As the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie split and custody drama continues to play out, Melissa Etheridge has taken a side.
On the subject of what could become an all-out war in divorce court and battle over who raises their children, Etheridge defended Pitt in an interview with Andy Cohen during his radio show on Monday, Oct. 3.
The "Come To My Window" artist said that she is heartbroken over what has been reported about her old friend and called the accusations claiming that he abused his children “completely unfounded.”
“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,” Etheridge said.
The musician went on to explain that having gone this herself several years back she really hopes that Pitt knows he can reach out to her and she would love to speak to him again. News.com.au noted that Etheridge and Pitt were such good pals that she considered using him as a sperm donor and he asked her to sing at his wedding to Jennifer Aniston. However, she revealed that she has not spoken to him since he began dating Jolie.
“I really hope that he reaches back out,” she said. “There are a lot of us who haven’t seen him in 10 years. We all lost a friend.”
The 55-year-old singer then slammed Jolie for her previous behavior when she got together with Billy Bob Thorton while he was still engaged to actress Laura Dern.
“I was around when Angelina was not doing nice things with Billy Bob to Laura Dern. I went through that on a personal level, and then to know the side of Jennifer and Brad…” she said before admitting, “I helped Laura move out of her house with Billy Bob — I like broke into their home to get their stuff out because it was so nasty.”
Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt two weeks ago and asked for physical custody of their six children.