--- title: Brad Pitt Plays Weatherman on Jim Jefferies Show VIDEO description: Brad Pitt played weatherman for the day, delivering a grim weather report on the Jim Jefferies Show on Wednesday night. canonical: https://time.com/4811428/brad-pitt-weather-man/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-08T19:08:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:19.965Z og:title: Brad Pitt Gives Being a Weather Man a Try With Funny Results og:description: On the 'Jim Jefferies Show' og:url: https://time.com/4811428/brad-pitt-weather-man/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brad Pitt Gives Being a Weather Man a Try With Funny Results twitter:description: On the 'Jim Jefferies Show' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Brad Pitt Tries Second Career As a Weather Man With Hilarious Results > Sponsored content. 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Jefferies announced that the show’s own weatherman would be appearing on the show to “help us understand climate change and what it means for the world” before Pitt materialized to give the weather report. “Things are going to be getting warmer in this area here,” he said. “And this area here,” gesturing to basically the entire map before answering Jefferies’ closing question with a kicker of a send-off. “Do you have any future forecast for us?” Jefferies asked with trepidation. “There is no future,” Pitt rejoined. This isn’t the first time that Pitt has taken to the public to talk about environmental issues; after Hurricane Katrina, he started the [Make It Right Foundation](http://makeitright.org/how-we-build/), which builds environmentally sustainable homes in places like New Orlean’s lower Ninth Ward. 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