Brad Pitt: I'm Not Forced To Do Charity Work

It happens all the time. Someone gets a new significant other, and pretty soon their priorities expand to include those of their sweetie. But Brad Pitt is speaking out against claims that his charity interests are the result of Angelina’s influence.

However, the notion that the Fight Club star took interest in humanitarian projects after becoming romantically involved with Jolie isn’t all that unbelievable. It’s only been recently that we’ve been hearing about Pitt’s passion for the less fortunate.

Earlier this year he teamed up with his partner/mother of his children to donate a million bucks to charities in Chad and Darfur, Africa. And his Lower 9th Ward philanthropy has only been recent as well.

But Brad claims it’s his duty as a human that motivates him to help. He told press, "That's idiotic. I do it because I'm a member of the human race. We're all cells of one body. Let's focus on that."

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Enjoy the pictures of Angelina and Brad picking up Maddox from school yesterday (October 4), along with shots of Brad on the set of "Burn After Reading" the same day.