--- title: Ellen DeGeneres Reveals She Dated Brad Pitt's Ex-Girlfriend description: When Brad Pitt goes on Ellen, he discovered that he and Ellen DeGeneres apparently both dated the same girlfriend. canonical: https://time.com/5677054/brad-pitt-on-ellen-2019/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-13T15:12:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:16.724Z og:title: Ellen DeGeneres Tells Brad Pitt She Probably Dated One of His Ex-Girlfriend og:description: Connections og:url: https://time.com/5677054/brad-pitt-on-ellen-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f7a272404f3d767/698a02de096a945fff6a6f76/brad-pitt-ellen-degeneres-same-girlfriend.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 76th Venice Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ellen DeGeneres Tells Brad Pitt She Probably Dated One of His Ex-Girlfriend twitter:description: Connections twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f7a272404f3d767/698a02de096a945fff6a6f76/brad-pitt-ellen-degeneres-same-girlfriend.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ellen Degeneres Tells Brad Pitt She Dated One of His Ex-Girlfriends  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 13, 2019 3:12 PM UTC  VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 29: Brad Pitt attends the red carpet of AD ASTRA during the 76th Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Primo Barol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 29: Brad Pitt attends the red carpet of AD ASTRA during the 76th Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Primo Barol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Anadolu Agency—Anadolu Agency via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 13, 2019 3:12 PM UTC [Brad Pitt](https://time.com/5593622/brad-pitt-leonardo-dicaprio-cannes-2019/) discovered that [Ellen DeGeneres](https://time.com/4728994/ellen-degeneres-1997-coming-out-cover/) dated one of his ex-girlfriends during an appearance on _The Ellen Show_ this week. When DeGeneres and Pitt were reminiscing about how they met in the ’80s or ’90s, Pitt revealed that their first moments together were pretty memorable. “I remember a Melissa Etheridge pool party, where I think you were hitting on my girlfriend,” he said. “Was I hitting on your girlfriend, really?” Degeneres replied. “I think so,” Pitt responded. “I was flattered.” DeGeneres had some news of her own to reveal to Pitt after that recollection. “I actually sense that I have dated another one of your girlfriends,” she said without revealing the identity of the person in question. “We’ll talk about that later.” Pitt for his part, agreed that the conversation was best “after the show.” DeGeneres has been in a relationship with actress Portia de Rossi for the past 16 years and recently celebrated her 11th wedding anniversary with her. Pitt was previously married to actresses Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie, but [both marriages ended in divorce.](https://time.com/4505928/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-divorce/) Watch Pitt’s full interview with DeGeneres below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5677054/brad-pitt-on-ellen-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5677054/brad-pitt-on-ellen-2019/"},"headline":"Ellen Degeneres Tells Brad Pitt She Dated One of His Ex-Girlfriends","datePublished":"2019-09-13T15:12:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:16.724Z","description":"\"We'll talk about that later\"","url":"https://time.com/5677054/brad-pitt-on-ellen-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f7a272404f3d767/698a02de096a945fff6a6f76/brad-pitt-ellen-degeneres-same-girlfriend.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f7a272404f3d767/698a02de096a945fff6a6f76/brad-pitt-ellen-degeneres-same-girlfriend.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"76th Venice Film Festival","caption":"76th Venice Film Festival","creditText":"Anadolu Agency—Anadolu Agency via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5677054/brad-pitt-on-ellen-2019/","name":"Ellen Degeneres Tells Brad Pitt She Dated One of His Ex-Girlfriends"}}]}] ```