, like the wild rom-com, Anchorman. Her recently released memoir has revealed a lot about her time as one of Hollywood’s top talents, however, including some of her dating exploits. One thing she now admits to is dumping Brad Pitt during her time on Married…with Children while they attended an awards show, and the story “gets worse” from there.
What Christina Applegate Said About Dumping Brad Pitt During An Awards Show
Christina Applegate has done everything from lead acclaimed shows like Dead to Me (which you can watch with your Netflix subscription) and Samantha Who?, to proudly starring in Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead and other films, and even won an Emmy for her iconic guest starring role on Friends. But, she will likely always be best known for the show that made her famous, Married…with Children.
She reflected on her life, including that time during her early career in her new memoir, You with the Sad Eyes (via Page Six), and opened up about some of her dating life as she dealt with fame while still being a teenager. The actress was 17 when she briefly dated Brad Pitt, who was around 26 and still basically unknown, but a part of Applegate’s circle of Hollywood friends. As she says in her book, she took Pitt as her date when she attended the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards to present, but someone else in the room stole her attention:
I had spent all night staring at [Sebastian] Bach, who was then a long-haired hunk fronting the band Skid Row. I hate to put it like this, but Brad back then was still making his way as an actor, and he wasn’t yet THE Brad Pitt, the man of so many people’s dreams.
Heavy metal was incredibly popular in the late ‘80s, and Skid Row was one of the bands that racked up a number of hits back in the day. But, that was quite a while ago now, so I know you would like a side by side comparison to see what Pitt looked like then and who the Bad Moms star couldn’t take her eyes off of. Observe now, Pitt in the 1989 slasher movie, Cutting Class, and Bach in his band’s “18 and Life” music video from the same year:
They don’t look entirely dissimilar, but I guess Bach’s status as a “long-haired hunk” really flipped a switch for Applegate. At any rate, she was so enamored with the singer that she abandoned her date, which made the situation worse for both of them:
Brad was left to sullenly drive my mom … home. Apparently, at a gas station on the way, Brad almost got into a fight with a bunch of gang members, and, not surprisingly, was subsequently very mad at me.
I think everyone can understand why the Se7en actor was pissed. Not only did he get dumped, but it literally happened during a very public date. To top it off, he felt he had to drive his date’s mom (who had gone with them) home afterwards! I have to say, the fact that he didn’t leave her to find a cab says a lot about the type of person he probably was, right? Applegate continued:
Much later…two of [Pitt’s] movie star girlfriends asked me if it was true that I was the girl who left Brad behind at the MTV Video Music Awards. Brad had apparently told both of them separately that he was still mad at me. Eventually, we agreed that I’d been a kid, and though he deserved much better, it was time to forgive the child who dumped him for the lead singer of Skid Row. Of course, Brad is now THE Brad Pitt, and Sebastian Bach … well, he still has long hair, I guess.
Though she admits that this tale doesn’t make her look great, it is true that she was very young and likely just didn’t have the presence of mind to realize how much this would suck for her date. And, if you’re wondering how things went with Bach and Applegate, well she quickly found out that he had both a long-term girlfriend and a 1-year-old kid, so her efforts to entice him went nowhere. Hindsight really is 20/20.
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