The Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie “Seacrest Snub” – Did they or didn’t they? (Discussion Thread)

It’s almost laughable to even write about this, but you know what? Naturally the media and the bloggers and possibly people around the water cooler at the office have been talking about this topic – I’ve even had a few people in my offline life ask me about it.

Of course I am referring to how, allegedly, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie snubbed Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards. Did they snub him or not? Let’s talk about it. If you actually haven’t had a chance to see it yet, here’s the clip:

Now there are two possibilities:

1. They didn’t intend to snub him. Brad and Angelina were merely in the middle of posing for the cameras when Ryan came barreling down the steps and onto the red carpet – where he technically wasn’t supposed to be, when he bolts at the beginning of the clip you can here the guy behind him telling him to stay up on the stage – and by the time they were done, security clearly steered them along to move on down the red carpet towards the entrance or another interview they had already agreed to do (such as the one with ET).

2. They did indeed snub him because they just didn’t feel like speaking to someone who has spoken negatively about them – Angelina in particular – in the past. The most obvious moment was when Ryan dissed Angie on his radio show after the 2007 Golden Globes. Of course, we later found out that her mother was very ill and dying at the time, and could have had a lot to do with her lack of interaction that year; however, he has, I believe, spoken poorly of her other times.

I think that either situation is entirely possible. The red carpet is always crazy and there’s so much screaming. Sure, WE can hear Ryan quite clearly because he’s got a mic hooked up to the feed, but remember all those videos we’ve seen when Brad and Angelina step out on the red carpet? The screaming gets so loud that I’m amazed anyone can hear anything at all out there. I could absolutely believe that they didn’t hear him because they were pre-occupied with the cameras in front of them, and then it was too late because they were then sent on their way.

But you know, I would also believe that they just purposely chose not to speak to him too. And why not? They choose to deal with the magazines that treat them well and treat them fairly, particularly People magazine. Meanwhile, they don’t deal with the magazines that repeatedly trash them, like Us or Life & Style. If ET has always treated them well, then why not rush to give them an interview and avoid the networks that slam them when they aren’t around? There’s a limited amount of time for each celebrity out on the red carpet, so they have to pick and choose which interviews they can fit in. Brad and Angelina aren’t newcomer actors who need the exposure, they can choose to avoid negative people if they want.

In the end, I think that my personal guess and opinion is this: I think that it was unintentional. I think they were too busy to notice in time to talk to him. But you know, if and when they heard about it after the fact, I’ll bet they weren’t exactly sorry that they had missed out on talking to him.

(In the spirit of full disclosure, I’ll confess that in general I do like Ryan Seacrest. I prefer him as the host of American Idol though, not so much as an entertainment show host. Still, I didn’t like the way he spoke about Angelina in 2007, and I thought it was fairly amusing that he practically leaped off the stage and started calling to them.)

What do you think? Did Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie snub Ryan Seacrest or not?