Angelina Jolie’s son, Maddox, has reportedly dropped Brad Pitt’s last name. He has put in an official request to remove Pitt from his name, making it Maddox Chivan Jolie.
Maddox is the eldest of Angelina Jolie’s six kids with Brad Pitt. Jolie adopted him in 2002 from an orphanage in Cambodia, before getting into a relationship with Pitt. She also adopted Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt and Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt. The former couple also had three biological kids: Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.
According to the Daily Mail, Maddox has filed court documents to drop Pitt from his name officially. He had already stopped using it months ago informally. The 24-year-old was the assistant director on the Angelina Jolie starrer, Couture. In the credits, his name was displayed as Maddox Jolie and not with Pitt at the end.
He joins Shiloh in legally changing their names to drop Brad Pitt’s last name. The latter filed for the name change in July 2024, as her lawyer, Peter Levine, explained back then:
“Shiloh Jolie did not take out an “ad” announcing any name change, and any press reporting that is inaccurate. As Shiloh’s attorney, I am required to publish a legal notice because the law in California requires that of anyone who wants to change their name. That legal notice was published in the Los Angeles Times, as is required.”
Meanwhile, Vivienne and Zahara have also informally dropped Pitt from their names. Zahara completed her graduation from Spelman College in Atlanta earlier this month. During commencement, her name was called out as Zahara Marley Jolie.
Brad Pitt reportedly has a tense relationship with his and Angelina Jolie’s kids
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were first linked together in 2004 and eventually made it official after the former’s divorce from Jennifer Aniston in 2005. They tied the knot in 2014, but announced their split just two years. However, their divorce took eight years to get finalized due to a high-profile legal battle.
Regardless, since their split, Pitt appears to have a tense relationship with his kids. In 2024, a source reportedly said (h/t Daily Mail):
“He has virtually no contact with the adult kids. His engagement with the younger kids is more limited in recent months because of his filming schedule.”
Meanwhile, after their divorce was finalized in 2024, Angelina Jolie’s lawyer James Simon told PEOPLE:
“More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time, she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family.”
Notably, Brad Pitt also didn’t attend Zahara’s graduation ceremony earlier this month. TMZ reported that he didn’t feel he was invited due to the animosity towards him. However, a source reportedly told the outlet that “nothing prevented him from showing up for her.”
Meanwhile, Jolie has reportedly remained single since his split. Pitt, on the other hand, has been in a relationship with Ines de Ramon since 2022.
Edited by Aditya Singh