It sounds like he wanted to buy some time and she just wasn't having it!

Angelina Jolie broke the news to Brad Pitt that she wanted to divorce just two days before she filed the papers, People reports.

"She sat down, talked to Brad and offered to file [for divorce] together. She said, 'This is what I'd like to do.' She explained everything. Angelina did what she felt she needed to do," a source dished to the mag.

The World War Z actor urged the Oscar winner to take her time and proceed slowly for the sake of the kids, but she simply wouldn't listen. "He was appealing to her to do this quietly – not to save the marriage but to consider the well-being of the children – and it was ignored. He is just wrecked by this," the source added.

The Hollywood heartthrob had reportedly been in counseling "trying to figure out how to make things better" and "begged [Jolie] to press pause" on pulling the plug, but he knew their marriage was irretrievable.

"He was willing to do anything, change any habit, change any lifestyle, to do what had to be done to make this work. And by 'make this work,' that means doing what has to be done to make even a split one that is amicable and in the best interests of the children," the insider noted.

It sounds like Brad knows he messed up and wanted to get a handle on the PR before word got out!