Brad Pitt is one of the biggest names in Hollywood, an Oscar-winning actor with a career spanning over three decades. But his personal life has followed him just as closely, and most recently, boxing legend Mike Tyson brought it all back into the spotlight by recalling a decades-old moment, where he found a young Brad Pitt with his then-wife Robin Givens. Here is a full look at every cheating claim that has surrounded Brad Pitt over the years.
Mike Tyson brings back a decades-old story
The latest name to bring Brad Pitt's romantic past back into the spotlight is none other than former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Speaking on 'This Past Weekend with Theo Von' in May 2026, the 59-year-old boxing legend recalled a moment from the late 1980s when he arrived at his then-wife Robin Givens' home during their divorce and found a young, unknown Brad Pitt sitting in the passenger seat of a car he had bought her. "He wasn't Brad Pitt yet. I didn't know who the f— he was," Tyson said. Givens later confirmed Pitt was present but denied any wrongdoing, telling 'Watch What Happens Live' that the more dramatic versions of the story "never, ever, ever happened."
Brad Pitt and Thandiwe Newton's affair reports when he was dating Gwyneth Paltrow
According to E! News, the shoot of 'Interview with the Vampire' in 1994 birthed a brief romance between Pitt and co-star Thandiwe Newton, who played a small role in the film. The outlet reports the relationship lasted about a year, though the pair kept things very low-key. What made the timing complicated was that Pitt was still with Gwyneth Paltrow at the time, the woman he would go on to propose to just two years later. The two had met on the set of 'Se7en' in 1995, and things seemed very serious between them. At the 1996 Golden Globe Awards, where Pitt won Best Supporting Actor for '12 Monkeys', he ended his acceptance speech by thanking "the love o' my life, my angel, Gwyneth Paltrow," as the cameras zoomed in on a blushing Paltrow seated in the audience. According to People magazine, the proposal followed shortly after. However, the engagement was called off in 1997 with no clear public explanation from either side. Paltrow later said she had been young and immature, while some reports suggested Pitt's wandering eye had played a role, though nothing was ever confirmed.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's rumoured romance when he was married to Jennifer Aniston
This is the allegation that has followed Brad Pitt for over two decades and one he has never fully been able to shake. The rumours started during the filming of 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' in 2004, when Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston. The two confirmed their separation in January 2005, and just months later, Pitt and Jolie were already being photographed together on holiday. Aniston did not hold back when speaking to Vanity Fair at the time. "The world was shocked, and I was shocked. I'd be a robot if I said I didn't feel moments of anger, of hurt, of embarrassment," she said. Pitt, on his part, denied that anything physical happened while he was still married, telling CNN in 2007 that any feelings for Jolie only developed after his marriage was already over. Those close to the situation told a slightly different story, though. Aniston's close friend Courteney Cox revealed that Pitt had actually confessed his attraction to Jolie to his then-wife before the split. "There was a connection, and he was honest about that with Jen. It was an attraction that he fought for a period of time," she said. A source close to the couple told People magazine that the two had "gradually lost sight of themselves as individuals" and that "despite having everything they might want, they weren't happy."
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard's dating rumours when he was married to Angelina Jolie
Just when the dust had settled on the Jennifer Aniston chapter, fresh cheating rumours surfaced around Brad Pitt once again. This time it was during his marriage to Angelina Jolie, and the name at the centre of it all was French actress Marion Cotillard, his co-star on the 2016 film 'Allied'. Reports at the time claimed Jolie had hired a private investigator after growing suspicious about Pitt's behaviour on set. According to sources who spoke to Page Six, the PI confirmed that Pitt was behaving "like a single guy" while filming, and that the discovery was the final straw for Jolie. Both Pitt and Cotillard firmly denied the claims. Cotillard, who was visibly pregnant at the time, released a public statement calling the reports false. Pitt's team also pushed back, insisting no third party was involved in the breakdown of the relationship.
Brad Pitt and Nicole Poturalski's rumoured romance in 2020
After a few quieter years on the personal front, Brad Pitt's name was back in the headlines in the summer of 2020 when he was spotted getting close to German model Nicole Poturalski. According to Entertainment Tonight, the two were seen together heading to the South of France, to the same estate where Pitt had once married Angelina Jolie, which raised plenty of eyebrows on its own. What made the situation more complicated was the fact that Poturalski was reportedly still married at the time, to a 68-year-old German businessman. However, according to The Daily Mail, the two had an open marriage. It reported, "He is not interested in negativity or jealousy." By October 2020, Entertainment Tonight confirmed the pair had gone their separate ways, with a source saying their relationship "was never a big deal" and that the two were "no longer together." It was a brief chapter, but one that added yet another complicated footnote to Brad Pitt's already eventful personal history.
Brad Pitt's own words
Perhaps the closest Pitt ever came to an admission was in a 2011 interview with Parade magazine. "It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn't living an interesting life myself. I think that my marriage had something to do with it," he told the outlet. The comments, widely seen as a direct reference to his marriage to Jennifer Aniston, sparked an immediate backlash and left many feeling he had finally confirmed what people had suspected all along. Pitt quickly issued an apology, saying his words had been taken out of context. "Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend. The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself," he said. Aniston, for her part, later told Vanity Fair that the whole era was "such a vulnerable time" and that she still remembered the experience as "jarring." Throughout it all, Pitt has denied being a serial cheater. But the pattern of allegations spanning nearly four decades has made that a difficult case to argue.
