The actor is rumoured to be spending the festive period without any of his six children, as the rift between him and his family continues to grow.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Words by Nikki Peach<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-20-at-11.34.31-e1734694645683.png” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”Screenshot 2024-12-20 at 11.34.31″ 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” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Despite having six children, Brad Pitt is reportedly gearing up for a lonely Christmas. His relationship with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie and their six children is particularly fraught at the moment, not least because he is about to take her to court.<\/p>\n Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016 after an alleged altercation took place on a family flight from France to LA. Eight years later, said divorce is yet to be finalised because of the former couple\u2019s ongoing legal disputes. The main one being over the rightful ownership of Jolie\u2019s 50% shares in their French winery, Chateau Miraval.<\/p>\n In November, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled in favour of the case heading to trial and for Pitt\u2019s remaining claims against Jolie to proceed. However, the judge also ruled that Pitt must disclose documents that Jolie\u2019s lawyer claims will prove \u2018communications concerning abuse, lies to authorities, and years of cover up\u2019 on Pitt\u2019s part.<\/p>\n Due to begin in the spring, the trial is likely to garner an enormous amount of publicity and be emotionally and financially draining for all involved. It is also likely to widen the rift that already exists between Pitt and his children.<\/p>\n \u2018His actions harmed Angelina and their children and are central to this case,\u2019 said Jolie\u2019s lawyer, Paul Murphy, in a statement. \u2018But I want to again emphasise that Angelina never wanted any of this. She never pressed charges, she left all their properties, and she is the one who tried to sell him the business in the first place.<\/p>\n \u2018To this day, Mr. Pitt has never been held accountable for his actions and has at all times controlled Miraval and the winery, yet he still demands more. She wants this to end, the children want this to end, and Mr. Pitt should focus on healing their family, not pursuing lawsuits.\u2019<\/p>\n It is possible that the actions in question are Pitt\u2019s alleged \u2018years of abuse\u2019. The actor was cleared of any wrongdoing following an investigation into the fateful flight in 2016 and has denied all allegations of abuse, but Jolie\u2019s defence team is adamant that next year\u2019s trial will reveal more to the story.<\/p>\n This might explain why Pitt and Jolie\u2019s children have seemingly sided with Jolie \u2013 at least in public. Their three daughters, Zahara, Shiloh and Vivienne have all dropped \u2018Pitt\u2019 from their surnames, while their sons, Maddox, Pax and Knox have all been by Jolie\u2019s side on the red carpet in the press run for her latest film, Maria<\/em>.<\/p>\n Pax and Maddox also worked on the film, in which Jolie\u2019s character Maria Callas is in a toxic relationship that was shrouded in allegations abuse, in the assistant director department. Jolie has spoken about the \u2018pain\u2019 they saw her go through on set. \u2018The character [Maria Callas] has a lot of pain and they\u2019ve of course seen me go through a lot of things, but they hadn\u2019t experienced me expressing a lot of the pain that usually a parent hides from a child,\u2019 she told the BBC.<\/p>\n \u2018So they were there to witness some of that, but then we would hug or they would bring me cups of tea.\u2019 The actress claimed the experience helped her find \u2018a new way\u2019 of being honest with her children about her feelings \u2018in an even greater way\u2019.<\/p>[\/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=”{}”] Speaking to The Sunday Times<\/em> about the film she added that her sons \u2018were able to consider the relationships in the film and the violence\u2019 and said she felt fortunate because these are \u2018things that sometimes you don\u2019t have the opportunity to discuss with your sons\u2019.<\/p>\n Pax, for his part, is also the son who took to Instagram on Father\u2019s Day in 2020 to denounce Pitt as a \u2018world class ass hole\u2019 and a \u2018f*cking awful human being\u2019. He concluded his post by writing, \u2018You 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.\u2019<\/p>\n While the details of their current family dynamics remain unclear, it certainly does not seem as though many of Pitt\u2019s children will be visiting him over the festive period. Instead, he is likely to spend the day with his girlfriend, Ines de Ramon, who he has been with since late 2022. The same was true of his 61st birthday 18 December.<\/p>\n \u2018Brad will be spending Christmas with Ines and there\u2019s talk of them heading to Missouri to enjoy some time with his parents and siblings,\u2019 an insider tells Grazia<\/em>. \u2018His birthday was by all accounts a quiet affair too, celebrated with Ines and some of their friends.\u2019<\/p>\n Apparently, it\u2019s a difficult time of year for Pitt who is \u2018missing\u2019 his children and is keen to spend some time with them. Of course, it hasn\u2019t always been this way. In 2014, in an interview with Psychologies Magazine<\/em> when he and Jolie were still married, Pitt said, \u2018I care about [my children] more than I care about myself.\u2019<\/p>\n After their separation, the exes were embroiled in a five-year custody battle and Pitt was granted joint custody of their then-five minor children, which now only includes their twins. In recent years, though, he is thought to have \u2018virtually no contact\u2019 with his adult children and limited contact and visitation rights with his younger children.<\/p>\n \u2018He is likely to get the obligatory visit from the twins at some point,\u2019 Grazia\u2019s<\/em> source adds, \u2018but as for any lengthy or meaningful parental time that seems to be off the table because they aren\u2019t interested. Of course he\u2019s heartbroken, all the kids save the twins have dropped his name and have essentially washed their hands of him.\u2019<\/p>\n As things currently stand, it does not look like these fractured family relationships will heal any time soon \u2013 especially not in 2025. The upcoming trial could well run into 2026, with Jolie potentially having to wait until then to take the stand. If Pitt is hoping to smooth tensions with his children, it is unlikely that will happen in the court room. \u2018It only alienates him further from his children,\u2019 the source went on, \u2018who are firmly on their mother\u2019s side and making arrangements for the holiday season without him.\u2019<\/p>[\/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_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”] Photo: <\/b>IMAGO<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brad Pitt is reportedly in for a lonely festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5851"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5862,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5851\/revisions\/5862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}‘All the kids have essentially washed their hands of him’<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]