'I don’t think Brad Pitt is going to be getting his groceries in Lidl/Aldi, even though I love Lidl/Aldi. I’m not going to waste it with “Hello Brad Pitt, do you prefer black or green olives?” Or “Hello Brad Pitt, what’s George Clooney like?” I’ll have a line from my favourite Brad Pitt movie Thelma and Louise ready to go. After doing a little dance, he quipped “I’m just trying to get into a Taylor Swift video”. Even though I must have mentioned Taylor Swift to him 73 million times, he betrayed nothing. Oh...[ Róisín Ingle: We need joy and distraction, whether it’s Taylor Swift or rugbyOpens in new window ]Anyway, the main point is, if there are six degrees of separation, I have just become an awful lot closer to Taylor Swift.

Source: The Irish Times February 18, 2026 07:32 UTC