As we discussed yesterday, I was a little bit surprised that we heard absolutely nothing in the immediate wake of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s custody hearing on Tuesday. Considering all of the leaks from “sources close to Brad,” I thought for sure we were in store for a sugary People Magazine article about Poor Brad Finally Gets To See His Kids, or something about the judge “ordering” Angelina to be less of a difficult bitch. None of those stories happened. Instead, this story was quietly reported on Wednesday afternoon:
Amid Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s heated custody battle over their six children together, the two recently reached an interim custody arrangement, a source close to the situation tells ET. According to the source, Jolie and Pitt had a planned custody hearing though it was no longer necessary after reaching the agreement. At this time, there are not details on the specifics of the agreement.
The source says, “The interim arrangement was agreed upon by both parties after it was recommended by their custody evaluator. There was no longer a need for the hearing,” the source adds.
Additionally, the source tells ET that “Angelina is enjoying the last few days of summer before school starts,” adding, “she is helping the children heal with their father.” ET has reached out to reps for both Jolie and Pitt.
So at the same time “sources close to Brad” were telling every gossip outlet about Difficult Angelina being deranged and jealous and still in love with Brad, somehow Angelina was quietly working with the custody evaluator to work through an interim deal. Huh. I think it’s interesting that this is still an interim deal, but my guess – and this really is me talking out of my ass – is that this interim deal is basically the framework that they’ll be using once the custody issue has been formalized. So what was all the drama in the weeks leading up to it? Why was Team Pitt so f–king extra?
Update: Team Pitt is still extra.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are fighting in the press. While multiple outlets are reporting that their nasty custody battle is settled, sources close to Pitt say that it’s just getting started. Some reports, sounding suspiciously sympathetic to Jolie, claimed that a custody hearing was called off after the two reached an “interim agreement” over their six kids.
But sources close to Pitt said that that’s far from true — and that the hearing was simply delayed by a few weeks. A source close to the actor told us, “Nothing has changed since the judge made an interim custody agreement a few months ago in which he said Angelina must let Brad see the children.”
God, Brad is such a massive eyeroll.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
It seems that this was an extension of the agreement they already had in place. The only thing probably changed was the child support issue and bifurcation. Brad was probably ordered to pay the missing support and a fixed amount set for future payments.
Brad still cannot see his children without supervision, still gets tested routinely for substance abuse, the children still need therapy before, during and after each session with their father.
This shows Angelina as the good and responsible parent so of course Brad and his PR team (TMZ, Page 6, Us Magazine, Dailymail) aren’t going to leak anything. They worked so hard these past few months to smear Angelina so they aren’t going to publish the truth about her being a wonderful mother.
For me, Brad is ticking bomb like Ben. 30 years of substance abuse cannot be cleared off that easily. More importantly, Brad had been pictured drinking several times since the divorce. Watch the space on this one.
Do we know if Brad has been to rehab after the plane incident?
Nope and believe me, even if he entered a very exclusive rehab centre, it will have been leaked to the media.
If you remember, Brad went through 6 therapists in the beginning, never actually showed he has concurred his addiction.
Suki is a well known AJ hater… beware… and just saying he got sober means nothing. Sources had said he has been seen smoking pot since the incident. Years ago he said he quit drinking cause Zahara started choking on some spilled ice from his drink. And yet he didn’t. So just because he says he stopped, it doesn’t mean much does it?
Where is the link that Brad has been drinking since the divorce? I havent seen anything. I don’t think he is like Ben at all. Ben never got sober. Brad seems to have gotten sober.
And it’s amazing how many sobriety experts there are on this site! Substance abuse counselors are desperately needed!! You should all apply since you know so much!! /sarcasm
This is an opinion & gossip site so we all offer our opinions.
There are pictures on Twitter & instagram with him drinking.
Lawyer types, what does it mean when a parent can’t see their children without supervision?
What sort of event/factor leads to that? From my layman’s perspective, it seems pretty damning; like you can’t be trusted to behave like a functioning adult around your own kids.
