Is Brad Pitt becoming a cliche by reportedly dating a 27-year-old model?
Who does Brad Pitt think he is? Leonardo DiCaprio?
Brad Pitt may be living up to sentiments of Harry Sanborn, the aging lothario Jack Nicolson played in the 2003 rom-com “Something’s Gotta Give.” For men of a certain status and maturity, dating younger women is, well, “sweet and uncomplicated.”
It could be that the 56-year-old Pitt is looking for “uncomplicated” in his reported new romance with 27-year-old German model Nicole Poturalski. Page Six said it has confirmed that Pitt and Poturalski are dating after the two were spotted arriving in Paris for a vacation at his Chateau Miraval in the South of France.
Yes, it could be that Pitt is living up to that Hollywood cliche of the rich, famous and aging male movie star getting involved with a woman young enough to be his daughter.
“They are seeing each other, they’re enjoying a vacation together,” a source told Page Six.
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The Daily Mail reported that the two may have been dating since November, when they were spotted together “in deep conversation” in the VIP box at Kanye West’s performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Poturalski’s apparent qualifications for being capable of “a deep conversation” with the Academy Award-winner come from reports that the brunette beauty has “brains” because she speaks five languages, the Daily Mail said.
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An industry insider agreed that Poturalski seems like a good match for Pitt, telling People “she has spunk.” The source said, “If she’s dating Brad, good for her. Good for him.”
Along Poturalski’s brains and “spunk,” she also may have some substance in that she reportedly is a single mother, referring to having a young child on social media, E! News reported.
Even being a single mother, she may still be “uncomplicated” for Pitt in that she doesn’t come with the baggage of being famous — not yet anyway. Pitt’s romantic history has been marked by a string of high-profile relationships and breakups from, among others, Gwyneth Paltrow, 47, and Jennifer Aniston, 51.
His biggest high-profile breakup was from Angelina Jolie, 43, with whom he is still embroiled in a bitter, ongoing divorce. Pitt and Jolie also are fighting over custody of their six children. The oldest of those children, 19-year-old Maddox, is reportedly not speaking to Pitt, as the actor admitted that his problems with alcohol and anger contributed to his divorce.
So, yes, Pitt might be attracted to a woman who could bring much less baggage to the relationship than he would. It’s odd though that he would take Poturalski to his Chateau Miraval; he and Jolie purchased it together and wed there in 2014.
But by dating a model in her 20s, Pitt is very much taking a page from the playbook of his “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio, 45, has gained a reputation for dating women in their 20s, and he is currently in one of his more serious relationships with 23-year-old actress and model Camila Morrone.
Pitt’s reported relationship with Poturalski does make him rather typical among a certain class of rich and powerful men. They leave substantial marriages or relationships with women close to their own age and, as the cliche goes, look for love with women who can make them feel young again.
The 29-year age gap between Pitt and Poturalski puts the actor in the same league as Dennis Quaid, 66, who has a 37-year age gap with his new wife, graduate student Laura Savoie; and with Mel Gibson, 64, who has a 35-year age gap with his girlfriend, Rosalind Ross, who also is the mother of his ninth child. At least Pitt’s age gap with Poturalski is not quite as extreme as 77-year-old Mick Jagger’s 44-year age gap with ballerina Melanie Hamrick, 33.
Meanwhile, Page Six has suggested that Pitt’s relationship with Poturalski may be more than just a European fling, saying she has left clues on her Instagram that they have been dating for months.
Poturalski has posted several shots referencing her “love” and “better half” on her Instagram, though she hasn’t specified whether she’s writing about Pitt or a previous partner, Page Six said. Back on March 28, the model captioned a post of herself in a sweatsuit, holding a drink, “Saturdays these days for me is self-reflection, reading books spending time with my better half.”