{"id":127100,"date":"2026-02-08T22:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127100\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T22:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:08:26","slug":"celebrity-kids-who-cut-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127100\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Kids Who Cut Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zahara, Shiloh and Vivienne all seem to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/angelina-jolie-brad-pitts-daughter-zahara-once-dropped-pitt-surname\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dropped &#8220;Pitt&#8221;<\/a> from their formerly hyphenated Jolie-Pitt surname, while a private social media post reportedly written in <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/20\/parents\/pax-jolie-pitt-blasted-brad-pitt-as-a-hole-on-fathers-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2020 by Pax<\/a> \u2014 the second oldest child after Maddox \u2014 surfaced, claiming Pax had said of Brad, &#8220;Happy Father\u2019s Day to this world class a\u2013hole!! You time and time again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person. You have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence. You have made the lives of those closest to me a constant hell. You may tell yourself and the world whatever you want, but the truth will come to light someday. So, Happy Father\u2019s Day, you f\u2013king awful human being!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, when eldest son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/brad-and-angelinas-son-maddox-breaks-silence-on-distant-dad-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maddox was asked<\/a> if his relationship with Brad was over, he said, &#8220;Whatever happens, happens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Youngest pair Vivienne and Knox are currently, at 17, the only siblings who are still minors, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/where-brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-stand-as-divorce-litigation-wraps-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">seem to be<\/a> in the primary custody of Angelina, with Brad having visitation rights but reportedly &#8220;limited&#8221; contact with them, in addition to &#8220;virtually no contact&#8221; with the four adult kids, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/brad-pitt-has-visitation-with-younger-kids-but-virtually-no-contact-with-adult-kids-source-exclusive-8675503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing his children with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/brad-pitt-gq-style-cover-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GQ<\/a> in 2017, Brad said, &#8220;People on their deathbeds don&#8217;t talk about what they obtained or were awarded. They talk about their loved ones or their regrets\u2014that seems to be the menu. I say that as someone who&#8217;s let the work take me away. Kids are so delicate. They absorb everything. They need to have their hand held and things explained. They need to be listened to. When I get in that busy work mode, I&#8217;m not hearing. I want to be better at that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zahara, Shiloh and Vivienne all seem to have dropped &#8220;Pitt&#8221; from their formerly hyphenated Jolie-Pitt surname, while a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,8126,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-127100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-evergreen","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}