I am a retired social work administrator who oversaw many supervised visitation arrangements. If there have been allegations of abuse or neglect, then supervision at the beginning is fairly standard. But if the therapist feels supervision is still necessary after almost two years it’s a huge red flag. It raises all kinds of questions about why the child still doesn’t feel safe and comfortable around the parent, and whether the parent can be trusted to act appropriately around the child. And it should be emphasized that it is not enough for the custodial parent to constantly reassure the child that he is safe with the non-custodial parent, if the child is getting different vibes from the non-custodial parent. A non-custodial parent who still requires supervised visits after two years should not be given joint custody, let alone full custody, IMO.
Thanks Carmen, that’s really interesting to hear.
I’ve always been of the opinion throughout this whole saga, that despite Brad Pitt’s camp fully leaning into the mud-slinging side of things, the fact that Angie is the primary caregiver and he still can’t see his kids without supervision speaks volumes to me, and that’s without professional insight like yours.
He seems narcissistic bpd…..mentally ill
Carmen, thank you! That was my experience. The ex was dangerous, and no one believed me until someone like you was assigned to our case and my daughter got her own lawyer assigned by the court. The pros KNOW what healthy kids vs abused kids look like.
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Narcissistic definitely, but he doesn’t come across as bpd to me. More like a spoiled, emotionally immature individual who has always had his way and can’t understand why he shouldn’t go on having it.
What is really curious is that he doesn’t seem to have turned to his family at all for emotional support during what must be a very trying time for him. When your spouse leaves and takes the kids it can be absolutely devastating and the thing most people want in that situation is their family’s unconditional support. Instead, Brad turned to his friends and associates for support, and it makes me wonder if his family blames him for the marriage breaking up.
@christina “my daughter got her own lawyer assigned by the court. The pros KNOW what healthy kids vs abused kids look like.”
You are right, but according to those emails between Wasser and Spiegel Angie wanted the kids to have counsels but Brad refused.
He’s just mad he looks bad. He’s so ready to get a judgement that he’s “no longer” harmful to be around his kids and can get unsupervised time… but he didn’t.
That’s what his PR has been building up to “Brad vindicated Evil harpy brought down a peg!” and it didn’t pan out so his team’s scrambling. Hmmm wonder why it didn’t pan out? Maybe if he spent half the time rehabbing himself instead of his image it would.
That’s because he never went to rehab nor really cares about those children.
Instead of spending time repairing his relationship with his children, he is busy smearing their mother and trying to keep his golden boy image intact.
So typical. Lots of men must destroy their ex for revenge.
Karma is coming for Brad, Lena Dunham has just signed to be in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Good luck dealing with that!
The promotion is going to be a mess. I don’t see reports coming for Brad even if his custody drama is unresolved but Lena is not as protected as he is and she has a very strong case of foot in the mouth. She just cant’ help himself.
Watch Brad supporters claim it’s nothing – they didn’t have issues with him acting in Tarrantino movie and they won’t care about Lena.
So… She still has the kids lol. Got it.
Yep
LOL at Page Sixx, their the ones his sources went to about Neri Oxman and we see what happened there so whatever. Hopefully soon they can all move on from this mess.
So the motto of Brad publicist team was been always to tabloids don’t be sympathetic to her.
I wonder if a very juicy blind item is about Saint Jolie.
Blind Gossip is a pro-Trump site like Page Six and TMZ and they hate AJ.
I’m not team Brad, but I don’t think she’s always perfect either.
I don’t think she’s perfect. I do think sites like BG have an agenda, as much as they try to (not very successfully) hide it.
I’m a Brad Pitt fan, but that blind item is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read in my life. And they are MAGAts over there at Blind Gossip.
The only time they know what they’re talking about is if the celeb in question is super messy and has “friends” submitting stories to them, like Demi Lovato.
Yeah, they were big on One Direction for yearrrss…
Agreed Minx.
The timing makes me think Team Brad wants us to think it is. But since they also tried to Blind Neri Oxman into reality i highly doubt its authentic.
I don’t know this people…. BUT that blind item, is very suspicious!! That website… Has been attacking Angelina since the divorce!! They are NOT neutral!! They are very Team Brad!!
@ Duke You are correct!
I think after the blind reveal of Brad and mar!on………..then page six initially reported Angie dumping Brad and the plane incident………that brads people made some deals….they seem to be on the payroll now…page six at least.
Considering how low he and his PR team have been, if that were true, he’d have outed her by now.
