Beloved actress Christina Applegate, known for her roles in “Married … with Children,” the “Anchorman” movies, “Dead to Me” and “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead,” among many others, has recently been making the press rounds to promote her new memoir “You With the Sad Eyes.”
One story from the book that’s of interest to rock fans is Applegate talking about ditching fellow actor Brad Pitt for then-Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach while attending the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. “I had spent all night staring at Bach, who was then a long-haired hunk fronting the band Skid Row,” Applegate wrote. “I hate to put it like this, but Brad back then was still making his way as an actor, and he wasn’t yet THE Brad Pitt, the man of so many people’s dreams.”
She continued: “And it gets worse: Brad was left to sullenly drive my mom home. Apparently, at a gas station on the way, Brad almost got into a fight with a bunch of gang members, and, not surprisingly, was subsequently very mad at me. “Eventually, we agreed that I’d been a kid, and though he deserved much better, it was time to forgive the child who dumped him for the lead singer of Skid Row,” she wrote. “Of course, Brad is now THE Brad Pitt, and Sebastian Bach… well, he still has long hair, I guess.”
Recently, Bach got wind of the story and made an apology during an interview with Billboard. “I was a single guy on tour in a band and I met a lot of girls and I apologize if I hurt her…if I hurt anybody. When you’re young you get thrown into the whirlwind of rock ‘n’ roll, meeting a lot of people and you better hold on tight. It’s like being on a roller coaster. It was a long time ago. If I hurt anybody, I apologize for it.”
