He’ll be home for Christmas – something like that.
Brad Pitt will spend at least part of his vacation with three of his children – daughter Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne – while his bitter custody fight with Angelina Jolie continues.
However, the visit will be limited to the specific Christmas window and then to some, according to Us Weekly, which reported the news. “I can spend the night with him on Christmas Eve,” the magazine said, citing a source who later clarified that Pitt and Jolie had previously discussed spending the holidays as a family when they “got along” earlier this year, but plan to -they have changed since then ”.
“Brad and Angelina are equally responsible for the endless drama,” the source added. “Unfortunately, their children are collateral damage.”
The coronavirus pandemic derailed Jolie’s usual trampoline this year. Us Weekly’s source described her as “more stinging” as a result, noting “she wanted to do humanitarian work beyond the United States, but she needs Brad’s permission to take the children out of the county.”
Pitt, 57, and Jolie, 45, are locked in an interminable custody battle that has continued since they were legally declared single in April 2019. (Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in September 2016.)
In addition to Shiloh, 14, and the twins, 12, the custody fight affects 17-year-old Pax and 15-year-old Zahara. The oldest couple, Maddox, is a legal adult at 19 years old.
This summer, Jolie tried to get the private divorce judge – John W. Ouderkirk – removed because she was allegedly too close to Pitt’s lawyers. Pitt’s team responded with court documents showing that Ouderkirk, who officiated the couple’s wedding in 2014, informed all parties of the alleged conflict.
“The more he does this, the more it hurts the children,” an acquaintance of the couple told The Post in August. “It’s a game they play. He still has children for longer than he does and tries to keep this as long as possible. “
Pitt’s recent and well-balanced relationship with German model Nicole Poturalski fell after two months. He finished 2020 in a seemingly benevolent tour, attending a well-received September meal read from the “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” for charity – full of tangible chemistry with former Jennifer Aniston, which he left for Jolie in 2005 – and spending hours delivering meals to a Los Angeles housing project in November.