I have no interest in falling down a pit of “who is leaking, Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt?” I think at the height of their divorce/custodial drama, they were both leaking and it was bad on both their ends. For her part, I believed that Angelina’s leaks were pretty straight-forward, in that we knew what information was coming from Jolie and her camp. Brad’s leaks were trickier, because he was trying to look like he wasn’t leaking. Personally, I think Brad’s camp has a strategy they’re working right now, and that strategy is Sad, Lonely Brad Only Wants To See His Kids. We heard that Brad is spending his days sculpting and listening to Bon Iver. Now People Magazine reports that Brad is “much happier” these days and that he and Angelina have actually talked directly:
Six months since Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie‘s split last September, the two are making peace — and have talked to each other directly, sources tell PEOPLE in the new issue.
“He’s much happier,” a source says. “He’s very relieved that things are not playing out in public anymore.”
After months of heated battles via court papers, Pitt, 53, and Jolie, 41, agreed in January to enlist a private judge to hash out their divorce and custody issues privately, and those negotiations are ongoing.
“It was a rough time, but they were able to resolve it,” adds the source. “This is a work in progress.”
Jolie even recently told ABC she thought Pitt was a “wonderful” father to their six children.
“He’s always been extremely positive about how Angie’s a good mother, and the goal was to resolve everything for the kids and the whole family, and they’re working toward that,” says the source. Most importantly to Pitt, he’s been able to see his kids more regularly than he did right after the split. “He is spending more time with the kids when they are in L.A.,” says another Pitt insider. “He has even spent some time with Maddox and Pax. Things are definitely calming down.”
Well, at least sources aren’t trying to paint Angelina as The Demon Mother these days. I guess that’s progress. I wondered over the weekend if there was any kind of chance that Jolie and Pitt would reunite in any way. At this point, I would say… probably not. But if they can find a way to co-parent and be friendly without sniping at each other privately or publicly, I’ll call that a win.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Not going to write anything negative.
Can’t even begin to know what it’s like going through such a public divorce and with six kids.
Best of luck to them
Same. Best of of luck to their family.
“Here babe, made you a porcelain heart, because my own heart is no longer intact for you to break a second time. By the way, my next art therapy session is with an Italian glass blower. I will blow you a pretty glass bong to go with the glass pipes we made that one secret night when we were still together.”
“Thanks babe, I picked up some good weed from the late Pol Pot’s grave when I went to promote my film with our six kids.”
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahahhaha
This is the funniest thing i read here
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ANGSTY PAINTINGS?!
How can there be angsty paintings if Angelina isn’t an evil succubus witch in cahoots with lucifer himself?
Hahaha this made my laugh out loud in my office
My bet is they get back together. The split was for him to get therapy and rehab. And now we all know he is channeling his creative energy into art (haha) it’s time for reconciliation. And honestly, those two did/do bring it. I miss the good ole days and buzz of Brad and Angie posts.
I tend to think so too. I think these leaks are intentional, trying to paint a picture of Brad as a “changed, calm, sober” man, even her interview with the BBC when she said they would always be a family. I don’t think she ever really wanted to leave him, I think it was a move to get him to sober up, he saw what life was like without her and the kids and took steps to change that.
+1
Agreed
I agree and disagree on some levels. I think they would have separated if that were the case.
Divorce is a legally and emotionally brutal experience, especially with having so many children involved. And for most people that is pretty much the nail in the coffin so far as relationships go. I personally think, although I could be totally wrong, that this latest batch of PR moves from both their camps is out of love and respect for their kids. But then again, Angelina is quirky and definitely doesn’t follow “the rules” so maybe you called it with a reconciliation.
I don’t follow Brad and Angelina’s every move and I don’t know these two people personally (and as far as I know, nobody on this board does either). So who knows, but I would have thought if Brad truly needed help, a separation would have been the more logical answer as a wake up call until he got his sh/t together.
