[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-post-title” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Black Han Sans|700||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”46px” header_letter_spacing=”4px” custom_margin=”25px||5px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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WORDS: Jessica Barrett<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-22-at-17.42.50.png” alt=”relaxed woman” title_text=”Screenshot 2023-11-22 at 17.42.50″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie\u2019s divorce is now one of the longest running in Hollywood history: since they first announced their split in 2016 the former golden couple have been embroiled in extensive legal battles which are still not close to being resolved. While Brad and Angelina have been going back and forth over their South of France vineyard, Chateau Miraval, the greatest hold up to their decree nisi is said to have been the resolution of their custody agreement, with neither party happy to compromise.<\/p>\n This week, there have been signs that a custody agreement simply may never be agreed, after news surfaced that Brad and Angelina\u2019s adopted son Pax,19, had shared a scathing account of how he felt about his father on his private Instagram story on Father\u2019s Day in 2020. In the leaked screenshot, Pax wrote over a photograph of Brad accepting an Oscar for his performance in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. \u2018Happy Father’s Day to this world-class a***hole”!\u2019 the post read. \u2018You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person.\u2019 The teenager then allegedly claimed the Hollywood star made his four youngest children \u2018tremble in fear\u2019, and \u2018made the lives of those closest to [Pax] a constant hell\u2019.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n This report came days after it was revealed that Zahara, Brad\u2019s 18-year-old adopted daughter, had dropped the \u2018Pitt\u2019 from her double-barrelled surname, Jolie-Pitt, leaving her simply Zahara Jolie. The confirmation came in the form of a video of Zahara, who was being inducted into a sorority at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. In it, she says, \u2018My name is Zahara Marley Jolie. And [I] landed all the way from the Golden State in the city full of angels: Los Angeles, California.\u2019<\/p>\n Zahara follows her oldest brother Maddox, 22, who it\u2019s thought has also dropped \u2018Pitt\u2019 from his name. It is with Maddox that Brad is said to have had the most serious fall out, after it was suggested that the eldest of their children had been assaulted by Brad during an incident on a private jet in 2016. In 2022, a court filing about that incident was made public. In the document, Angelina\u2019s legal team alleged that Brad had drunkenly attacked her, grabbing her head and shaking her several times. The filing stated, \u2018Pitt lunged at his own child and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him. Before it was over, Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face. A month later, the FBI investigated the incident, but no charges were filed, and Brad has never commented.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n There is some suggestion that the custody battle has been so drawn out for a reason. The couple was tentatively granted 50\/50 custody in 2021 by Judge John Ouderkirk, though he was disqualified in 2022 for having a conflict of interest (after a motion was filed by Angelina). His removal voided the previous decision and put them back at square one. Some sources believe the custody fight could continue until the youngest children all reach 18 (the twins Knox and Vivienne are currently 14) because neither wants to surrender to the other\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n Hollywood divorce attorney Kelly Chang Rickert has told Grazia it wouldn\u2019t be the first time she had seen this happen. \u2018Even if the Judge issues a ruling, the other side can challenge it by modifying it, or appealing a final decision.\u2019 She adds, \u2018In a case where parties aren’t high profile, there would be a trial and the case would have some sort of a conclusion. I think Brad and Angie are avoidant of trials due to the publicity.\u2019<\/p>\n Angelina has previously stated that things were so bad with Brad that she had felt frightened for her children, telling the Guardian that she feared for her \u2018whole family\u2019 after the incident on the plane. And while she has recently got back to work, seen filming scenes for the Maria Callas biopic in Paris in September, sources have revealed that she has found the split – and the traumatic developments surrounding it – devastating. \u2018Brad has managed to hold onto his Nice Guy image for so many years, despite the headlines which have emerged since his split from Angelina,\u2019 says one source. \u2018Could his children\u2019s opinion of him going public have a more significant effect on his reputation? It\u2019s very possible.\u2019<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Brad has maintained he seriously regrets the incident on the plane in 2016. One of Brad\u2019s friends anonymously told Vanity Fair earlier this year that ‘he will always regret [it], and right away took steps to address this and try to make amends\u2019 (following the incident, Brad became sober). This week, another friend stressed that Brad wasn\u2019t going to be drawn by the reports about Pax and Zahara, with The Sun reporting one source had told them that the 59-year-old star’s inner circle considered the allegations to be a \u2018depressing\u2019 smear on his character.<\/p>\n The drawn out, messy divorce is affecting both Brad and Angelina\u2019s reputations professionally and privately in various ways, a source tells Grazia – and yet Brad\u2019s Plan B production company has been thriving, while Angelina hasn\u2019t worked for years until she set foot on the Maria set. The company, which Brad set up with Jennifer Aniston during their marriage (and then bought her out of after their split), along with business partner Brad Grey, is responsible for films such as Twelve Years A Slave and The Big Short, and has big upcoming projects such as the Beetlejuice sequel and the forthcoming David Fincher film The Killer. Angelina, says a Hollywood source, has felt – particularly as her divorce from Brad has turned nastier and nastier – that she has been frozen out of certain industry circles by his connections.<\/p>\n That being said, says another media source, on the other side, Brad\u2019s public reputation has undoubtedly suffered as a result of this very public split from Angelina, and the reports of his children turning their backs on him. \u2018There was a time when he was the golden boy, America\u2019s Sweetheart,\u2019 said the source. \u2018That\u2019s not necessarily the case these days and only time will tell if he can turn that around.\u2019<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n IMAGE: Getty<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ‘Could his children\u2019s opinion of him going public have a more significant effect on his reputation? 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Some sources believe the custody fight could continue until the youngest children all reach 18<\/h2>\n
Brad\u2019s public reputation has undoubtedly suffered as a result of this very public split from Angelina<\/h2>\n