Brad Pitt’s reputation for being aloof and self-absorbed might be tied to an undiagnosed medical condition.
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In an interview with Esquire in 2013, Pitt revealed that he always has a hard time remembering the faces of those he meets.
He further went on to say that he thinks he might suffer from prosopagnosia, or face blindness, though he has not been tested or diagnosed with the disorder.
Prosopagnosia can result from stroke or brain injury, or appear at birth as a genetic condition. NIH said children born with prosopagnosia “never had a time when they could recognize faces.”
Pitt said;
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“So many people hate me because they think I’m disrespecting them.”
“I took one year where I just said, This year, I’m just going to cop to it and say to people, ‘OK, where did we meet?’ But it just got worse. People were more offended. …
“You get this thing, like, ‘You’re being egotistical. You’re being conceited.’
“But it’s a mystery to me, man. I can’t grasp a face, and yet I come from such a design/aesthetic point of view. I am going to get it tested.”
Following the interview, Carnegie Mellon extended an offer to have Pitt’s brain imaged and examined by a neuroscientist.
However, there has not been an update as to whether Pitt took the offer.
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