A week ago, Pax Jolie (Pitt) crashed his electronic bike in rush hour traffic in LA. Pax was not wearing a helmet, and when he crashed into a stopped car, people got out of their cars to help him and call for an ambulance. Apparently, Pax was unconscious for a moment after the crash, according to eyewitnesses. He was admitted to the hospital and Angelina Jolie was by his side throughout his hospitalization. Which only just ended – Pax has now been released and according to People Mag, he faces a lengthy recovery and rehab.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Pax is on the mend. Days after the 20-year-old was hospitalized following an e-bike accident in Los Angeles, he has been released from the ICU, a source tells PEOPLE exclusively.
“Pax has been released from the ICU. He suffered complex trauma, and now begins the long road of recovery and physical therapy,” the source says.
The source adds that Pax and his mother — who was by his side as he recovered in the hospital — “are deeply grateful for the quick and life-saving action of first responders, and the outstanding medical care he received.”
Jolie, 49, continues to be with her son, the source notes, as do his siblings, who “have been visiting and helping,” the insider says. “They are all very close.”
Pax was hospitalized after the accident on Monday, July 29.
According to TMZ, law enforcement sources told the outlet that Pax was not wearing a helmet while riding an e-bike in a heavy-traffic area on Los Feliz Boulevard around 5 p.m. local time, when the accident happened. He reportedly sustained a head injury and hip pain, TMZ said.
This was much more serious than many of us originally thought. I believed his hospitalization was mostly due to a concussion and possible minor brain bleed, but “complex trauma” indicates that this was really, really bad. Best wishes to Pax and the Jolie fam – I’m sure Angelina is stressed the f–k out.
Meanwhile, last week, a “source close to Brad Pitt” described Pitt as “distraught” over Pax’s accident but admitted that Pitt couldn’t even speak to his kids because they don’t take his calls: “It is very upsetting to Brad whenever he hears of one of the kids being hurt and he feels completely powerless because there is nothing that he can do at all. A father’s inclination would be to go to the hospital, or to call him. He’s tried so many times but the kids won’t take his calls. His hands are tied. Brad doesn’t think that Pax should be driving a scooter without a helmet to begin with – he should have been in a car.” Father-of-the-year over here! His kids won’t take his calls so he runs to the Mail to bitch about Angelina not being able to force a 20-year-old into wearing a helmet.
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- New York, NY – Actress Angelina Jolie and Pax Jolie-Pitt step out for dinner in New York. Pictured: Angelina Jolie, Pax Jolie-Pitt BACKGRID USA 17 JULY 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: JosiahW / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY – Angelina Jolie heads to dinner with her son Pax in the West Village. Pictured: Pax Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 17 JULY 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: T.JACKSON / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY – Angelina Jolie and her son Pax Jolie-Pitt head out for dinner in NYC. Pictured: Pax Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 17 JULY 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: TatianaK / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY – Actress Angelina Jolie and her son Pax were seen entering a building in New York City. The mother-son duo looked focused, and it’s speculated that the visit could be related to Jolie’s clothing brand. Their appearance together caught attention, highlighting their close relationship. Pictured: Angelina Jolie, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt BACKGRID USA 16 AUGUST 2023 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Peloponnese, GREECE – Angelina Jolie spotted at Katakolo Elis leaving the set of her upcoming film “Maria” based on the life of the Greek Soprano Maria Callas. Jolie was accompanied by her sons Maddox and Pax near Athens, Greece. Pictured: Angelina Jolie, Pax Jolie-Pitt BACKGRID USA 15 OCTOBER 2023 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY – Angelina Jolie, accompanied by her children Zahara Marley Jolie and Pax Thien Jolie, was seen leaving a store dressed elegantly in a black long-sleeve top, black pants, and a long black coat, complemented by sunglasses. The actress and her crew walked towards their vehicle, showcasing the family’s coordinated and stylish exit. Pictured: Angelina Jolie BACKGRID USA 27 DECEMBER 2023 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY – Actress Angelina Jolie and her son Pax were seen leaving her store in Soho, sharing a moment of everyday life amidst the bustling New York neighborhood. Pictured: Angelina Jolie, Pax Jolie-Pitt BACKGRID USA 28 DECEMBER 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: T.JACKSON / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York City, NY – Angelina Jolie and her family arrive for dinner at Cipriani after attending the opening night of “The Outsiders” Broadway musical she produced in New York City. Pictured: Angelina Jolie, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt BACKGRID USA 11 APRIL 2024 BYLINE MUST READ: T.JACKSON / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York City, NY – Angelina Jolie and her family arrive for dinner at Cipriani after attending the opening night of “The Outsiders” Broadway musical she produced in New York City. Pictured: Angelina Jolie, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt BACKGRID USA 11 APRIL 2024 BYLINE MUST READ: T.JACKSON / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
Head trauma is no joke. No matter what, it’s a life-altering experience. We know that even “minor” head injury can be devastating. Wishing him the best.
