(NewsNation) — Hollywood was holding its breath as both Brad Pitt and his irritable ex, Angelina Jolie, were roaming Manhattan this week.
Pitt was staying at the Whitby Hotel in midtown with his girlfriend, Ines de Ramon, to promote his new movie “F1” while Angelina was… just here.
”Angelina said she was going to move to New York two years ago, but didn’t quite get the glowing reception she thought she deserved, so she went back to LA,” my Hollywood insider said.
VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 01: (L-R) Amal Clooney, George Clooney, Ines de Ramon and Brad Pitt attend the “Wolfs” red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 01, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) 
American actor Brad Pitt his girlfriend Ines de Ramon at the 81 Venice International Film Festival 2024. Wolfs (Lobos) Red Carpet. Venice (Italy), September 1st, 2024 (Photo by Rocco Spaziani/Archivio Spaziani/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 01: Ines de Ramon and Brad Pitt attend the “Wolfs” red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 01, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Annalisa Ranzoni/Getty Images) 
NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – JULY 7: Brad Pitt, star of upcoming ‘F1’ movie, arrives in the paddock with girlfriend Ines de Ramon during the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone Circuit on July 7, 2024 in Northampton, United Kingdom. (Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images) 
FILE – Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt pose for a photo at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards 2015 at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, on Nov. 4, 2015. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) 
HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 05: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the premiere of “By the Sea” at the 2015 AFI Fest at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on November 5, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) 
HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 05: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the premiere of “By the Sea” at the 2015 AFI Fest at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on November 5, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) 
In this combination photo, Angelina Jolie, left, arrives at the European Premiere of “Maleficent Mistress of Evil” in central London on Oct. 9, 2019, and Brad Pitt poses in the press room at the Oscars on April 25, 2021, in Los Angeles. A California appeals court on Friday, July 23, 2021, disqualified a private judge being used by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in their divorce case, handing Jolie a major victory. The 2nd District Court of Appeal agreed with Jolie that Judge John Ouderkirk didn’t sufficiently disclose business relationships with Pitt’s attorneys. The decision means that the custody fight over the couple’s five minor children, which was nearing an end, could be starting over. (AP Photo)
Jolie opened her Atelier Jolie in the West Village in 2023. Initially, it was said to be a fashion concept store with a coffee shop, but after suffering slow to no sales, she turned it into a “creative space and gallery”.
An expensive venture as, according to the WSJ Magazine, “The 6,600-square-foot space was advertised at $60,000 per month for a minimum 10-year lease,” which would make Jolie fork over 720,000 a year or $7.2 million for the lifetime of the lease.
“It’s just insane that Angelina would show up in the city the same week of Brad’s premiere,” my insider added. “She just can’t stand for him to get any good press. It’s like she’s haunting him.”
As I reported last week, a friend of Pitt’s sighed to me: “It’s all bull—-, and to be expected. Anytime Brad has a major project out or is in the news for something good, all these stories get ‘leaked’ that try to damage him. It’s insane. We all know where these stories come from. Angelina can’t stand it when Brad does well.”
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