She’s far from perfect but after being investigated by authorities only one parent lost custody and has to be supervised for 2 years. Give it up, morales. This isn’t justjared.
That other site crazy days loves to claim Angelina had affairs with pretty much the entire world including gun runners. Lmao such a joke.
The longer this goes on with this custody order in place, the more I wonder what the heck happened on that plane. Or more accurately, what else happened before the plane.
Because I’ve done DV work and a bit of family law and this length of time for such strict visitation rules is seriously not the norm. I mean, it used to make me want to scream how willingly judges were to forgive and forget (basically) and order visitation. I know they both have high priced legal teams and are fighting over everything, but Brad still hasn’t managed to convince the neutral third party, i.e. the JUDGE or even the custody negotiator that he’s ready for unsupervised visits with the kids who choose to see him willingly (setting aside the ones who have chosen not to).
That’s really not the norm and no matter how much Brad’s team tries to spin it, it’s kind of disturbing. Poor kids, they are all old enough to know exactly what they are stuck in the middle of and what their father is doing, I’m so glad they all have therapists.
Completely agree – there is a reason why Brad only still has supervised visits with his children.
Why do you think his visits are still supervised? Was that in a court order somewhere? That ended in July as far as I’m aware.
His visits are no longer supervised.
@felicia
You are always highly critical of Jolie, and I’m putting it nicely- so why make a comment that’s devoid of facts, evidence and sourcing and expect people to believe you.
We just saw court docs from a scant few months ago (you know, the one in which your ilk love to reference because you think the judge is ordering Angelina not to 3-way call Brad and the kids?) – where contained in the same document the judge lays out how Brad’s custody/visits are still supervised. Sure he says he’s ‘safe,’ but that could be because he is supervised.
Oh they are supervised….and it seems not really happening….no one wants to go
As stated in the order: as of August 11 and until orders are made after the review hearing (which appears to have been delayed), Pitt will have custody of the minor children as agreed upon by the parties, but in no event shall his time be less than 4 hours every other day on school days and 12 hours every other day on non-school days.
That’s it. No mention of the need to have therapists, doctors or anyone “supervising”. Those facts are right there in the court order for anyone wishing to confirm that for themselves. Paragraph numbered “5” to make it particularly easy to find.
Felicia and kb, he’s had to be supervised for almost 2 years and the kids had to talk to therapist after each visit with daddy dearest. Not normal.
Pitt’s visits are no longer supervised. That’s clearly stated in court order from early June, that is still available to view online. I’d link to it but I don’t believe links are allowed here. The visitation schedule is clearly spelled out. There is no detail of supervision. The children continue to see their therapists as ordered.
,@Anony83
Exactly. Besutifully and thoroughly said. Even if visits are no longer supervised, the children being otdered to see a therapist after each visit is not normal.
Brads team including Speigel has led him down the wrong path trying to slander the kids mom. This could be the reason the boys are not having it.
How did they think the judge would care they work on facts not tabloid gossip. I do not understand why this continues to go on. Is he gonna drag it on until the kids come around?
Him whining to the judge that she is turning them against him won’t solve the problem.
Angelina’s lawyer said no more posturing or delays from team leaky Pitt and what does he try to do- delay delay delay.
Give Angie her divorce!!!
HAHAHAHAHA @ “suspiciously sympathetic to Angelina” from PAGE 6 HAHAHAHAHAHA. That first source did not place blame on either party and had a peaceful feeling. And Brad’s sounds like a not so veiled threat and includes his typical bashing tone but no new information.
I think we know who didn’t get their way yesterday. And he can’t stand that AJ is playing his game now, and doing it better.
Oh yeah – as long as Angelina didn’t enter the game, Brad was happy smearing her.
Now after he leaked the documents and used it to smear her in public, Angelina decided to fight back.
She hired reputable lawyers who take no bs from Brad & his lawyer.
I mentioned it before and I will say it again, Brad & co got scared sh*tless when Angelina hired the new lawyers, that they escalated their smearing campaign. Those new lawyers have a formidable reputation and they will make sure Angelina & children gets justice.
Maya I always enjoy your posts and thank you for speaking the truth. Now we all know that Brat Pitt (got that name from bap and it fits) didn’t “smear” Angie at all. It was “sources close to Brad” and/or “anonymous sources.” So glad Angie has taken off the kid gloves and has come back swinging. There is not too much of a leak because Pitt is looking bad.
