United Kingdom, Aug. 10 -- Brad Pitt felt "suicidal" as he dealt with "family stuff" following his split from Angelina Jolie.

The Fight Club star has confessed that he "didn't see a way out" following his acrimonious separation from the Changeling actress in 2016.

Brad - who has six children with Angelina - told Esquire UK: "I've never been suicidal except for one little period. And in that one little period, I just thought - I just couldn't - just didn't see a way out.

"The pain was so oppressive that - I wasn't going to act on this, but I could feel - I could feel the cold steel of the bullet in my head, and it felt like relief.

"And I thought, 'Oh, okay, now I understand' - I understand suicide, in the sense that it's just relief. ...