Brad Pitt disowned by his children: after Maddox and Shiloh, another makes a radical decision

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When a child decides to no longer bear his father’s name, it hurts. When three do it one after the other, it looks like a sweeping movement. Zaharadaughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has just graduated from Spelman College. And on stage, one detail said it all: she was called Zahara Marley Jolie. Without Pitt. The third to take the plunge.

A divorce that has poisoned the Pitt-Jolie family since 2016

It all goes back to the separation between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, a divorce that has become one of the most toxic in Hollywood. From 2016the legal battle drags on. Child custody, wine estate, mutual accusations… the conflict has contaminated every corner of family life. The six children – Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne – found themselves in the middle of an emotional minefield.

Result: the links between Brad Pitt and his offspring have weakened considerably. In December 2024a source confided to Page Six that the actor of 60 ans lived the end of year holidays in a new solitude. “He misses Brad’s children and he would like to have a closer relationship with them,” explained this source. As in other celebrity families, the spotlights of Cannes or elsewhere only amplify these intimate dramas. A distant father, growing children. And who choose their side.

Zahara clears ‘Pitt’ at Atlanta graduation

Sunday May 17Zahara crossed the stage at Spelman College, a prestigious university in Atlanta, to receive her degree in psychology. According to Peoplethe official program of the ceremony mentioned “Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt”. But when his name was said on the microphone, it’s good “Zahara Marley Jolie” which sounded. The paternal surname had disappeared.

It’s not a whim. From November 2023when she entered the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, she had already introduced herself without the name Pitt. More recently, in April, she did the same at the charity brunch Dearest Mother & Daughterorganized by the Pearls of Purpose Foundation. A constancy that leaves no doubt about his will. Zahara, very close to her mother, asserts her identity step after step, ceremony after ceremony. And 21 anseach public appearance becomes an act of symbolic separation. It remains to be seen whether, like her sister, she will take legal action to formalize this change.

Shiloh, Maddox, Zahara: 3 out of 6 children have already erased the Pitt name

Zahara’s case is not isolated, and other celebrity stories show how family decisions become public. Shiloh had paved the way by filing a legal request on the very day he turned 18, on May 27, 2024. A radical, well-considered gesture to officially abandon his father’s last name.

Then last February, it was Maddox who took the plunge. In the credits of the film Seamsdirected by Angelina Jolie and in which he was assistant director, his name appeared simply as “Maddox Jolie”. Three children out of six. Half. A pattern that repeats itself with chilling regularity for Brad Pitt.

And the other three? Pax, Knox and Vivienne remain more discreet. But the trend is clear. Each year that passes seems to widen the gap between the actor and those he raised. The family name, in this saga, has become much more than an administrative formality. It’s a verdict.

Three children, three decisions, the same message: the Pitt name is gradually fading from this family. Brad Pitt, planetary star, finds himself facing an intimate rejection that no role in the cinema can compensate for. The question now: will Knox, Pax and Vivienne follow the same path, or will they be the ones to maintain the link?