Jolies Fighting Spirit Returns, Thanks to Kids

It was also recently revealed by InTouch that Pitt and Jolie's daughter Zahara was making legal moves to remove Pitt from her last name.

The next day, TMZ obtained a petition Zahara filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, where she asked for her new legal name to be Zahara Marley Jolie.

She has not been using Pitt's last name for many years. Pitt was notably absent from her name when she joined a sorority at Spelman College three years ago.

And in May, Zahara did not use the name Pitt when graduating from Spelman College. Jolie had also been in attendance at the ceremony. 

Another source told TMZ that Pitt thinks Jolie is keeping their children from seeing him.

Jolie and Pitt were 

Their kids Shiloh, Maddox, and Vivienne have also  It is not known if Pax has stopped using the name as well.

It was from his surname. 

He is changing his full name to Maddox Chivan Jolie and listed the reasoning as 'personal.' 

Back in 2024, Vivienne also dropped her dad's last name in a Playbill credit for The Outsiders. 

That same year, Shiloh .

At the time, a : 'He knew this was coming and there is nothing he can do about it right now.

'It's sad but Brad's strained relationship with his kids and Angelina is just a way of life for him now.'

However, the insider further explained that the actor has always left the door open if his estranged children wanted to reconnect. 

'He respects Shiloh's decision. He loves her and no matter what happens, he is always only a phone call away. 

'He will be there for Shiloh and any of his kids whenever they need, no questions asked. But it's up to them to make the next move.'

A separate source stated that Pitt 'knows that, with some of the other kids who are not biologically his children, they do not understand and may never allow him back into their lives.'

Back in 2016, Pitt and Jolie's relationship came to an explosive end after the pair got into an alleged physical altercation while on a private flight with their six kids.

Jolie later claimed that Pitt 'choked' one of the children during the horrifying dispute and 'struck' another in the face, leaving her and the kids feeling like 'hostages' and cowering in fear under a blanket for hours until they landed.

She also alleged that he grabbed her by the head, slammed her against a wall, and violently shook her at one point during the flight - which resulted in her injuring her back and elbow.

Pitt's rep called Jolie's account 'completely untrue' to CNN at first, but then released an amended statement to the publication that read, 'Angelina's story continues to evolve each time she tells it.

'Brad has accepted responsibility for what he did but will not for things he didn't do. He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation.

'Thankfully, the various public authorities she has tried to use against him over the past six years have made their own independent decisions.'

The statement at the time also read, 'Brad will continue to respond in court as he has consistently done.'

The F1 actor has been romantically linked to Ines de Ramon since 2022.