Who is Alia Shawkat and is she dating Brad Pitt?
ALIA Shawkat is an American actress and artist, known for her roles in State of Grace and in the Netflix television sitcom, Arrested Development.
Rumors started circulating that Shawkat and Oscar award winner, Brad Pitt, sprung up an intimate relationship after being spotted together on several occasions throughout 2019 and 2020.
Who is Alia Shawkat and what has she been in?
Alia Shawkat is an American actress and artist born in Riverside, California and grew up in Palm Springs.
The actress appeared in several television shows including State of Grace, Arrested Development, The Final Girls.
Shawkat earned a number of Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of the cast for Arrested Development.
Additionally, she also starred in Being The Ricardos, Broad City, and Search Party.
Are Alia Shawkat and Brad Pitt dating?
It was rumored that Pitt and Shawkit were reportedly "hanging out" despite enforced lockdown rules during quarantine in May of 2020.
Shawkat addressed the rumors to Vulture, in an interview published on June 26, 2020: "We're not dating, we're just friends."
"I just felt overwhelmed. It's that feeling of being naked in school, like, 'Oh my God, everyone's looking at me," she added.
According to the interview with Vulture, Shawkat explained that she first met Pitt a few years ago through Spike Jonze, whom she's known since she was nine.
"We just became friends, and Brad introduced me to his group of friends, and it grew from there," said Shawkat.
Alia Shawkat was asked about the dating allegations between her and Pitt yet again in a January 9, 2022 interview with The New Yorker.
When asked if the rumors still follow her, Shawkat replied: "Thank God, no. It came in hot and left as fast as it came in."
She stated: "It happened during Covid, and I was alone with it. It was so weird."
She continued: "Now it’s like a weird dream, where I’m, like, Did that happen?"
During the interview, Shawkat was asked if she got Brad's take on the romance reports.
She replied: "He had no awareness of it at all. Which is so funny."
The Being The Ricardos actress continued: "I was, like, 'You know everyone thinks we’re dating?' And there’s this whole thing, and I’m being followed?"
"And he was, like, 'I’m sorry. It happens. If you hang out with me, it happens,' He had no awareness," Shawkat concluded.
When did Brad Pitt get divorced from Angelina Jolie?
In 2016, Angelina Jolie announced that she filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. The couple had six children together.
In a recent interview with British Vogue, Jolie admitted that she separated from Pitt "For the wellbeing of my family."
"Some have taken advantage of my silence, and the children see lies about themselves in the media, but I remind them that they know their own truth and their own minds," added the actress.
"In fact, they are six very brave, very strong young people."