Mia Williams
Shania Twain once confessed that she thought Brad Pitt was avoiding contact with her after the famous lyric she wrote about him.
After writing about the Hollywood star in her hit 1997 single ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’, Shania - who blew fans away with her performance in the Legends slot at Glasto last weekend - has said she is yet to cross paths with Brad Pitt. Awks.
It seemed almost impossible for any man to win Shania, 58, over, after she famously wrote that being a rocket scientist, Elvis, or indeed Brad Pitt wouldn’t win her love.
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During a chat with comedian and journalist Amelia Dimoldenberg on Chicken Shop Date, Shania joked that she’s starting to feel like it's personal that they still haven’t met all this time.
“I wrote about Brad Pitt. I never met Brad Pitt,” the Canadian pop star confessed.
“I think he’s avoiding me, honestly.”
Shania’s song has been in the news a lot after she replaced the 60-year-old’s name not once, but twice.
Last year, Shania was also asked whose name she would use in Brad’s place if she wrote the song today.
The lucky man who Shania would mention is Channing Tatum.
In an interview with Radio Times, Shania tested out the new version of the lyric with the Magic Mike actor’s name. “I’m trying to think how I would sing that,” she said.
She then performed the lyric with Channing's name: “’Ok, so you’re Channing Tatum.’”
“Yeah, that works,” she decided.
At the time, Shania spilled that she had recently watched Magic Mike’s Last Dance – the third film in Channing’s stripper franchise – which clearly had a lasting impression.
Shania’s special shoutout to Brad came after she performed the hit anthem at the People’s Choice Awards last year, when she used the name of a Canadian actor best known for his role in a superhero flick during the infamous line.
While wearing a pink rhinestone jumpsuit and a pink wig at the December 2022 ceremony, Shania surprised everyone by singing: “So, you’re Ryan Reynolds.”
The Deadpool star was naturally blown away.
While we wait to hear Brad’s reaction to being replaced, the Bullet Train star was asked to share his thoughts on the switcheroo at the awards ceremony.
“I think we can share the wealth,” he said in a TikTok interview with The Movie Dweeb, suggesting he’s a fan of the legendary namedrop. “Ryan’s a good egg, too. He deserves some love.”
No bad blood here!