October 5, 2016
PopUps: Melissa Etheridge is #TeamBrad, In Case You Were Wondering
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Everyone relax: Melissa Etheridge broke her silence in the wake of the Brangelina divorce. Phew!
The musician made it clear that she's #TeamBrad while throwing some serious shade towards Angelina Jolie, Page Six reports.
"It breaks my heart that anyone would take something as personal as your marriage and your relationship and your rights to your children and do it as purposefully as I see it's being done, because there's a way to be," she told Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM radio show Monday. "I've gone through family courts. I've been twice around this block, and I know it really well.
"And I know when there's some forethought to just how mean and just how you're going to put disinformation out there first," Etheridge added.
The singer performed at Brangelina's wedding in 2000 and didn't hold back when it came to Jolie and the abuse allegations the actress brought on her estranged husband.
"[The accusation is] completely unfounded. It's really heartbreaking to see that," she said, according to Page Six. Etheridge said a lot of Pitt's friends didn't see him after getting involved with the "Salt" star.
"I really hope that he reaches back out because there are a lot of us who haven't seen him in 10 years. It was hard then. We all lost a friend," she said.
Etheridge continued to spill the tea, suggesting she's got a lot of dirt on Jolie, telling Cohen "someday I'll write a book...I was around when Angelina was not doing nice things with Billy Bob [Thornton] to Laura Dern. I went through that on a personal level, and then to know the side of Jennifer and Brad."
The rocker went on to say that she "helped Laura move out of her house with Billy Bob. I like broke into their home to get her stuff out because it was so nasty."
Honestly, the Laura Dern and Billy Bob Thornton split sounds 100 times more interesting than the demise of Brangelina.
Listen to part of Etheridge's convo with Cohen below.
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