Brad Pitt reveals his pre-Gwyneth Paltrow diet that would have left the Goop guru disgusted

Daily Mail​

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Brad Pitt has revealed his pre-Gwyneth Paltrow diet that would have revolted his wellness advocate ex.
Pitt, 61, dated the future Goop CEO, 52, for three years after meeting on the set of the 1995 thriller Se7en, but just before landing the role, survived off a rather unusual eating plan that definitely would not have flown with Paltrow.
Speaking on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, Pitt described this period as 'the most unhealthy time'.
At the time, Pitt was feeling adrift in his career following several disappointing jobs, and spent the summer of 1994 dating a woman with a passion for reptiles and consuming a 'bong load,' 'four Coca-Colas on ice' and no actual food.
'I would wake up... I would get a bong load, I would have four Coca-Colas on ice. No food,' Pitt told Dax.
'This particular summer, and I watched the O.J. trial... and trying to figure out, "What do I do next? What do I do next?"' he said.
That all changed once the script for the David Fincher film Se7en came across his desk.
'And then I read this script, my dear friend and manager and, basically my sister now, Cynthia, sends it over,' he explained. 'She says, "You've got to read this." I read the first seven pages, I call her up, I go, "Are you kidding me? Like, the cliché old cop wants out, the young cop comes in, he's looking at his trophies? His high school football trophies?" She goes, "Just finish it." And then I go meet Finch... he was just talking about films like I'd never heard anyone speak about film,' he said.
'I just got the jones back,' Brad added. 'Finding that thing kind of, it just reinvigorated what I wanted out of this thing, what's possible.'
The role not only brought the zest back into Brad's career, but it also introduced him to his then-girlfriend Gwyneth - who certainly would not have approved of his summer diet.
Since their split, Gwyneth has founded the wellness and lifestyle brand Goop, where consumers can shop for supplements and find green juice recipes.
She also has made headlines for her own diet - which in recent years involved drinking coffee for breakfast, bone broth for lunch and vegetables for dinner.
Until recently, Gwyneth was a strict adherent of the Paleo diet, an eating regimen which advocates for eating meat, vegetables, nuts and limited fruit, as well as excluding grains, legumes, dairy, salt, and refined sugar.
Thought recently the Shakespeare In Love actress has changed her tune on that particular diet, admitting that she is now 'a little bit sick of it'.
'I'm getting back into eating sourdough bread, cheese – there I said it. A little pasta after being strict with it for so long,' she said on her Goop podcast.
Gwyneth and Brad dated for three years after they met on the set of the thriller Se7en.
They got engaged in December 1996 when Gwyneth was just 24 years old and parted ways a few months later.
Looking back on the relationship, Gwyneth previously admitted she felt it didn't work out because she was too young.
Speaking on The Howard Stern Show in 2015, she said: 'I think I was a kid and I wasn't ready. He was too good for me.'
'I honestly do think I was too young and didn't know what I was doing.'
Brad would go on to marry and split from both Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie, while Gwyneth tied the knot and welcomed two children with Coldplay singer Chris Martin.
They infamously revealed their 'conscious uncoupling' in 2014 before officially divorcing. Gwyneth is now married to producer Brad Falchuk.
Despite their split, Gwyneth and Brad have kept in touch over the years.
The former flames reunited in June 2022 when Gwyneth interviewed Brad for her website about his involvement in one of her Goop products.
The pair expressed how happy they were to be friends with Brad telling her: 'I do love you,' to which she replied: 'I love you so much'.