Absolutely. Personal experience. There’s no such thing as a minor head injury.
I hope pax’s recovery is smooth.
Get well soon Pax
Yes! My husband lost control of his motorcycle and went over the handlebars and landed on a rock. He had the tiniest brain bleed they said would resolve on its own, but he was out of his mind for weeks after.
I know we have doctors on here, so please chime in but–I doubt he was just released from ICU & sent home, particularly if he had a head injury. He would have spent whatever necessary time in ICU then most likely would have been transferred to a regular room until ready to go home. And maybe there was some physical therapy of some sort. I wish him a full recovery.
As for ‘dad’ Brad–get some better spokespeople. Pax was riding an e-bike, not a scooter. ‘Better off in a car’, please. We’d all be better off with fewer cars on the road.
Two reasons it might be phrased this way:
1. To give the media the impression that he’s at home, when he’s still in the hospital (like what happened with the “he’s likely to be released the day after the accident” stories right after the accident.
2. The ICU is much more controlled environment than a general room. Rooms are often private, in closer proximity to nurses’ stations, and the units usually limit access more strictly. They may have kept him in the ICU instead of transferring him to a standard room after a few days because it was just safer and logistically easier for the hospital to maintain Pax and Angelina’s privacy.
My nephew slid his car on some ice and hit a telephone pole. He was going slow, so maybe 20mph. He was wearing a seatbelt, but he knocked his head against the car door window.
No damage to the car, but he was in a coma for a week. (He was found by people nearby unconscious in the car.) He had to relearn how to do everything: walk, speak, write, math, everything. He was in PT and OT for months.
He’s OK now, but he still has some memory issues.
Head injuries are no joke.
This man is really evil, at time like this instead of focusing on supporting Pax , you are whining about how Angelina should parent ,how you are not in their life to reign over, how pax was careless..
You can see there is no heart because as a parents and close family , this is a time to pray and action plan a recovery and not b@tch talking…
Pax is an adult who possibly no longer lives with his mother. His choices are his own. Pitt needs to stop being such an a-hole if he wants his kids to take his calls.
Pitt is a bully using bully tactics against his own children. He couldn’t be bothered with a real statement as well, only sending a “source” to b*tch about Jolie.
First, I’m glad he’s on the mend. I’m wishing for a speedy and full recovery for him. That being said I still want to ring his neck! It’s a mix of my Auntie side coming out and the trauma of in NYC with thousands of these reckless e-riders on the streets.
I hope he recovers fully and I’m so sorry for all the stress his family is going through.
Also, no one cares what you think Brad!
So People is only going to call the kids by their first names now, after their headline attempt to only call them by “Pitt” did not go down well? I don’t know what is going on with that publication but they sure love taking calls from Brad and his “friends”.
Complex trauma reads to me as more than head injury but spinal cord as well. Cervical injury needing physical therapy ?
