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Shania Twain Clarifies Why She Name-Dropped Brad Pitt in 1997 Hit

She says the lyric was a comment on the late-’90s fuss over his leaked Playgirl photos, not a personal slight.

Overview

  • Twain revisited the famous line during a recent appearance on Australia’s KIIS Network’s Will & Woody radio show.
  • She said she has never met Brad Pitt despite referencing him in That Don’t Impress Me Much.
  • Twain explained she chose his name because he was the era’s most idolized figure and the subject of intense publicity.
  • She linked the choice to coverage of leaked nude photos, saying the lyric pushed back on the cultural obsession rather than on Pitt himself.
  • Keeping the tone light, she joked he could “seek me out” and quipped about her chainsaw-and-chopping-wood skills.