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In a new interview with GQ Style, Brad Pitt made a lot of revelations for his fans. Perhaps one of the most revealing ones is that he’s stopped drinking altogether.

Speaking extensively about his six children with Angelina Jolie and the public custody fight, including allegations of child abuse, he admitted he was worried about what his kids’ friends would think of him after the false rumors went public.

The actor shared that after they divorced, he initially agreed to weekly supervised visits with the kids. After he had a little too much booze on the couple’s private plane, he allegedly got “verbally abusive” and “physical” with Maddox, their eldest. Five days later, Angelina filed for divorce. However, the authorities said there no findings of abuse.

Brad requested sole custody of all the kids in the divorce filing, but they later reached an agreement to handle it all privately.

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“I was boozing too much,” he reflected. “It’s just become a problem. And I’m really happy it’s been half a year now, which is bittersweet, but I’ve got my feelings in my fingertips again. Truthfully I could drink a Russian under the table with his own vodka. I was a professional. I was good.”

He continued: “For me this period has really been about looking at my weaknesses and failures and owning my side of the street. I’m an a—— when it comes to this need for justice. I don’t know where it comes from, this hollow quest for justice for some perceived slight. I can drill on that for days and years. It’s done me no good whatsoever. It’s such a silly idea, the idea that the world is fair. And this is coming from a guy who hit the lottery, I’m well aware of that. I hit the lottery, and I still would waste my time on those hollow pursuits.”

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He worried about his kids hearing about the infamous custody battle: “I worry about it more for my kids, being subjected to it, and their friends getting ideas from it,” he said. “And of course it’s not done with any kind of delicacy or insight—it’s done to sell. And so you know the most sensational sells, and that’s what they’ll be subjected to, and that pains me.”

On the experience of having child services called on him, he said, “I was really on my back and chained to a system when Child Services was called. And you know, after that, we’ve been able to work together to sort this out. We’re both doing our best. I heard one lawyer say, ‘No one wins in court—it’s just a matter of who gets hurt worse.’ And it seems to be true, you spend a year just focused on building a case to prove your point and why you’re right and why they’re wrong, and it’s just an investment in vitriolic hatred. I just refuse. And fortunately my partner in this agrees. It’s just very, very jarring for the kids, to suddenly have their family ripped apart.”

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