“Some reports, sounding suspiciously sympathetic to Jolie”
Interesting, eh. How dare the tabloids print reports sympathetic to Jolie! I believe Lainey who said that Brad promised exclusives in exchange for good print and to keep his bad behaviour out of the tabloids.
Brad used Neri Oxman as an “exclusive”… and Sienna Miller. Both women were reported to be in relationships at the time but he didn’t care. He needed to appease the tabloids. So pathetic.
I really want to know what he did or said on the flight that he is doing everything he can to keep it out of the media. I totally believe Angelina that what he did was bad and he is terrified of it coming out, because he is being really extra with the fake relationships.
Thank you @Sage
Can you imagine a reversed scenario in which Brad has been a much beleaguered single primary custody parent of six kids because of Drunk addicted abusive Angelina who’s being investigated and he’s been trudging the kids back and forth to their therapy both with their addict mother and without, while Brad doesn’t work for the better part of two years while addict abuser Angelina signs on to movies, pals around on set with fellow stoners and starts rumors she’s dating some hot ivy league prof that’s so much smarter than Brad….
Then has the gall to whine about ‘reports being suspiciously sympathetic ,’ to Brad!
Only a man gets away with this ish.
Brad would have been sainted by the Pope and crowned ‘Best Dad of the next 10 Millenia,’ plus there would be a chorus of ‘See Brad we told you she was crazy,’ and he’d just be so embraced and revered and supported while Angelina would be in a jail or mental facility….if their situations were reversed.
Meanwhile Angelina has been the best mother she can be through all of his alcoholic substance abusing nonsense and she gets radio silence because no one wants to kick drunk child traumatizer golden boy brad, when he’s down.
Reminder the Pope met with Angelina Jolie in 2014 Not with BP.
Teamjolie! Thank God most fans come here are intelligent about the tabloids. The drive by lying tabloid media do Not know what is the court documents. I believe Angelina still has physical custody and more than 50% primary.
I’m happy for Angie and the kids. And they all look well in these photos. It’s good. She has earned respect with solid consistent dedication in her life. Well deserved and I’m keeping good thoughts for her and the kids.
I don’t care about Brad. He’s a jerk. His life is unravelling to reveal he has no substance. Even Affleck has more credibility than Brad because he tries, has great professional accomplishments, and doesn’t pretend to be something he’s not.
Maybe this is what’s got Brad so riled up. Angie gave him credibility beyond his value. Once she saw he was a loser, she bailed and rightly so. It may not hurt Brads career as he’s running with a crowd just like him, but in his own eyes, he’s fallen. Angie showed him who he is and he’s not taking it well. Sigh. Story for the ages.
I am sure Angelina got her back child support payments. Hopefully he will start being a Real man and pay his child support.
A real man would support his kids without the court forcing him to.
I think it has been established that Brad isn’t a real man.
He never once gave a statement protecting his children and ex wife. He threw them out of the house and the loaned them money.
I couldn’t care less about him anymore. You can’t polish a turd.
That gothic-esque beautiful dress / cape she is wearing is just stunning. Any ideas where it’s from?
It’s not what he did on the flight…that was the last straw. It’s what he’s been doing for years…..he’s off…..clearly he has a serious personality disorder……and those aren’t fixable. Nor are they kid friendly. Hence constant supervision.
Plus he is mid fifties and has thirty plus years of alcoholism behind him……that wreaks havoc cognitively.
I’m glad they got something worked out. Now if his side would stop with the tabloids, maybe things could become peaceful.
I can’t believe he came out w a statement….he has gone from Brad pity to Brad petty for sure. He has to get the last word in. Hopefully the person recommended no visitation.
And keep posting those hilarious photos of on set……
They tell you all you need to know…he thinks he’s the sh!t….but is really a f king idiot.
Angelina’s lawyer asked for bifurcation and “no more posturing or delays” – team leaky Pitt doesn’t want to acknowledge that leaky Pitt is delaying this process and has been from the start. Took him forever to sign the divorce papers and took him longer than Laura wasser said it would to get it together for his kids. I believe Laura said 8-12 months and it’s been a lot longer because evaluators, therapists , other doctors and their kids don’t trust him.
