- Celebrities. Shiloh Jolie 'didn't tell' Brad Pitt she was dropping his surname: actor is heartbroken
- Celebrities. Another one of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's children gives up father's name
Brad Pitt may face another quiet Father's Day without hearing from his six children.
Despite recent legal victories against his ex-wife Angelina Jolie, the Oscar-winning actor's relationship with his kids appears strained, whilst they all appear to get on famously with Jolie.
Pitt's children, whom he shares with Jolie, seem to be distancing themselves from him, instead preferring to align with their mother.
Several of the Jolie-Pitt children no longer use "Pitt" in their surnames, a source revealed in an interview with PageSix.
"It's extremely upsetting," said a Pitt insider. "She has used the kids as a weapon against Brad ... she has separated them from him."
Why is there such a fierce battle between the former couple?
Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 49, have been embroiled in a bitter custody battle since their 2016 split. Though Pitt secured a 50-50 custody agreement in 2021, it was later overturned.
Recently, their former security guard, Tony Webb, claimed in court documents that Jolie encouraged the children to avoid their father during visits.
Their daughter, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, has legally applied to remove "Pitt" from her surname. Reports indicate that Shiloh hired her own lawyer upon turning 18.
The filing was issued by LA-based lawyer Peter K. Levine and signed by Shiloh Jolie. Pitt insiders suggest others may be influencing her decisions.
"Reasonable people should draw their own conclusions as to who was actually behind it," the source continued.
Maddox, 22, who studies in South Korea, dropped "Pitt" in 2021. In the Playbill for the new Broadway musical "The Outsiders," 15-year-old Vivienne is listed as "Vivienne Jolie."
It is unclear if her twin brother, Knox, still uses their father's name. Zahara, 19, introduced herself as "Zahara Marley Jolie" at Spelman College last November.
Pax, 20, expressed his disdain for Pitt in a 2020 Instagram post, calling him a "world-class a-hole" and accusing him of being a terrible father.
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016 following an incident during a flight from Nice to the US, where she alleged Pitt grabbed her by the head, choked one child, and struck another.