I think divorce is that final ultimatum. Filing for divorce definitely showed she was not playing and by all accounts (George Clooney, her dad) it came out of nowhere.
With Child protective services investigating him, that probably spooked her, the thought of losing her children because her husband was irresponsible probably scared her.
You are blowing my mind right now! Not that I am a crazy Brange fan or anything but it never occurred to me that might happen. So naive, Wellsie!!! So naive.
Its sweet that you think that but boy is it also naive. Watch that you dont end up like the Jen fans who spent a decade thinking reconcilliation was on its way. Frankly, the odds of Brad and Jen getting back together are far higher than these two. These two drew blood, its incredibly difficult for a romantic relationship to come back from that.
Exactly.
@TheOtherOne, you are correct that divorce could’ve been her final ultimatum. And for all we know, they could have quietly separated before she decided to divorce him. But this was all in a matter of six months.
I don’t know, for the sake of their family, if Brad was pretty much able to get “healthy” in a short amount of time (or at least as his PR people are spinning it), then was filing for divorce necessary is what I’m wondering. Either a separation announcement or a stint in rehab (or a combination of both) would have come first before a blunt divorce announcement for two people who are committed to each other. For some people who are so far gone in addiction it takes them years to fully recover, and most supportive spouses will go to great lengths to get them help first. To me Angelina just sounded like she was 100% done with whatever went on behind closed doors. He might have done something completely unforgivable. And, there was probably a lot that we don’t know or will ever know, but that’s their personal business.
@magdalene, I thought child proctective services invesgigated him AFTER she filed, unless I’m mistaken?
Keeping things private was/is good for Brads image(just saying)…anywho if the family is at a good place,good for them
The gift keep coming from his team. “She is good mother” oh please of she is good mother that’s why she filed for divorce straight away at the first accident.
Well she said he was a “wonderful Father”..(recently and in the past) how do you spin that one.
Brad hasn’t said anything. So just because you think every story is leaked from him doesn’t make it so. Just like Angie is not leaking every story. Why the double standard.
this story is obviously from his camp as with other stories reported on people so what are you saying
The thing is since they closed the case all the leaks are coming from his team through tabloids for her part she only talk in front of the TV no sources involved she talked for herself.
@Fa
exactly since the cease fire brad has been the one leaking things from his camp. Angie hasn’t done any of that
Do you really believe Brad hasn’t said anything? Angelina goes on record with her people, Brad and his people do unnamed sources. Brad always let other people do his dirty work.
I have a question… if these leaks are only about Brad’s emotional state and not about what led to it, is he really ‘leaking’ anything? He’s not disclosing anything about the kids or Angelina current or recent state of mind, so what’s the problem? Except for the info about he and Maddox on the plane, dude hasn’t said anything that couldn’t be summed up by an emoji.
Yet, fans were saying we should not believe any People source from Brad/his team re he and JA are friends, but now say the same source is legit since this is a positive story.
I don’t trust tabloids but you have to wonder sometimes.
How do we know that it’s the first incident just because it was the first time that the public became aware of it? I’m sure Brad loves his kids — and he’s probably a great dad when he is sober. But I doubt the airplane incident was the first time that he’s gotten drunk in front of his kids.
I grew up with a high-functioning alcoholic parent — my dad was a gentle soul who would never have physically harmed his wife or kids — drunk or sober. He was also very respectful to my mother — and women in general. But when he was drinking he would get ornery and pick verbal fights with whoever happened to be in the room — and it was miserable.
I have many failings as a parent. But my son has never seen me more than mildly tipsy on rare occasion because I’ve made a choice not to drink excessively around him. (l’m not much of a drinker anyway — so it’s any easy choice for me to make.) And I don’t take my kid to parties where the adults will be drinking heavily. Even though I’m usually a happy drunk, I never want him to be confused or upset watching me or a bunch of other adults act like idiots.
Being drunk or on drugs or otherwise choosing to be less than fully competent in front of your child is bad parenting. And if it was becoming a regular event, and escalating, then Angie was right to remove the kids from the situation until Brad can get his sh*t together.
