{"id":726348,"date":"2026-06-10T00:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726348\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:44:12","slug":"brad-pitts-daughter-zahara-makes-moves-to-legally-ax-his-last-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726348\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt\u2019s Daughter Zahara Makes Moves to Legally Ax His Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260609_1b01bf9d4d034b74bdb87a2c4a1a9db7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7e68298d-a640-4506-8867-453627a3882a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1b01bf9d4d034b74bdb87a2c4a1a9db7_md.jpg\" alt=\"bradd pitt angelina jolie and zahara getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/brad-pitt\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Pitt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/angelina-jolie\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angelina Jolie<\/a>&#8216;s daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/zahara-jolie-pitt\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zahara<\/a> is making moves in court to officially drop her famous dad&#8217;s last name amid their estrangement &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ obtained a petition Zahara filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, where she asked for her new legal name to be &#8220;Zahara Marley Jolie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260518_61d1c3dd954b470db7beb09941b07bba\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7e68298d-a640-4506-8867-453627a3882a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/61d1c3dd954b470db7beb09941b07bba_md.jpg\" alt=\"Zahara and brad pitt getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old did not provide any reasoning in her paperwork, but she has not been close to her dad in years.\u00a0Zahara <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/11\/16\/angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-daughter-zahara-marley\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hasn&#8217;t been using<\/a> Brad&#8217;s last name for a while now, but it now appears she wants the change to be legal. <a href=\"https:\/\/intouchweekly.com\/brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolies-daughter-zahara-legally-files-to-drop-pitt-from-last-name\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In Touch<\/a> was the first to report the news.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As TMZ previously reported, Brad was not present at Zahara&#8217;s recent college graduation. Sources told us Brad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/18\/brad-pitt-has-not-spoken-with-zahara\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">did not contact<\/a> his daughter about attending the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260609_50ed1cfba721497697d171cc1a832f3b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7e68298d-a640-4506-8867-453627a3882a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/50ed1cfba721497697d171cc1a832f3b_md.jpg\" alt=\"angelina jolie and zahara getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another source close to Brad tells TMZ &#8230; they believe Angelina&#8217;s actions are the reason for the estrangement &#8230; and it&#8217;s sad when one parent prioritizes alienating the other parent over celebrating their children&#8217;s achievements.<\/p>\n<p>Three of Brad&#8217;s other kids have stopped using their dad&#8217;s last name as well &#8230; including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/shiloh-jolie-pitt\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shiloh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/maddox-jolie-pitt\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maddox<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/vivienne-jolie-pitt\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vivenne<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie&#8216;s daughter Zahara is making moves in court to officially drop her famous dad&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-726348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}