{"id":701392,"date":"2026-05-29T03:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/701392\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T03:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:51:12","slug":"angelina-jolie-brad-pitts-son-maddox-dropping-pitt-from-last-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/701392\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt’s Son Maddox Dropping ‘Pitt’ From Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
\n Maddox Dropping ‘Pitt’ From Surname<\/p>\n

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\n May 28, 2026
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Brad Pitt<\/a> and Angelina Jolie<\/a>‘s son Maddox Jolie-Pitt<\/a> really looks like he wants nothing to do with his famous pops … because he’s legally dropping his surname.<\/p>\n

Maddox filed paperwork requesting a legal name change … specifically, dropping the “Pitt” from his last name and making his name simply “Maddox Chivan Jolie.”<\/p>\n

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The legal change comes on the heels of Maddox dropping the Pitt from his professional name … he’s listed<\/a> as “Maddox Jolie” in the credits of Angelina’s recent flick, “Couture,” where Maddox worked as an assistant director.<\/p>\n

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Maddox joins some of his other siblings in dropping Pitt as a last name … Shiloh<\/a> changed her name legally<\/a> … Zahara<\/a> dropped it informally<\/a> … and Vivienne<\/a> removed it from the playbill<\/a> for a Broadway production she worked on.<\/p>\n

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On its face, it seems most of the kids are trying to distance themselves from their dad … a divide that’s only grown wider since Brad and Angelina filed for divorce<\/a> in 2016 and took 8 years to hash things out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We broke the story … Brad did not reach out<\/a> to Zahara ahead of her recent college graduation<\/a> from Spelman.<\/p>\n

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Maddox’s request for the name change has yet to be granted … but it’s likely only a matter of time before a ruling comes down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Maddox Dropping ‘Pitt’ From Surname Published May 28, 2026 5:42 PM PDT Brad…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-701392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701392","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=701392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}