Brad Pitt for Mayor of New Orleans? 'I Don't Have a Chance'

By PopEater Staff Posted Aug 13th 2009 11:00AM

Brad Pitt has a giant spot reserved in his heart for the Big Easy, where he's been working tirelessly for the past few years to rebuild the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Ninth Ward. His Make It Right charity has so far funded the construction of 15 houses in the area, with 135 more planned by next year.

Pitt's heartfelt efforts, plus the fact he owns a home in the city, have made him a bona fide hero in New Orleans ... and now there's a grassroots movement to draft him for a mayoral run. "Brad Pitt for Mayor" t-shirts have sprung up all around NOLA, with the logo bearing a flattering shot of the actor and bold type.

In a 'Today' interview aired on Thursday, Pitt was asked if he'd serve. "Yeah, yeah," he told Ann Curry, but snarkily detailed some of the items on his platform that would more than likely sink his bid.

"I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation of marijuana platform. I don't have a chance." Watch:

Curry pressed on whether he'd seriously run for office, and Pitt conceded "it's not what I do best."

The "Brad Pitt for Mayor" movement is the brainchild of Dr. Thomas M. Bayer of nearby Tulane University and the site Storyville sells the t-shirts, with all proceeds going to Make It Right. Bayer lists 13 reasons Pitt should be Mayor of the city, including his draw for the tourism industry and the simple fact that Angelina Jolie would be the First Lady of New Orleans.

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Executive Producer Brad Pitt attends the premiere of "The Time Traveler's Wife" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on August 12, 2009 in New York City. "The Time Traveler's Wife" Premiere New York - Outside Arrivals Ziegfeld Theatre New York, NY United States August 12, 2009 Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage.com To license this image (58098517), contact WireImage.com

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Thursday 13 August

By Madcapfeline

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Heh, that would be rotfl hilarious, it it weren't so sadly true. ;;

By spensley705

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Brad should stay the f out of the public eye, just disappear loser. go teach you kids how to be gay, learn from the best. who could be dumber? gay loving adulterer... just what n.o. needs, I don't have a religon, just a relationship, with the Lord Jesus Christ. I'll pray for all you who don't.

By Mrs. Parker

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You also don't have "no education". Oh, and Jesus says he's breaking up with you because you obviously are not filled with his love. Sanctimonious people like you are the reason so many have no use for religion or your lord.

By gobluespartyon

Your a biblethumber Spensley and your dead wrong Brad Pitt shouldn't be out of the spotlight he has every right to be in the spotlight. Brad does a lot for chairty and helping rebuild NO I don't care that Brad Pitt isn't a religious man religon is a personal matter. You need to stop shoving morals and ethics down people's throat. Your a loser that needs to get a life Spensley.

By Sandi

I think spensley missed the concept of what a snarky response is. Brad knows exactly what the majority of NO would not want to hear & he voiced it. He is a typical Hollywood lib & okay going on record with it. You don't have to agree with him, he isn't asking you to. He'll get plenty of respect either way. He doesn't even have to practice anything he mentioned but he believes others have the right to practice them. He is being as honest.

By nyloker

drugs and gays what a stupid thing to say

By cznola

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"Brad should stay the f out of the public eye, just disappear loser. go teach you kids how to be gay, learn from the best. who could be dumber? gay loving adulterer..." - Yeah, I'm quite certain that's exactly what Jesus would say, too. You might want to work on that "relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ" a bit, my friend. Pray for yourself. Brad Pitt has done more for New Orleans than "Crazy Ray" ever did, although I'm certain he's too honest and decent to be mayor.

Brad Pitt for Mayor of NO or Harry Connick JR both would be a million times better than Ray Nagin who shouldn't have been mayor for his second term.

Please, for the love of god, Celebrities, stay out of poitics. We have enough people who don't know what the f@ck they're doing, we don't need you and all your glittery ideas compounding the problem. Wanna build some houses, that's super, keep doing that. That will do much more good in the long run.

By AB

No, he isnt running but cut the guy some slack, at least he is doing some good work!

What you lazy arses doing for your community???

By hartgrad

I say go for it! I love the city and have donated to his charity. I was just in NO last week and his work in the 9th Ward it great. When everyone else walked away he put his $$$ where his mouth is. Not only is he rebuilding
but he is using an earth friendly design. The families moving back will never have a power bill and some should recieve a check for unused power. That is the kind of thinking needed to rebuild a city in trouble. I hope he does it!

By Kenneth

Bury the whole garbage heap of new orleans with dirt.

By Daryl

Oh geez! I hope this isn't the Left agenda. Get all these Hollywood wack jobs to run for office, like a reality show. The sad part is you wackos would vote for them! We are so screwed as a nation! No experience, No qualifications seems to be our nations new motto.

By Terry

I say, let him run for mayor on his "honest" platform. It would be a refreshing change to have a politician actually believe in their own platform. Could he do any worse than Nagin? Even if he is only a parttime resident, he could phone in his decisions. And he would probably work for $1 per year.

By Mroneoftheguys

See that Dr. Bayer got his 15 min. of fame by bring up Brad's name....cute...City has no easy answers...needs some real good people to help it...bring my love ones to that City...not likely....wouldn't go in that town in a Marine Corps gun ship......

By sl

good job we need more of this right now from stand up famous people and politicians.

By wes

Sears Tower was built in less time, and it can handle Hurricane winds. Why no just build up!

By WEB

Pitt has helped to build 15 homes in how many years?????what a waste. Even Oprah did better.

Friday 14 August

By Lee

Fri 08/14/09 12:15 AM
Brad, since you are all about helping people, how about investing with me on selling phones with the numbers 911 highlighted so kids know what to dial in case on an emergency. Kids are visual and kinesthetic learners before the read/write can occur, and this would help save lives. Not only it would assist kids, but also the elderly, people with dementia, and for the blind we could have the numbers with rough edges. Every minute counts since the police are the first to be called, than they determine the emergency which goes to paramedics and as I said, every minute counts. We can use more than half of the sales to give to charity or use the money to rebuild New Orleans. How hard can this be? It’s my idea, you’re the face, and the money will be well spent, not to mention the lives it saves. Just today, a little boy saved his pregnant mother who had a seizure and according to most parents they don’t feel all that secure that their child would remember while in an emergency. It doesn’t have to be just Brad. Hope PopEater is interested and they could be the face since they could advertize out product and decide if they want to keep their share. I just know I would like to share mine, since material things aren’t all that important to me. I mentioned Brad because he cares and let Popeater contact me.

Fri 08/14/09 12:15 AM
Brad, since you are all about helping people, how about investing with me on selling phones with the numbers 911 highlighted so kids know what to dial in case on an emergency. Kids are visual and kinesthetic learners before the read/write can occur, and this would help save lives. Not only it would assist kids, but also the elderly, people with dementia, and for the blind we could have the numbers with rough edges. Every minute counts since the police are the first to be called, than they determine the emergency which goes to paramedics and as I said, every minute counts. We can use more than half of the sales to give to charity or use the money to rebuild New Orleans. How hard can this be? It’s my idea, you’re the face, and the money will be well spent, not to mention the lives it saves. Just today, a little boy saved his pregnant mother who had a seizure and according to most parents they don’t feel all that secure that their child would remember while in an emergency. It doesn’t have to be just Brad. Hope EW is interested and they could be the face since they could advertize out product and decide if they want to keep their share. I just know I would like to share mine, since material things aren’t all that important to me. I mentioned Brad because he cares and knows a great idea when he hears one. Anjie/ Brad contact Popeater for my e-mail address and lets sell some phones and save lives.

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