Brad Pitt is reportedly “upset and aware” that his daughter Shiloh filed a request to have her last name removed from his on her 18th birthday.
A source close to the Oscar winner, 60, said his removal from his daughter’s life is just another sign that he has “lost his children,” according to People.
“He is aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name,” the source claimed. “She has never felt so much joy as when she was born. She always wanted a daughter.
Notably, Pitt was already in the process of legally adopting a daughter who had been a part of his life for months before he and his then-partner Angelina Jolie, 49, announced that she was pregnant with Shiloh in January 2006.
Jolie had traveled to Ethiopia to adopt her first daughter, Zahara, 19, in July 2005, and Pitt accompanied her on the trip.
Brad Pitt, 60, is reportedly “upset and aware” that his daughter Shiloh filed a request to remove her last name on her 18th birthday, a source close to him told People; seen in January 2023 in Paris
“The reminders that he’s lost his kids, of course, aren’t easy for Brad,” the source continued. ‘He loves his children and misses them. He is very sad’; Angelina Jolie (center) photographed with her daughters Zahara (left) and Shiloh (right) in 2021 in Rome
He was reported to be in the process of becoming Zahara’s adoptive father in December 2005, a month before he and Jolie announced their pregnancy.
“The reminders that he’s lost his kids, of course, aren’t easy for Brad,” the source continued. ‘He loves his children and misses them. He is very sad.’
They added that the distance between Pitt and his six children (Maddox, 22; Pax, 20; Zahara; Silo; and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15), “hurts him.”
However, they pointed out that ‘he is still happy with Inés (de Ramón)’, his girlfriend.
Another source described as close to Pitt told the publication that the Tree Of Life star “still loves all of his children dearly.”
‘This whole process has been very hard for the entire family,’ they added.
If Shiloh’s request is granted, and there is no indication that it will not be, she will subsequently be called simply ‘Shiloh Jolie’, rather than her original full name, ‘Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’.
People It was previously reported that Pitt’s youngest daughter Vivienne, who was her mother Angelina Jolie’s assistant when she produced the Broadway musical adaptation of The Outsiders, had listed her name as ‘Vivienne Jolie’ in the show’s schedule.
The source said the distance between Pitt and his six children – Maddox, 22; Pax, 20; Zahara, 19; Silo, 18; and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15 – “hurts him.” However, they noted that ‘he is still happy with Inés (de Ramón),’ his girlfriend
If Shiloh’s request is granted, and there is no indication that it will not be, she will subsequently be called simply ‘Shiloh Jolie’, rather than her original full name, ‘Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’; seen with Jolie in 2021 in London
Zahara (center) dropped ‘Pitt’ when introducing herself to her sorority last year, and Vivienne (second right) tagged herself ‘Vivienne Jolie’ on a show on The Outsiders; Angelina with (left to right) Knox, Zahara, Vivienne and Shiloh in 2019 in Los Angeles
It’s unclear if Vivienne has legally changed her name, but the minor would likely need parental consent or extenuating circumstances to be able to do so before her 18th birthday.
Zahara previously introduced herself as ‘Zahara Marley Jolie’ when she joined the Mu Pi chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Spelman College late last year.
Pitt and Jolie’s eldest children, Maddox and Pax, reportedly have not publicly used their father’s last name in years, and both have been openly antagonistic toward him.
Pitt and Jolie began dating publicly shortly after he and his then-wife Jennifer Aniston announced their divorce in 2005.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s co-stars remained single for years despite having several biological and adopted children together, but they became engaged in 2012 and eventually married in 2014.
However, just two years later, the Maleficent actress filed for divorce in 2016. She and Pitt were declared legally single in 2019.
However, the two celebrities have been embroiled in an ongoing divorce battle over assets and custody for years since.
A central issue appears to be the notorious private jet showdown in 2016.
Pitt has been involved in an ongoing divorce battle for years, apparently stemming from a 2016 incident on a plane in which Jolie accused Pitt of assaulting her; the family seen in 2011
In an FBI report on the incident, which was released in 2022, Jolie accused Pitt of physical assault while flying to California in 2016. She claimed that he was drunk and that he grabbed her by the head, shook her, and then pushed her down. . , as part of a confrontation allegedly related to her children.
Jolie told the FBI that Pitt told the children he was “screwing this family” and that he punched the roof of the plane four times.
She claimed that at one point he spilled beer and a blanket under which she was with several children.
A source close to Pitt later claimed that he never hit any of the boys, although they admitted that he had been drinking.