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Turning away from his father!Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's eldest son drops his father's last name
Maddox remove the “Pitt” from his name!
The eldest son of the former Hollywood dream couple Angelina Jolie (50) and Brad Pitt (62) continues to turn his back on his father. The change at the film premiere appears in the credits of his latest film “Cruelty”. However, the 24-year-old is not the first child of the former Hollywood dream couple to decide on this step.
Sisters get ahead of Maddox
Maddox is working as an assistant director on his mother Angelina Jolie's latest film project. But instead of his double name, the 24-year-old only appears as “Maddox Jolie” in the credits at the premiere on Wednesday (February 25th), as the US magazine People reports. Things were different in the past with older projects; until now, the 24-year-old appeared as Maddox Jolie-Pitt. Father Brad Pitt declined to comment when contacted by Page Six.
Among his siblings, Maddox isn't the only child to drop his father's famous last name. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have five other children together: Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and 17-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
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Zahara was the first to drop the “Pitt” from her name when she started studying at Spelman College in Atlanta in 2023 and was accepted into a sorority. A year later, Sister Shiloh also omitted her father's name from the program for the Broadway play “The Outsiders.”
Brad Pitt upset about alienation
According to People magazine, Brad Pitt was already upset about the estrangement from his children at the time, especially when it came to his biological daughter Shiloh. “He is aware and upset that Shiloh has dropped his last name. He has never been happier than when she was born. He has always wanted a daughter,” an insider told the magazine at the time. The source said Brad “still loves all of his children very much,” adding that “this whole process has been very difficult for the entire family.”
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Contact remains unsuccessful
Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016 and requested sole custody of their six children. Previously, there was an alleged incident of abuse between Brad and the children. Jolie's lawyers claimed that the now 62-year-old “choked one of the children and punched another in the face” during an altercation on a private jet. The FBI investigated, but no charges were ever filed, People said.
Since the divorce was finalized in 2024, Brad Pitt is said to have made several attempts to get back in touch with the children, according to the insider to People. Apparently without success. (okr)
Sources used: People magazine, Page Six
