{"id":690130,"date":"2026-05-23T20:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690130\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T20:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:32:14","slug":"brad-pitts-close-pal-claims-angelina-jolie-alienated-their-children-from-him-hes-devastated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690130\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt\u2019s close pal claims Angelina Jolie \u2018alienated\u2019 their children from him: \u2018He\u2019s devastated\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

An insider has claimed that Angelina Jolie launched a targeted \u201ccampaign of alienation\u201d in a successful bid to turn Brad Pitt\u2019s children against him. <\/p>\n

Since their messy split, Pitt has been mostly estranged from Angelina and all of their children despite him having visitation time included as a stipulation in their divorce. <\/p>\n

A source close to the former couple has claimed that while Pitt remains a popular figure within Hollywood, he\u2019s become nothing more than a pariah to his children because of the actions of their mother. <\/p>\n

A pal of the former couple told the Daily Mail<\/a>: \u201cThere has been a campaign of alienation [by Jolie] which has been successful. The antagonism is huge. He has been alienated from the kids completely. It is devastating to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another source told TMZ<\/a> that despite not being barred from attending, Pitt made no effort whatsoever to attend the graduation of his daughter, Zahara, last weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cZahara\u2019s mum and siblings, who have been involved over the four very special years, were present and cheering her and her Spelman sisters on\u201d.<\/p>\n

The source added: \u201cNothing prevented him from showing up for her. Or ever visiting her. The day was about all she accomplished. Not whether he was willing to attend\u201d. <\/p>\n

\"Angelina<\/p>\n

The source added that Pitt failed to communicate any form of desire to attend the event, and never attempted to get tickets. <\/p>\n

The latest reports come just months after Jolie and Pitt\u2019s eldest son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, dropped Pitt from his last name in the credits of the actor\u2019 newest movie.<\/p>\n

Maddox, 24, worked as an assistant director on Couture, a newly released drama starring his mum. Angelina plays the role of Maxine Walker, a woman diagnosed with breast cancer whose life intersects with two other women during Paris Fashion Week.<\/p>\n

When the Alice Winocour-directed film debuted in French movie theatres on Wednesday, Maddox\u2019s name was listed as \u201cMaddox Jolie\u201d in the end credits.<\/p>\n

The beloved actor shares five other kids with her ex-husband: Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and 17-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.<\/p>\n

Sadly for Pitt, Maddox isn\u2019t the only one of their children to drop his iconic last name.<\/p>\n

Zahara also left off \u201cPitt\u201d from her name during her Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority induction ceremony at Spelman College back in 2023. <\/p>\n

During the probate, the then-teen referred to herself as \u201cZahara Marley Jolie\u201d. <\/p>\n

In 2024, Shiloh dropped her dad\u2019s surname in The Outsiders Playbill.<\/p>\n

The dancer \u2014 who helped mum Jolie produce the Broadway play \u2014 was listed as \u201cVivienne Jolie\u201d in the magazine for theatregoers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An insider has claimed that Angelina Jolie launched a targeted \u201ccampaign of alienation\u201d in a successful bid to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2620,211702,2095,23954,64,63,336783,336779,10051,17579,485,336774,447,336781,19018,134,336785,336776,1973,336780,323150,336778,336782,336772,481,336775,2041,2067,261471,336773,336784,336384,2614,336777],"class_list":["post-690130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-alice-winocour","tag-america","tag-angelina-jolie","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-beloved-actor-shares","tag-bitter-divorce-battle","tag-brad-pitt","tag-breast-cancer","tag-california","tag-cecil-b-demille","tag-celebrities","tag-close-pal-claims","tag-daily-mail","tag-entertainment","tag-extraordinary-dwelling","tag-french-movie-theatres","tag-hollywood","tag-induction-ceremony","tag-joshua-haigh","tag-lara-croft","tag-legal-battlethe-actor","tag-life-intersects","tag-los-angeles","tag-maxine-walker","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-paul-murphy","tag-scores-points","tag-spelman-college","tag-star-sparks-fears","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-visitation-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}