Another blow for Brad Pitt as his fourth child files to legally drop his last name. Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, the 18-year-old daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has become the fourth of their six children to legally file a petition to remove "Pitt" from their surname. This move formalizes Vivienne's distancing from her famous father, who has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. In May 2024, she was credited as simply Vivienne Jolie in the Playbill for Broadway show The Outsiders, which she produced alongside her mother. The hearing on the petition is scheduled for November, and the reason listed is "personal". Vivienne joins her siblings, Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh, in her legal filing. Shiloh, 20, was granted her petition to drop Pitt from her name in 2024. Maddox, 24, and Zahara, 21, are in the process, with hearings scheduled for September. Vivienne’s twin brother, Knox, has also appeared to distance himself from the Pitt surname. The teenager used "Knox Jolie" on his high school diploma after graduating in June. The couple, known as Brangelina during their time together, met in 2004 on the set of the film Mr. & Mrs. Smith and share the six children, Maddox, Pax, 22, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne. By the time the film was released in 2005, Pitt had left Jennifer Aniston to be with Jolie, who had already adopted Maddox from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002, when he was seven months old. The couple married in 2014 at their French chateau before separating in 2016 following an incident on a private jet as it was ferrying the family from Europe to the US. This latest development raises a deeper question about the impact of celebrity relationships on their children's lives and the media's obsession with their personal lives. It also highlights the complex dynamics within the family, with each child seemingly choosing a different path. What this really suggests is that the Pitt-Jolie family is far from a fairy tale, and the media's fascination with their lives may be doing more harm than good. Personally, I think this is a fascinating development, especially given the media's obsession with the couple's personal lives. It raises a deeper question about the impact of celebrity relationships on their children's lives and the media's obsession with their personal lives. It also highlights the complex dynamics within the family, with each child seemingly choosing a different path. What this really suggests is that the Pitt-Jolie family is far from a fairy tale, and the media's fascination with their lives may be doing more harm than good. In my opinion, this is a significant moment in the family's history, and it will be interesting to see how it unfolds. The children's decisions to distance themselves from the Pitt surname could be a reflection of their desire for privacy and independence, or it could be a reaction to the media's constant scrutiny. Either way, it is a reminder that even the most famous families are not immune to the challenges of modern life.
