If it wasn’t clear already, Brad Pitt’s kids want nothing to do with him. Reports have circulated for years that his six kids with Angelina Jolie don’t speak to him, and one by one we’ve seen them drop ‘Pitt’ from their last name, with daughter Shiloh even going so far as to file for a name change on the day of her 18th birthday.
Considering the allegations that Pitt abused not just their mother, Angelina Jolie, but the kids themselves, it’s hard to blame them for the decision. And though we’ve seen most of the kids take the step to drop the name Pitt in one way or another, now Jolie and Pitt’s son Maddox is reportedly doing so legally.
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TMZ reported on Thursday, May 28, that Maddox filed to officially drop Pitt from his last name and make his full name Maddox Chivan Jolie. The request has not yet been granted.
Maddox might be making it public now, but Pitt’s eldest child removed Pitt from his last name in the credits of his mom’s last movie, Couture, on which he served as an assistant director. So, this decision to remove the last name legally probably comes as no surprise to anyone.
Brad Pitt shares 6 children with Jolie: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and 17-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. And we’ve seen most of the kids take firm steps towards distancing themselves from Pitt. In fact, at this point, 4 of the 6 kids have publicly taken steps to renounce the Pitt name, and the two that haven’t are the least public ones.
Daughter Zahara recently publicly dropped “Pitt” from her name during her Spelman College graduation ceremony. Pitt wasn’t present at the graduation and reportedly didn’t reach out to Zahara ahead of the event, nor did he contact anyone about obtaining a ticket to attend. Jolie and Zahara’s siblings were present.
Two years ago, in a Playbill for the Broadway musical The Outsiders, which Vivienne helped Angelina produce, Vivienne was credited as Vivienne Jolie, instead of Vivienne Jolie-Pitt. Also, two years ago, Shiloh, who was born as Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, legally changed her name to Shiloh Jolie after she turned 18.
All of this comes after recent reports from Hollywood insider Rob Shuter that Ines de Ramon, Pitt’s girlfriend since 2022, hasn’t met the kids. “Ines has never met the children,” one insider told Naughty But Nice. “That alone tells you how strained and complicated things still are behind the scenes.”
“It breaks his heart,” another insider said. “He loves his children deeply, but there’s still enormous pain and unresolved anger throughout the family.”
Pitt has not commented on Maddox’s recent decision, though when Shiloh filed for her own name change, Pitt reportedly heard about it. “He’s aware that Shiloh dropped his last name,” a source told People two years ago about Brad’s feelings toward Shiloh’s legal name change. “The reminders that he’s lost his children, is of course not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them.”
We’ll see if he ever does something to try to reconcile with them, or if the kids are even open to it.
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