Breaking News: After all this year Brad Pitt Breaks Silence on Finalizing Divorce from Angelina Jolie After Intense 8-Year Legal Battle…see more

While Pitt, 61, sat down with GQ to discuss his upcoming racing movie F1 in a feature published Wednesday, May 28, the Oscar winner dismissed questions regarding whether he felt “relief” after he and Jolie, 49, reached a settlement in their divorce on Dec. 30, 2024.

Jolie had initially filed to dissolve their marriage in September 2016. “No, I don’t think it was that major of a thing,” Pitt said. “Just something coming to fruition. Legally.”

Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt days after a private plane flight on which she claimed Pitt was abusive to her and their six children. He was not charged by authorities after investigations at the time and Jolie declined to press charges. The actors, who share six children.

Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, Knox, 16, and Vivienne, also 16 — began dating in the mid-2000s and married in 2014.

James Simon, a lawyer for Jolie, told PEOPLE at the time of the divorce settlement that the actress “has focused on finding peace and healing for their family” in the years since their high-profile divorce battle began.

“This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago,” Simon said in that statement. “Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.”