Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie pictured leaving Los Angeles International Airport with their kids in 2014. Photo / Getty Images
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie pictured leaving Los Angeles International Airport with their kids in 2014. Photo / Getty Images
Brad Pitt’s relationship with the children he shares with Angelina Jolie appears increasingly strained amid claims the actor can only see the ex-couple’s two youngest twins.
Brad Pitt has become increasingly estranged from his children with former wife Angelina Jolie, according to claims made by a source in an exclusive with People.
The Fight Club actor is said to have “virtually no contact” with those who are legally adults, but he’s still able to visit their younger twins, Knox and Vivienne, 15.
Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 49, had six children over their 12-year relationship: their adopted children Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, and Zahara, 19, and their biological children Shiloh, 18, Knox and Vivienne.
Jolie is the primary carer of their children and has custody rights over the younger twins, but the ex-couple’s custody agreement allows Pitt to continue seeing them.
“He has virtually no contact with the adult kids. His engagement with the younger kids is more limited in recent months because of his filming schedule,” the source told People.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were together for 12 years and share six children.
“[Angelina] has the kids most of the time, but per their agreement, he has visitation with the younger kids.”
The actor has been busy on set shooting the new film F1 (due to be released in 2025) in locations throughout Europe and North America, and Jolie has remained in Los Angeles to look after the children.
Daily Mail reported the daughter of Pitt and Jolie - who separated in 2016 - had decided to remove her father’s last name from her own four years ago after the former couple’s infamous mid-air fight that ultimately ended their marriage.
Another source with ties to Pitt revealed to People in a separate exclusive that the Troy actor was hurt by Shiloh’s decision to scrub his last name as it confirmed that he had “lost his children”.
“He’s aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name. He’s never felt more joy than when she was born. He always wanted a daughter,” they said to the paper.
“The reminders that he’s lost his children, is of course not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them. It’s very sad.”
The insider noted that although Pitt was enjoying being with his new partner Ines de Ramon, not being able to see his kids “pains him”.
(L to R) Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Knox Jolie-Pitt attend the Eternals UK Premiere in 2021. Photo / Getty Images
It hasn’t been confirmed whether the 15-year-old has legally changed her name, although it’s likely the minor would need her parents’ consent to do so. However, it has sparked further concern over the extent of Pitt’s fallout with his kids.
Her sister Zahara appeared to drop “Pitt” from her full name in November last year when she joined the Mu Pi chapter of her Spelman College sorority, opting to call herself Zahara Marley Jolie.
Maddox and Pax have also reportedly avoided using their father’s name for years after the flight incident, which kicked off a messy divorce battle between the two A-listers.
