Shania Twain confesses that she's "very impressed" by Brad Pitt despite those famous lyrics
So you're Brad Pitt? That DOES impress her much!
Last updated 16th Mar 2020
Shania Twain revealed in an interview that she is in fact, very impressed by Brad Pitt, in contrast to her hit 1998 “That Don’t Impress Me Much”. She sings, “Okay, so you’re Brad Pitt — that don’t impress me much.” and continues to list other things that don’t impress her, such as rocket scientists and people who own cars.
The 54-year-old singer told the Daily Telegraph‘s Stellar Magazine, that she saw the viral meme featuring Pitt’s movie “Ad Astra”. It pointed out that he was playing a rocket scientist with a buggy-like car — “three things that don’t impress Shania Twain much.”
“Yes, I did see it,” she told the magazine with a laugh. “I think it’s awesome; I like to write with a sense of humour. I didn’t realize it would go this far or be memorable. I’m thrilled that reference has lasted the test of time.”
She admitted that she’s “very impressed” by Brad’s career. “He’s been getting some great accolades recently, so I’m very proud of Brad. I hope he takes it with the sense of humour that was intended.”
Back in 2017, Twain told Billboard why she specifically used his name in the song. “I remember I had a girlfriend visiting me and it was near Christmas and we were baking cookies. I was writing this album and there was a scandal of Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow where there were naked photos of him in Playgirl magazine, which Pitt later successfully sued for publishing the paparazzi photos.”
“This was like all the rage. I just thought ‘I don’t know what all the fuss is about.’ I’m like, well that don’t impress me much, I mean what is all the fuss. We see people naked every day. That’s really what I thought. I wasn’t picking on Brad Pitt. But that was just the association in that moment and things we make fusses about and whatever. Of course, it could have been any gorgeous guy.”