What you say sounds right, although only a week in the hospital does not seem long enough for a head trauma + spinal cord injury (although maybe I’m just being hopeful and thinking it’s not so bad). Angelina can afford the best home health care, so that might be what’s happening now.
Such a devastating accident. There are his physical injuries, but I worry about his mental state. It must be very dark right now. Thank goodness he has a mother and siblings who love him and will be there for him through his long recovery.
…and yes, telling a stubborn young adult to do anything-I have a stubborn 24 year old son-can be a constant battle. Sometimes as a parent you just have to back off to maintain the peace.
As for Brad’s quote-he needs to just zip it, something I think he is incapable of.
out of ICU doesn’t necessarily mean discharged to home. He could be sent to a step down unit in the same hospital for a bit. Then to a specialized rehab center if he has a brain or spinal cold injury. That could be months. This is so sad.
I have a 21 year old whose like that. It’s hard to bite your tounge when they don’t listen. They have to learn them themselves unfortunately
He said his hip was hurting at the scene.
Yeah, I thought that being discharged from the ICU straight to home sounded weird, too. Maybe the news outlets got it wrong.
I was also thinking how Brad might somehow redeem himself: cover ALL of Pax’s health care expenses including rehab (PT) and any home health care. This has to be a blank check, no- strings-attached setup. It also has to be something he doesn’t use for his own PR (which would be disgusting, but look who we’re dealing with). The idea is to free up Angelina so that she and the kids can focus exclusively on Pax’s recovery.
This has to be terrifying for Angelina and the kids. Fingers crossed for an upbeat resolution.
I’m really skeptical about them getting that right, too. They got it wrong last week when they kept reporting that he was going home a day or two after the accident.
My goodness — released from the ICU? That is a lot more serious than originally reported. I’m so glad he’s ok.
Brad Pitt — who apparently is known to have a motorcycle collection — also apparently thinks that Pax “should have been in a car”. Every “source close to Brad Pitt” comment makes it clear why “the kids won’t take his calls”. I hope he privately conveyed something more loving, supportive, and actually useful to Pax and to Pax’s concerned siblings.
Wishing Pax a full recovery.
It was said he was complaining of hip pain too. I am guessing there was some kind of fracture there
Also wishing Pax as speedy and pain-free a recovery as possible! That is a really long time to be in ICU.
Eff BP.
The way it was first reported didn’t give the impression that it was so serious. I hope he recovers well. As for Brad, no comment would have been better.
I am so glad Pax is on the mend. What Kaiser said I know Angelina’s probably stressed out.
Again, why would you run to the news or the press instead of trying to contact him? Oh, could it be that they wouldn’t accept your calls? Also, someone Someone on X posted pictures of Brad Pitt having his own motorcycle accidents without a helmets; however, in his constant narrative to prove to whom ever believes whatever he says, Angelina is a bad parent. I’m sick of him. Keeping them in my prayers for a speedy recovery!
I work for 911 in a major city and we get multiple calls a day for scooter accidents. Many are trauma alerts, and enough are DOA, and almost none ever wear helmets.
Driving in LA is so scary and I’m in a metal box! I hope he reconsiders and only rides his bike on dirt roads or something. LA drivers are completely mental.
I’m confused has he been released from the hospital or from the ICU? Normally when we discharge a patient from the ICU it’s to the floor (or a special unit) of the hospital and the article says released from the ICU. Since he is the son of a VIP, it’s possible that he was kept in the ICU after he no longer needed the extra coverage/care provided in an ICU instead of discharged to the floor (when I worked in the hospital, there were times a VIP was treating in the ICU just because they were a VIP and the ICU admission was more a preventative and CYA move)
I was thinking they choose to keep him in the ICU unit the whole time instead of transferring him as well. The details have been spotty though so he might have been transferred to a different floor and they dont plan on updating anymore since it will be centered around long term physical therapy
I was wondering about that, as well. I remember my brother’s stroke recovery–it was ICU first, then regular hospital room, then a room on the rehab floor.