Seriously something is wrong with him.
Question will BP be seen with the children in Public now that they say there is a temporary agreement of custody. What excuse will made be made in the next several weeks if he is not?
He has had them for 4-12 hours every other day for a couple of weeks now and we haven’t seen them, so I don’t know why their new agreement (even if he was granted more time) would change whether he’s photographed with them.
But they haven’t been going….he threw a fit because they don’t want to come. That schedule was if the kids chose to go.
And they have been seen daily with their mother…..
Of course they’re going, it was ordered by the judge. It’s not optional. The TMZ story said that the boys are closed down to him emotionally or something like that. Pax, Knox, and the girls are still required to see him as the court order laid out. Unless and until the judge orders or signs off on a new agreement, that order stands.
KB, obviously something changed after Brad leaked private info about their kids. That was truly deplorable and probably why he’s acting out YET AGAIN. he needs to let Angie go. Work on his relationship with the kids but let her go and stop leaking garbage about her. It’s getting weird. Where are his family and friends to let him know how down right psycho he looks when he’s constantly leaking stuff to the pres about his ex wife?
I’m so over him.
LOL @ Brad and his team. People are catching on to his antics and it’s not a good look. He really should stop it. He’s the one behaving like a child. I just don’t understand what he thinks he’s gonna get for bashing Angie. Like the boys are not paying attention to it. Poor Angie, this woman has to still deal w/ Brad’s crazy, the kids and her own stuff. She’s one tough cookie. Even if you are a fan of his, you have to applaud her for her stamina and her ability to see through all the bs and do her.
I think Brad isn’t doing the work needed to get his kids back and they see that. The boys just aren’t catering to it like the girls are. They prob say everything will be alright where the boys say nope, not dealing w/ your crap, Brad. Brad seems a bit delusional, (he’s been handed everything on a silver platter) so not getting this is very irritating to him and he wants this to be over but he’s not doing the things to make it be all over. Plus, they can see he doesn’t want them the way Angie does. Angie loves them as a parent and as a friend. I sense Brad just wants to be their parent but he doesn’t know how to even do it. Brad’s love comes in a you pat me on the back and I’ll pat you on the pat setup. You can’t do that w/ kids tho. It doesn’t work that way.
@Sidewithkids Some of the drive by lying tabloids are back smearing Angelina
I’ve been a journalist, a single mother, been arrested (twice) and I have seen some sh!t. And I can tell you that for supervised visitation to be ordered, something BIIIIIIG went down. My dad once tried to convince me to try to get supervised visitation for my son’s father – because my dad’s a hothead and he thought it was something totally easy to do. I wasn’t going to go for it because even though his dad’s a jerk to ME, he’s certainly not a threat to our son and it was just silly. But I also had to explain to my father that ‘supervised visitation’ doesn’t just happen because you think someone’s an a-hole or they are a sh!tty driver. I mean, it has to be really huge. So idk what he did, but it really seems like Brad’s best course of action would be to take some seats and stfu. Stay strong, AJ.
He did. I believe he was drunk, angry and said a derogatory name towards Maddox. It was shocking to hear. That’s when Angie decided it was over. That was the last straw as it should be. The kids were getting use to him being drunk and angry but calling Maddox out his name was too much. That’s why I don’t understand why he’s attacking Angie when she has done nothing but help him try to get closer to the kids. It’s strange, Brad’s behavior. He just hates that she and the kids are happy w/o him. He didn’t think she would divorce him and now I feel like he’s just out for revenge. It’s pretty petty and plain sad.
Team Jolie Always and Forever. I’ve never been a big Brad fan. But I just thought he was a little bland. I didn’t know he was a petty vindictive little shit too. Having said that, I really wonder how much of his bad behavior stems from decades of having his ass continually kissed in Hollywood. He can’t face his behavior, take ownership of it and make the changes he needs to because it’s incomprehensible to him that her anger and disappointment are justified. He’s too golden. Too beloved.
Plus …he’s been in a constant relationship …hiding behind a woman’s image….for over thirty years. We’ve gotten two years of Brad.no woman to hide behind……….and are seeing him for who he really is.
Brad has been and always will be a wuss. He is bland and boring. I thought wth when Angie got with him. Too pretty, too arrogant to coddled. He got the right one now