It seems that we aren’t the only ones surprised that Brad PItt is on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine in his underwear. A letter from Vanity Fair was reportedly sent to Pitt, but he apparently never saw the letter.

Reps for Vanity Fair tell TMZ, “In a letter dated October 5, 2006, and sent to Pitt care of Brillstein-Grey [Pitt's managers], Wilson informed Pitt that a still image from his portrait was going to be featured in the December art issue of Vanity Fair.” A source says that Pitt never saw the letter.

Pitt’s lawyers are said to be weighing their legal options. His rep gave the following statement to TMZ: “We are very disappointed that Vanity Fair has chosen to put an unauthorized cover on their magazine. It seriously makes me question their integrity and motives.”

A rep for Vanity Fair tells TMZ: “Brad Pitt posed for a Robert Wilson video portrait, and in the photo release (signed by Pitt), agreed to allow Wilson to use the portrait or any images from that sitting in connection with any publicity on Wilson’s video project. Vanity Fair decided to do a story on Wilson’s video portraits and obtained rights to the entire collection of photographs from those sittings, which included Pitt’s.”

Brad’s Unauthorized Vanity Fair Cover [TMZ]

Written by Lauren Burch