Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt separate
The actress alleges irreconcilable differences and asks for custody of the six children they have in the divorce claim. The actor declares himself "very sad"
One of the most stable couples in Hollywood seems that it was not so. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie separate. The actor couple secretly married in August 2014 in France after 10 years of dating. In total, 12 years of relationship and six children together. It was Jolie who ended the marriage by filing yesterday, Monday, the divorce request alleging "irreconcilable differences." This break, equivalent in Hollywood to a divorce in a real house, is due, according to sources close to the family, to the way in which Pitt educates his children, with which the actress is dissatisfied. Although there are already means that point to an infidelity on the part of the actor. Pitt has told People magazine that he is "very sad about what happened", but that "what matters is the well-being" of his children. And, he has asked the press to give them "room during the difficult times ahead."
The news is a bomb in Hollywood, where the Jolie-Pitt or Brangelina, as they have come to be called, are the greatest power couple. The person in charge of making the news known this afternoon was the TMZ portal, the same one that announced the death of Michael Jackson or the divorce of Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, and minutes later it was confirmed by the personal lawyer of the honorary Oscar winner in 2013. "This decision was made with the family's well-being in mind. She will not comment on it. And she asks for respect and privacy for her family," said Robert Offer, a representative of the interpreter, in a press release. Although to handle her divorce, the actress has hired lawyer Laura Wasser, who already assisted her when she divorced actor Billy Bob Thornton.
In the divorce petition, the interpreter has asked for custody of the couple's six children. “She has said that Pitt will have the opportunity to visit the children. Although there is an important point to highlight, and that is that she does not want to share custody of her children with Brad, "highlights TMZ. The document specifies that the couple separated on September 15. The actors have three biological children -Shiloh, Knox, Vivienne- and three adopted -Maddox, Zahara, Pax-. His prenuptial contract includes a clause that stipulates that the couple's children will stay with the Maleficent actress, yes, only if they divorce due to Pitt's infidelity. It also specifies that after the separation each one will take the fortune with which they got married and that the money generated during the time they have been married will be divided equally among their six children.
Rumors about the breakup of this marriage, one of the most famous, powerful and millionaires in the entertainment industry, have occurred practically since they began their relationship after meeting on the set of Señor y Señora Smith (2004). Some rumors that had increased in recent weeks, since since July of this year they have not been seen together.
About six months ago she tried to silence rumors that the couple were going through critical moments. “Having children is what ties you down. The day she signed the adoption papers for Zahara and Maddox, I knew that we were united for the rest of our lives, ”she said in an interview with EL PAÍS. And it was not the first time that she spoke of the subject. In August 2015, when they celebrated their first wedding anniversary and were also promoting Frente al mar, a film in which they both give life to a marriage in crisis, rumors about Jolie's fragile state of health and an alleged marital crisis headlines were invading. However, she denied it and assured People that she was living "a wonderful year."
When Angelina Jolie, 41, and Brad Pitt, 52, met, he was still married to actress Jennifer Aniston, with whom he formed an ideal Hollywood match. The Innocence Interrupted actress, for her part, had been married twice before, to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, from whom she had divorced a year before meeting Pitt.