I wish quantum mechanics was real and we could all send Pax some of our own healing ❤️🩹 brain power energy, head trauma is so scary. I have heard the brain has incredible healing potential, wishing dear Pax the most successful recovery possible with a lifetime of happiness ahead, always for Angelina and her family, peace and good health. Please wear helmets 🪖 my friends, I want you all to live long and prosper 🖖! I have had too many head injuries personally myself.
Hoping he has a full recovery.
I’ve read that he’s a daredevil on his bike and both mom and siblings wanted him to wear a helmet. I hope his risk-taking is rooted in being a 20 year old brimming with testosterone, and not a reaction to trauma. Multiple days in the ICU sounds very scary. I hope his sibs are doing ok.
Brad, this is your adopted child. He was in the ICU for DAYS and you didn’t hop on a plane? You complain to People that your kids won’t take your calls and you don’t have the sense to know how terrible that makes YOU look? What’s wrong with you?
Meh, I’m glad he stayed away. Pax hasn’t had a relationship with him since the plane incident. I think BP is ok with that. Pax is going through a lot right now. Regardless of BP’s intentions, right now it’s not the time to force himself on Pax.
I agree. It’s just as well that he’s a terrible father. I’m just surprised that Brad doesn’t realize how it shockingly terrible it looks. It really says something that you’re not bothered enough to drop everything when you hear that your child is in the ICU. Most estranged parents would be freaking out and hovering somewhere, even if they weren’t at the hospital.
Completely agree. There is nothing stopping him flying back to the US and being on stand by. Remember he has visitations with the twins too. He’s just not utilizing them. He wanted to get back at Angelina knowing his son was in the hospital. Horrendous behavior that shows he does want to punish her still
First off wishing Pax a fast and smooth recovery.
Pitt doesn’t care about the kids. It is all a PR look for him. About four years ago, when Shiloh had knee surgery and Zahara had a procedure done, Pitt, who was in LA at the time, was nowhere to be seen. TMZ did what they do best pay staff for information, and Pitt was never at the hospital, just Angelina and the other kids visiting the girls.
Wow that sounds quite serious, hope he makes a full recovery.
I wish the tabloids would grow a conscience and afford this young man a modicum of grace. His life began as the biological child of a heroin addict. He was full-term yet weighed in at just over 4 pounds at birth. Two days later, his mother departed the hospital leaving Pax behind. His biological grandparents placed the baby with an orphanage as they could not abide the “shame” of raising an “illegitimate” child. Pax remained with the orphanage for 3 years until his grandparents signed the papers for Angelina to adopt Pax. We’ve all read about the effects that substance abuse can have on a growing fetus. What the mom ingests, the baby ingests. Pax is the only child of the 6 to lash out at Brad, publicly, and praise his mother as his “guiding light and best friend”. We have not been privy to his life experiences or his truth. But the family dynamic of his mom and siblings appears to be a positive in his life whatever his struggle. I pray he is allowed to make his recovery, privately, and without negativity but I won’t hold my breath.
Thanks for Pax back story. By all accounts, he’s had multiple accidents, both motorbike and auto. On bike, he often doesn’t wear a helmet. Clearly misguided and reckless.
On top of the physical issues now, I think he is dealing with serious mental health issues and needs psychotherapy. I feel so sad for the Jolie-Pitt kids.
@ Eos
Where are you getting this info that he has had multiple accidents ? When this is the only story of Pax being in any kind of accident.
Your comment sounds an awful lot like Pitt BS
Many 20 year olds think their invincible. It doesn’t always mean they have mental health issues
Wait, he didn’t have a helmet on?! He’s lucky to be alive
Accidents like this are a GIFT to warring abusive exes – they can say SEE – SHE’S UNFIT