His lawyer said it was one off accident and she did right to take the kids away and filed for divorce because when one accident happened the partner repeat itself and is not good for the health of the family. A good mother will do that before is too late instead of staying in the marriage and hoping thing will change.
+1 with Fa.
I was not there, et so do not know what happened, but, even if that was the First Incident, depending of the nature of said incident of course, going before repetition and escalation may be the right thing to do, as a mother.
His better than me cuz I’d never talk to her directly for playing dirty with my life and I guarantee you he did not leak half the stuff you blame him for.
And how do you know? who said Angelina Jolie had no self regulating mechanism and all sorts?
Pls he played so dirty and very vindictive.
If i were her (well i am not) i would only be friendly with him for the sake of the kids and nothing more. taking him back will be a big NO.
SHE was not the one who behaved in such a way that a divorce was filed.
HE was the one who damaged the children so much that they needed therapy and some refused to see him for months.
HE should be pretty lucky if she and the children ever go back to normal with him.
Typically hypocritical view with the man can do several horrible things and the woman does one and they are equally bad. Or if the woman fights back she is evil.
It really pisses me off when people don’t bother to comprehend that Brad DID something on that plane to Maddox. This was acknowledged by his legal team. It also pisses me off cause in all of this, Angie gets the bad rap. I know, Angie grabbed Brad, hogtied him, made him drink all that liquor. Waited until she felt he was intoxicated, then picked a fight and turned to Maddox and told him to jump in and protect her, all the while hoping things would play out the way they did. Oh let’s see. She also called CPS while in the air and reported Brad’s outburst. But according to all the tabs, blogs and people like Lainey who know absolutely nothing, Brad was ready to leave the family anyway. Oh wait! He’s too much of a gentleman so he waited for Angie to file first. What people don’t seem to get is that for every action there is a reaction. I never thought I’d see the day when Brad cared more for his image than the family he professed to love so much, including his bad mouthing of the mother of his children. I want them to divorce. I want Angie to finally find a man worthy of her. I want Brad and Kate Hudson to ride off into the sunset while he’s still texting Aniston. Oh but wait. Aniston has said Jolie is too complicated for Brad. Guess in her own way, Hudson is more simple. Guess he’s just gonna have to keep texting Aniston to find out. This is the course he chose now he should live with it.
Well said, Maya and GoOnGirl!
On damaging the kids, calling the paps on your kids (with the self present of course), as has been confirmed by multiple credible news outlets, isn’t exactly what a responsible parent does. She exposed those kids like crazy from day one, to get the supermum label.
Chocolate that is an absolute lie, not one single news outlet has ever said any such thing.
It goes from trashing her to trashing him. If they had done this privately at the beginning then there would nothing much to talk about. And regardless of what anyone says playing this mess out so publicly was on both of them. I’m sure they have been talking for sometime. I think they may all be in some kind of Family Therapy. Talking to each other is a must. Something their private Judge could have ordered. So finally doing what is best for their 6 children. Kids need to know or feel that their parents don’t hate each other. Kids get that they are a part of 2 people. And when parents are nasty to each other; kids take that personally.
Children’s mother did what was the best for the children immediately, and the therapists agreed with her. If you think that is normal that father has very limited and supervised visitations with his children even during the divorce proceedings, you are wrong. He obviously has some big problems.
exactly SaraR.
Six Therapists agreeing with Angie says a lot about his character and actions
Also, it seems like it’s still limited even after 6months and a new therapist.
The therapist is supposedly the best one his team could find too.
She was right file the agreement with him with the court to force him to continue with the therapy, he and his attorney were trying to circumvent that agreement. That filing also exposed how bad his behavior was and how badly it traumatized his children but lets forget all that and go about poor Brad.
