Courtney Love has doubled down on her claims against Brad Pitt about how the actor allegedly had her fired from Fight Club.
The singer, 58, who was married to Kurt Cobain, claimed that Brad was upset with her after she rejected his idea to play the Nirvana icon in a biopic.
Courtney claims that she was originally cast in the role of troubled Marla singer in the 1999 movie, which ended up being played by Helena Bonham Carter.
She alleged that she was replaced by the actor after receiving a phone call from director David Fincher, who was the mind behind the cult classic, who allegedly let her go from the project.
"He fired me because I won't let Brad play Kurt," Courtney claimed on an episode of Marc Maron's WTF podcast.
Now, the singer has slammed the actor for 'pushing me a bridge too far' in a new statement which said: “I am not here 22 years later b****ing about losing a part playing someone’s side piece in a movie."
Courtney said that the recollection, which she spoke about on the podcast, was 'a story I was never going to tell'.
"Brad pushed me a bridge too far. I don't like the way he does business or wields his power. It's a simple fact, and it started during the production of Fight Club," she said.
She posted a four-slide statement onto her Instagram account, where the 90s icon explained that her complaints are ingrained in Brad’s supposed persistence about her deceased partner, rather than what went down with her role in the film.
She wrote: “It’s a movie. Indeed, I passed on better roles than that. Who cares? The point is Brad kept on stalking me about Kurt.”
Courtney went on to tell her followers that it felt like the right time to open up about the ordeal, as she’s in recovery for drug misuse and holding in ‘resentment is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies’.
“I was over being mad about it. Plus, I heard Pitt was dealing with the same demons. So, we might have both changed our spiritual world views. Not to be,” she wrote.
She also explained that she ‘felt Pitt would not stop pursuing Kurt unless I said it in public’.
Courtney rounded off her statement by confirming that she does not have any hatred towards the fellow actor, stating: “I don’t want Brad to be p****d off at me and become his resentment. I want him to do better. I’m not into assault. C’mon brother Pitt. I wish you well, truly.
“If he’s mad at me, that’s his problem. I enjoy him as a movie star immensely. Not so much as a biopic producer.”
Courtney went on to clarify that she also had no ill-feelings towards Helena, who replaced her in the film, or the movie’s bosses, either.
“I’m sure Helena Bonham Carter was utterly meant to be Marla Singer and I do not bear her or Edward Norton or David Fincher or Art Linson - all people whose work & genius I respect immensely - any ill will,” she concluded.
The Mirror has contacted a representative of Brad Pitt for a comment.
