Direct Husband Quote: “I’m Pretty Sure I saw Pitt Brad.”

Okay, first, background for new readers: my husband does not recognize movie stars by their looks or their names. If I try to say, for example, “Hey Honey, let’s go see the new Matt Damon movie,” my husband will DEFINITELY have no idea who I’m talking about. His only excuse for not recognizing people as famous as Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, and so on is that he’s from another country. However, he’s lived in the US almost 12 years, and he works in the movie industry, so the “other country” excuse isn’t really helping me understand.

On the way home tonight from our date (which included the 2 children, of course), my husband says, “Oh, did I tell you…I’m pretty sure I saw Pitt Brad. Hmmmm, Pitt Brad, right? Do you know who I’m talking about?”And I almost yelled, “HU? YOU SAW BRAD PITT? WHEN??”

My husband answered, “OH Brad Pitt. Yeah, he was driving a really expensive Mercedes. I am not positive it was him, but almost positive. It had to be him–the face looked just like him.”

Apparently this happened a few weeks ago. Now, because Brad Pitt has been in France for the birth of his twins (who have been born, I assume everyone is well aware of this, also that the twins are a boy and a girl)…my husband could very well be wrong. Actually, he could also have the totally wrong guy. In all honesty, he may have no idea what Brad Pitt even looks like. Maybe he really saw Adam Sandler and is just calling him Pitt Brad. Who knows. I’ll confirm when I show him a photograph of the real Brad Pitt.

Because the guy wasn’t even definitely Brad Pitt, this may not even be “blog worthy” news EXCEPT for a few interesting details, which follow:

1) Pitt is not a first name. No one’s first name is Pitt, so saying “I saw Pitt Brad” should never happen no matter who the person was. But that’s what my husband said.

2) If the person is Brad Pitt, or one suspects the person is Brad Pitt, one really should just know the name without having to ask or say it backward. I mean, it’s not like he’s only been famous for one year. And it’s not like he’s only a little famous.

3) My husband has worked on at least one movie starring Brad Pitt–Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Maybe others. So, honestly, despite that he usually can’t name movie stars, he really, really should have been able to name this one…And I suppose he almost did. So uh, good for him, hu?