Soon after, the two made a now-iconic appearance at the 1989 MTV Music Awards, where Christina revealed the “18 and Life” hitmaker caught her eye.
“I felt so powerful and sure of myself for once that when the awards show was over, I left with Sebastian Bach, not Brad Pitt,” Christina—mom to daughter Sadie, 15, with husband Martyn LeNoble—admitted. “I hate to put it like this, but Brad back then was still making his way as an actor, and he wasn’t yet the Brad Pitt, the man of so many people’s dreams.”
And it seems the night left a sour taste in the Fight Club actor’s mouth. After all, following the award ceremony—where Brad had to drive Christina’s mom Nancy Priddy and her best friend at the time, Johnny Depp’s ex-wife Lori Allison, home without Christina, the two steered clear of each other.