Lifestyle They were once the very definition of the “It couple”, with a seemingly unshakeable union to make them the darlings of Hollywood. But the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie fairytale ended in August 2016 when the couple filed for divorce — and things have only become messier. As their divorce proceedings play out in the spotlight, there have been allegations of abuse from Jolie; a high-profile custody battle; claims of forced non-disclosure agreements (NDAs); and a dispute over the ownership of their Chateau Miraval winery in the south of France, dubbed The War of the Rosé.
And as if the couple’s split couldn’t get any more chaotic, the children are now weighing in. The couple’s daughter Shiloh has filed a legal request to drop her father’s surname amid the ongoing feud. She filed the court papers on her 18th birthday last week, asking to change her surname from “Shiloh Jolie-Pitt” to simply “Shiloh Jolie”.
The move is the latest indication of the distant relationship between Pitt and his children since splitting from Jolie eight years ago. In November last year, comments made by Jolie and Pitt's 19-year-old adopted son Pax via his private Instagram stories three years ago resurfaced. Pax called his father a "world-class a**hole" on Father's Day 2020.
The full Instagram story pulls no punches: "Happy Father's Day to this world-class a***hole! You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person. "You have no considerati.
