Brad Pitt‘s love interest Nicole Poturalski has broken her silence, days after it was reported that they had secretly split amid a three month whirlwind romance.
The married German beauty, 27, who was first spotted on a date with the actor, 56, in August, took to Instagram to share a series of sultry snaps with the simple yet mysterious caption reading: ‘Hang in there just for a little bit longer’.
The post comes just days after it was claimed that their fling is now ‘totally over’, with a source claiming to Page Six the separation happened a ‘while back’. The insider said: ‘It was never all that serious as it was cracked up to be.’
Insiders added to People: ‘Brad hasn’t seen Nicole since August. It was never a relationship. They saw each other a few times and that’s it. You can’t call it a split, because they were never together in the first place. It was a casual fling’.
Pained: Brad Pitt ‘s love interest Nicole Poturalski has broken her silence, days after it was reported that they had secretly split amid a three month whirlwind romance
Tough times: The married German beauty, 27, who was first spotted on a date with the actor, 56, in August, took to Instagram to share a series of sultry snaps with the simple yet mysterious caption reading: ‘Hang in there just for a little bit longer’
The model is in an ‘open marriage’ with multi-millionaire Berlin-based businessman and restaurant owner Roland Mary, 68, with whom she shares a son Emil, seven. MailOnline have contacted Brad’s and Nicole’s representatives for comment.
At the start of the month, Nicole posted a video to her social media account, questioning why she receives so much online hate after news of their romance came to light.
The brunette said: ‘I have been wondering since forever why people leave hateful comments? Why? What is your benefit? Just in general I want to understand the train of thoughts. Because I don’t get it. It’s just so rude and sad for those commenting.’
It’s all over: The post comes just days after it was claimed that their fling is now ‘totally over’, with a source claiming to Page Six the separation happened a ‘while back’. The insider said: ‘It was never all that serious as it was cracked up to be (pictured in November 2019)
Split: The actor, 56, and the German beauty, 27, were first spotted on a date in August but are now ‘totally over’, with a source claiming to Page Six the separation happened a ‘while back’
Brad sparked rumours of a romance with Angelina Jolie lookalike Nicole when he was spotted with her at France’s Le Castellet Airport in August.
Onlookers said the pair were behaving like ‘lovestruck teenagers’ when they couldn’t keep their hands off each other at the airport – before flying to a smaller airport close to Château Miraval, the estate Pitt purchased for $67 million in 2011 with his ex-wife Angelina.
An insider revealed to US Weekly at the time that Brad remained ‘realistic about the relationship’ since she ‘lives in Germany’ and he ‘has a very complicated family situation that he is trying to get sorted out.
It is believed they met at the upmarket restaurant, Borchard, in Berlin, owned by Nicole’s husband Roland Mary, whom she has an ‘open marriage’ with.
Moving on: The insider said of Brad’s romance with Nicole: ‘It was never all that serious as it was cracked up to be’ (pictured in February)
Wife: The model is in an ‘open marriage’ with multi-millionaire Berlin-based businessman and restaurant owner Roland Mary, 68, with whom she shares a son Emil, seven
In August, it was revealed Nicole was married and claimed that Roland is reportedly ‘not interested’ in being ‘jealous’ about her extra-marital dalliance with the actor.
Mr Mary – apparently no stranger to romantic trials and tribulations after reputedly being married four times – has remained tight-lipped about his marital arrangements, and his wife’s friendship with Pitt.
However, a friend said: ‘Roland is a very philosophical guy. He has been married several times and has five children. He is not interested in negativity or jealousy.
‘They are still married, but you could describe their relationship as an open marriage.’
Stepping out: Nicole was spotted leaving the restaurant with her husband Roland Mary, 68, on Saturday for the first time since her romance with Brad came to light
Brad shares six children, Maddox, 19, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12, with his ex-wife, Angelina, 45.
They announced their shock split in 2016, but have yet to finalise terms regarding custody and support for their children.
Angelina’s bitter divorce battle with Brad has hit yet another bump in the road after the actress parted ways with one of her high-priced attorneys.
Priya Sopori, a Los Angeles-based former federal prosecutor who has been working with Jolie’s lead lawyer, Samantha DeJean, is out after filing a ‘Notice of Withdrawal of Attorney of Record’ with LA Superior Court, DailyMail.com has learned.
Experienced trial bulldog Sopori is a partner with California law firm Greenberg Glusker LLP.
It’s not clear whether Jolie – who is fighting Pitt’s efforts to win 50/50 custody of their children – fired Sopori or if the attorney made the decision to quit.
But the change in her high profile team at this late stage signals Jolie’s resolve to get what she wants has only hardened.
A source close to Jolie told DailyMail.com: ‘Angelina has fought tooth and nail to get what she wants in this divorce, when it comes to her kids she won’t back down.’
‘She’s paying her legal team a fortune, so if she believes one of her lawyers needs to go she won’t hesitate to pull the trigger.’
It’s not the first time the mercurial 45-year-old Girl, Interrupted star has parted company with a lawyer she’s hired during the long-running four year divorce saga.
In 2018, superstar LA divorce attorney Laura Wasser – whose client list reads like a Who’s Who of Hollywood – stopped working for Jolie when the actress’s legal fight with Pitt, 56, reportedly became too ‘venomous and nasty.’
Wasser – who has represented Johnny Depp, Kim Kardashian, Ryan Reynolds, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Ashton Kutcher and many other stars – has earned a reputation as a lawyer who tries to take the sting out of break-ups by promoting compromise between warring couples and shared custody of children.
So it was thought at the time that Jolie’s hard-nosed attitude toward Pitt was not a good fit with Wasser’s more gentle, conciliatory approach.
After Wasser, Jolie hired San Francisco-based DeJean who is now the only lawyer representing her in the long-running custody dispute with Pitt.
Family: Brad shares six children, Maddox, 19, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12, with his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, 45, after they announced their split in 2016
The former couple are dragging security experts from two continents, an entourage of personal assistants and bodyguards, a former Jolie co-star and an army of child psychologists and doctors to give evidence in an upcoming custody trial that’s expected to be held in private.
Lists of witnesses filed in a Los Angeles court and seen by DailyMail.com reveal 21 people who will be testifying in the movie stars’ legal fight over their children, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12. They have a sixth child, Maddox, but he’s a 19 year-old adult.
The Once Upon a Time inn Hollywood star has also listed his ex-wife’s personal assistant Michael Ofstedahl and Jolie’s friend and Girl, Interrupted costar Jillian Armenante as witnesses – a sign that Pitt is willing to pull out all the stops to win joint custody.
Armenante, 52, has also appeared in The West Wing, Six Feet Under and Grey’s Anatomy.
Pitt and Jolie famously fell in love on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, while Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston. The couple married in France in 2014 after 10 years of dating, but split two years later in September 2016.
In the period that followed their initial separation in 2016, the pair duked it out in court over custody and financial arrangements, with Pitt arguing he’d provided more than adequate funding but Angie demanding a greater share of his estimated $300 million fortune.
A big factor in the couple’s battle is Jolie’s desire to move the children abroad. Pitt is vehemently opposed to her moving them to a foreign country.
Getting on with it: Brad has listed his ex-wife’s personal assistant Michael Ofstedahl and friend and Girl, Interrupted co-star Jillian Armenante (pictured) as witnesses in their custody battle