{"id":321462,"date":"2026-02-28T07:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T07:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321462\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T07:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T07:52:08","slug":"brad-pitts-friends-claim-angelina-jolie-trying-to-separate-family-after-son-maddox-jolie-drops-pitt-surname-english-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321462\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt&#8217;s friends claim Angelina Jolie trying to \u2018separate family\u2019 after son Maddox Jolie drops \u2018Pitt\u2019 surname | English Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/maddox-brangelina.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Pitt's friends claim Angelina Jolie trying to \u2018separate family\u2019 after son Maddox Jolie drops \u2018Pitt\u2019 surname\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Brangelina is making headlines once again, over their messy family drama. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/brad-pitt\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Pitt<\/a> and Angelina Jolie\u2019s were in the headlines this weekend after the couple&#8217;s oldest son, Maddox, dropped \u2018Pitt\u2019 from his last name.According to Radar Online, Brad\u2019s close friends reportedly believe that Angelina is behind the family rift and is accusing her of separating the kids from their dad.<\/p>\n<p>What happened?<\/p>\n<p>Maddox, now 24, was adopted from Cambodia long before the Angelina and Brad&#8217;s romance began. Following the couple&#8217;s romance and marriage, he went by the name Maddox Jolie-Pitt for several years. When he worked on Angelina\u2019s film \u2018Maria\u2019 in 2024, his name in the credits featured &#8216;Pitt&#8217;. But with her latest project, \u2018Couture\u2019, he\u2019s listed as Maddox Jolie, with no mention of \u2018Pitt\u2019 anymore. <\/p>\n<p>Brad Pitt Gets BRUTALLY Honest About Hitting Rock Bottom After Jolie Split<\/p>\n<p> Naturally, Brad\u2019s camp is raising issue over this public diss. In fact, one of Pitt\u2019s friends told TMZ, &#8220;It\u2019s sad, this is a textbook example of what a successful campaign to separate a family looks like.&#8221; They say Angelina\u2019s spent years turning the kids against him, ever since their messy split and eventual divorce back in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Pitt&#8217;s children drop his last name<\/p>\n<p>If you think Maddox is the first one to take such a drastic step, you need to know that it isn\u2019t so. As per Radar Online, Zahara, now 21, introduced herself as Zahara Marley Jolie at a college sorority event last year.Daughter, Vivienne, who\u2019s 17, also dropped \u2018Pitt\u2019 for her Broadway debut in \u2018The Outsiders\u2019. Then there\u2019s Shiloh, she waited until her 18th birthday to ask a judge to legally drop \u2018Pitt\u2019 from her name. She even hired her own lawyer, as she wanted to make it clear this was her decision, not her mom\u2019s. By August 2024, it was official. She\u2019s now Shiloh Jolie, and not Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.Vivienne\u2019s twin, Knox, and brother Pax, have not gone public about their last names, but both seem to keep their distance from Brad. Knox is so close to Angelina that he even joined her as her date to the Governor\u2019s Ball at the Oscars last year.Neither Brad nor Angelina has said anything about the kids opting to drop their father&#8217;s last name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brangelina is making headlines once again, over their messy family drama. 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