Brad Pittwas one such option, as he and Etheridge had a solid friendship at the time.

People would say, who is Brad Pitt to you?

And I’d say, ‘Well, he’s the father of my children’ or something.

split screen of brad pitt and melissa etheridge

I would joke around."

(Beckett tragically died of an opioid overdosein 2020 at the age of 21.)

“When Brad Pitt was younger, it was always clear that he wanted children.

brad pitt, angelina jolie, kids

He would come over and actually play with my kids,” she said.

“Kids are everything.

Kids are your life.

melissa etheridge with mother, daughter bailey, son beckett

“And I’m like, ‘You wouldn’t have been you.

What are you talking about?”

she told The Post.

It looks like things worked out for the best all around.