Brad Pitt Reportedly Skipped The Oscars Because He Was Sculpting

Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment produced Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” ― also known as the 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Picture. And yet, on the evening that prestigious title was announced, Pitt was strangely absent from the award ceremony and subsequent festivities.

Apparently the actor didn’t make it to the Oscars because he was 10 days deep into creating a sculpture, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and just couldn’t tear himself away. Pitt was reportedly hunkered down at British artist Thomas Houseago’s studio in the Frogtown neighborhood of Los Angeles, no doubt losing track of time as the cold, smooth clay made sweet love to his fingertips.

No word yet on what exactly Pitt’s masterpiece will look like; Housago is known for hulking plaster casts that resemble Cubist golems.

We can only hope he’s at work on a life-size self-portrait of his already highly sculpted physique. In our strictly artistic opinion, few sights are more glorious to behold than Brad Pitt himself, made by that crazy sculptor in the sky.