In a last-ditch effort to woo female members of the Academy who are still angry at him for leaving Jennifer Aniston for Angelina Jolie, Best Actor nominee Brad Pitt has finally admitted the real reason he left his former wife: David Arquette.

“I divorced Jen because I couldn’t stand hanging out with David Arquette,” said Pitt, who was nominated this year for his performance in “Moneyball.” “Angelina Jolie had nothing to do with it. Trust me, if it had happened last year, I would’ve ended up adopting babies with Jonah Hill,” referring to his “Moneyball” co-star.

Many Oscar experts believe that Pitt, who was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in 2008’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” lost the award because female Academy members refused to vote for him after the Angelina Jolie scandal.

Arquette, the eccentric actor who appeared on last season’s “Dancing With the Stars,” was, at the time of Pitt’s marriage to Aniston, married to Aniston’s best friend, Courtney Cox-Arquette.

“Every married guy gets stuck hanging out with the husband of his wife’s best friend. Unfortunately for me, that guy turned out to be David Arquette,” Pitt said. “I had to take vacations, go to countless dinners, and watch every Superbowl with him. He’s just so damn annoying, I finally snapped.”

Other celebrities quickly came to Pitt’s defense: Actors Vince Vaughn, Gerard Butler, and musician John Mayer admitted they broke up with Aniston because they couldn’t handle the constant, irritating presence of Arquette.

Pitt, in a heartfelt plea to Academy voters, whose ballots are due Feb. 21st, said, “Before you cast your vote for Best Actor, I ask all of you to go back and watch one of the ‘Scream’ movies and then ask yourself, ‘what would you do if you had to go out to dinner with that guy every Friday night?'”