I know I give Pitt a hard time for his exhausting PR, but I truly believe that something major went down that both people are trying to work their way back from. I think whatever he was involved with was dangerous, careless and irresponsible, and posed a threat to everything he holds dear and Angie’s action has forced/helped him to begin correcting past mistakes. I still think that the ‘war’ was/is a smokescreen for something much darker that this man was involved in, and one day Angie’s actions will be seen as tough love and protective of him. I still think they love each other, and I still think that they will come back together in a healthier way. Call me Pollyanna but JMO.
I totally agree.
I agree with you
But getting back romantically should not happen if i were her i would run far away from any man who trashes his ex immediately they are no longer together.. Mr Perfect image my foot.
I hope so and best of luck for them but all this leaks are not necessary now, just concentrate in the health of the family.
Yeah, good point. After all the leaking and speculation I think Angelina’s reaction was tough love and we’ll never ever know what actually went down between them…
+……infinity…I agree!
Doesn’t she have a secret file on him of all his partying? I think the “big secret” is just that he’s been partying at least the past year, that he checked out a while back and she’s super angry. Not really a surprising if you’ve been following their news in the last couple of years. I think he checked out partly because of different opinions on how to raise the kids.
They have a beautiful family, I hope they can co parent successfully.
This is still subtly shifting blame onto her:
“He’s much happier,” a source says. “He’s very relieved that things are not playing out in public anymore.”
If he’s “relieved”, it suggests she was the bad one.
You’re projecting.
I don’t know how these tabloids come up with this stuff but for weeks they have claimed Brad was dating Kate Hudson.I just saw pics of her kissing some musician so I guess Brad will be crying after being dumped by Kate next week.
Make sure to watch War Machine.
Actually, I’ll make sure not to watch it. I’m totally soured on Brad at this point.
I believe it is a satiric comedy and if it gets good reviews, I’ll watch it. I love that kind of stuff. Now Allied on the other hand, I may watch if it is free somewhere in the future.
I’m not soured on Brad. I am soured on how this whole event went down but, hey, they seem to be moving past it.
Another way to look at it is to assume that Brad texting Aniston may have prompted communication… coincidentally, of course.
Or maybe Jen Garner, who did do a dishy, catty interview with Vanity Fair, but seemingly managed to move past her resentments and supported her soon-to-be ex during his treatment for substance abuse, may have become an inspiration without the accompanying NYT editorial or Stephenopoulus interview.
Sarcasm…
What prompted communication was their therapists advising them to communicate, per some of the tabs.
I am glad, they are working things out and will be able to co parenting in a peaceful environment.
However, i don’t want them to engange with each other romantically ever again I don’t trust Brad. He is toxic and Angelina deserves so much better.
The sheer fact that she has great relationships with her ex first two husbands and that they both put the blame of their respective divorce on themselves and not on her, tend to confirm the fact that Brad is the one to blame the most in that case.
He made everything to try to reverse the blame unto the other party, to discredit her.
To me it’s unmanly, coward and disgusting. He has lost points as a man.
Jolie deserves to be loved by a real man….not a Ken doll who is quick trying to destabilize and letting demonize the mother of his own children on the sole reason that she did anything to protect their children even at the greater cost of losing her husband’s love in the process through a divorce.
Some people act as if this type of choice is easy to make.
To me that’s what being a mother first and foremost is : Protect your children at all costs.
It’s admirable and it should trump anything and anyone else.
Agree. Angelina said from the beginning that her goal was healthy family and joint custody eventually. Brad’s team said its been resolved but sure doesn’t seem like he has 50/50.
I would love to see what his many supporters say about this new revelation. I believe she won but also lost because I think she really wanted him to be a good dad. Oh well. At least they have her.
They want different things. They are both better off without each other. My hope is for joint custody so the kids finish growing up as they have lived, with both patents. Hope that jolie moves on to whatever makes her happy. Brad was never able to be the man she wanted. She was not the wife he needed. Hopefully he will stay clean and sober and find a life that accepts him for who he is. He and jolie have served their purpose together.
