Us Weekly quoted a source as saying that the decision to distance themselves from their father was due to the children’s fierce love and loyalty to their mother.
“They have struggled to forgive and connect with Brad since their parents’ divorce. Angelina is the head of the family and has raised the children with love and forgiveness.
Once Brad left and then fought with her, it was very difficult for the children to accept.”
The source added that the rift between Brad and his children has grown wider, especially his sons, despite the Babylon actor’s efforts to connect.
“Brad’s relationship with his sons Maddox and Pax is non-existent at this point. He also barely hears from Zahara,” the source said.
In court documents released in 2022, the actress accused Brad of assaulting and verbally abusing her and the two children
while drunk on a private flight from France to the US. Angelina wrote that the children were shaken by their father’s actions.
“Maddox was very affected by that incident and he sees himself as his mother’s protector,” the source revealed, adding that the eldest brother’s views and attitudes towards Brad have affected the younger children.
Pax Thien once posted a criticism of his father on Instagram Story on Father’s Day 2020, according to Dailymail. The adopted son wrote that his father had ruined the family over and over again and called Brad “the world’s most classy bastard”.
Last year, Zahara – the Ethiopian adopted daughter of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” – publicly dropped her father’s last name when introducing herself at an event to join a sorority at university.
Shiloh – the first biological daughter of the Jolie-Pitt family – just filed a petition in the Los Angeles court to drop her last name Pitt on her 18th birthday on May 27. Youngest daughter Vivienne, 15, also took her mother’s last name when she worked as a production assistant on the Broadway musical The Outsiders, which premiered in April.
The source said Shiloh used to be very close to her father and Vivienne would FaceTime Brad regularly when they were away, “but things have changed in recent years”.
An insider revealed how Brad Pitt felt when his children turned their backs on him: “Brad puts on a brave face, but behind closed doors, he has a hard time accepting what’s happening.”
Brad Pitt was reportedly devastated when he learned that Shiloh had filed to drop her father’s name. The source said Brad saw the move as more than just a name change, it was “a symbol of a deep estrangement”.
While a Brad Pitt source told Page Six that Angelina Jolie was separating her children from Brad Pitt, using them as a weapon against her ex-husband amid a tense legal battle, a source from Us Weekly denied the allegations. The kids made their own decisions, the source said: “The kids know what they saw. Anyone who thinks she controlled them is unfounded.”
Another person said Brad cannot blame Angelina for the discord: “You can’t assault your wife and kids and sue her and say, ‘But she turned the kids against me.’ That doesn’t make sense. He’s still trying to punish Angelina for standing up to the abuse. What Brad needs to do is let her be safe, let the kids heal and find peace. That’s always been Angelina’s top priority.”
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been fighting for years over custody of their children. Brad asked for 50% custody with his ex-wife but was denied. Since 2022, the 60-year-old actor has sued his ex-wife for selling shares in their French estate to a Russian billionaire. The case has been getting more and more tense and Brad is winning initial victories.
Currently, Brad Pitt finds joy in work and love with jewelry designer Ines de Ramon – the 9X beauty he has been dating since 2022. Brad is busy filming a movie about Formula 1 racing and the horror film Wolfs with George Clooney. “His career and relationship are doing very well. But he is eager to reconcile with his children,” the source said.
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Source: New York Post
