The eldest son of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, has reportedly filed legal documents to remove “Pitt” from his surname, officially adopting the name Maddox Chivan Jolie.
The change comes after a period in which Maddox had already been using only “Jolie” in professional contexts. He appeared under that name in the credits of the film Couture, directed by Angelina Jolie, on which he worked as an assistant director.
According to coverage by TMZ, Maddox is not the only one among the former couple’s children to distance himself from his father’s surname. Other siblings have also stopped publicly using “Pitt”, either legally or socially, over the past few years, including Shiloh and, more recently, Zahara.
The decision reinforces the perception of distance between some of the children and Brad Pitt since his separation from Angelina Jolie, with their divorce only finalized in 2024 after a complex process that lasted more than eight years.
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