Brought beautiful children into the world. Children who will do important things in the world. Now they need to stay out of each other’s lives except to coparent . Time to move on.
He obviously doesn’t hope for that. They claimed the situation is “resolved” and Pitt sees them when he can. Don’t forget he spends all day making sculptures now. No time for kids.
If she can stop drinking blood, he can stop drinking alcohol = one big happy family.
Hmm funny how people on this very site claimed he would soon have 50/50 custody but sure doesn’t seem like it. “He sees the kids when they’re in La” sounds like Angelina has custody. He fought and lost or gave up on his own kids. I knew this would happen.
“He’s even spent SOME time with Maddox!”
Yeah sounds real good , Pitts Pr team.
I am curious if we will ever know the custody arrangement. Does anyone here know if that is something that has to be court-filed? Or would it fall under the “privacy” agreement?
If he had 50/50 his team wouldve released paparazzi photos and acted like they won the “war” against Angelina. From the beginning Angelina’s side said it was temporary and she wanted him to eventually have normal custody but according to his team all has been resolved and he sure doesn’t have custody. I guess the newest therapist agreed with the previous 6 🤔
I don’t think she’s a good mother and I’m the first to denounce mummy-mafia’ing. She drags her kids all over the world, doesn’t believe in schools (and stability), and put them out there to be studied and known by talking about them and calling the paps on them (proven by various credible news outlets including the new york times), while telling the nannies to keep well back so she can look like an awesome supermum. I speculate Pitt was an absent father and hubby in the past year or so and that’s why she tried to unleash hell on him. I’m assuming she’d dialed it back since the negative (and sexist) coverage of her as a satanic ex and vengeful woman wouldn’t stop and since his standing ovation from his peers at the GGs.
If you think that standing ovation from his “peers” at the GG wasn’t orchestrated….wanna buy a bridge?
Really? How the heck do you get a room of HWeirds to applaud on cue?
Yeah, she unleashed hell and performed voodoo for him to hurt his son. She did voodoos on all the children, 6 now 7 therapists and two judges.
If anything it sounds like he’s changing his tune because Angelina has a lot more people on her side. Here recent humanitarian trips work prove that. In the real world Hollywood doesn’t matter and so what if he got applause- my blind dad said it didn’t sound that great to him. Lmao they including Streep applaud Polanski for crying out loud
After 6 months he still doesn’t have joint custody. Think about that. He has to change his tune because I’m sure people are starting to wonder- but I bet the newest people article will cause more questions. Why not 50/50 custody? Did he not want it? Why does he just have visitations?
But didn’t the FBI and the police drop his case? Okay, that doesn’t mean he wasn’t actually a serious nuisance to his family. I have no clue why he doesn’t have J custody but I’m willing to believe he’s not that into his family, even though he benefited from the Jen-wouldn’t-give-me-kids, I’m-a-great-patriarch-to-multicultural-family PR spin. I’m willing to believe he actually hasn’t gone after joint custody with full force.
Never believed he was “cleared” – that was just his pr team lying because CPs can’t confirm or deny. I’m willing to believe the judge and therapist said no to his joint custody request. It’s odd because like his fans screamed on this site – California favors joint custody.
I don’t see how he benefited, especially since Jen benefited from the he-cheated-on-me PR spin and lie. And has dined out on it ever since.
Jackie, he benefited because the default narrative that would have been going around would have been “cheater.”
Am I the only one that doesn’t believe he has a substance problem? There’s been zero proof. I don’t understand why you all think she is so perfect. I find her very calculating. I think she does wonderful things with her life but think her personal life is a mess.
You are so cute with your “zero proof” certainty. Don’t stop believin’!
Yes because if his own ADMISSION he has a substance problem isn’t enough proof, if rehab isn’t enough proof, not even LEGAL DOCUMENTS are enough proof for you smh.
I think , their marriage was over, Brad’s sad face without confident compare to Anjelina. All children wanted with mom when therapist and judge asked about it, children was watching parent’s behavior all time.