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[Blind Gossip] When parents divorce, they usually try to do what is best for the children as far as custody is concerned.

Usually.

In the case of this movie star couple, though, there is a distinct lack of balance in their approaches!

Most couples resolve to a 50/50 split. Not her. She wants primary custody in the realm of 90/10 or 75/25. She would actually like 100/0 but she knows that will not happen.

Does she think he is a bad father?

She despises him and his family. She is trying to raise global citizens. She thinks that their view of the world is harmful. “Narrow” is a word that is used a lot.

Don’t the children miss their time with his family?

Honestly, it’s been so long that they don’t have strong memories or strong attachments to his family. She doesn’t keep photos of his family around the house, either, so his family is just not part of their day to day lives.

Does she think she can continue to drag out the custody issue for years?

So far that strategy has worked for her. She will continue to try to put up roadblocks. She believes that the longer she can drag out the custody hearings, the more likely he will cave and demand less than 50/50 just to get it over with.

Is she trying to punish him or wear him down?

Both. She knows that the lack of a resolution hurts him, so you could say she is trying to punish him.

Doesn’t she worry that this will hurt the children?

No. By dragging her feet, the time ticks by and the children become more attached to her and the lifestyle she believes is best for them, and less attached to him and his family and their “narrow” lifestyle. From her perspective, that is a positive outcome.

She has been willing to publicly expose his shortcomings. Why doesn’t he do the same to her?

That’s a good question. She has been willing to throw him under the bus for his weaknesses (alcohol, drugs) but he has always balked on doing the same to her. He worries that it would hurt the kids and alienate them from him more if he was the one who made her problems public.

There is a chance, though, that one of their witnesses could be called by an attorney to do that. That would take the burden off of him.

Any chance the two of them will get back together?

NO. There is zero chance of that happening.

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Couple:

[Optional] What advice would you give him? How do you think this will turn out?

SOLVED!

Couple: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

The custody battle between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is finally over!

Although Angelina Jolie succeeded in dragging out this custody battle for five long years, Brad Pitt has finally been awarded joint custody of their six children!

Here is a lightly edited summary of the decision from The Guardian:

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie awarded joint custody of children

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been awarded joint custody following a protracted court battle.

The former couple have been in dispute for five years over access to their six children and hired a private judge, John Ouderkirk, to oversee the case.

Ouderkirk delivered a lengthy verdict on Wednesday following months of witness testimony, including child services professionals who interviewed the Jolie-Pitt children and others who have been around the family.

“There was a significant change made in the custody agreements based on an extremely detailed decision made by the judge,” a source told the outlet.

Another source, however, said Jolie’s team called the decision “tentative” and suggested she would continue her legal fight.

Oh, please.

Over the past five years, Angelina Jolie has tried every trick in the book to try to stall this decision. She has protested every procedure and decision and step along the way. Most recently, she changed attorneys, tried to get the newest judge removed, and insisted that the children needed to testify.

In the interim, the children have spent a minimal amount of time with Brad Pitt and his family.

They added: “Joint custody is not the issue that Angelina objects to. There were other issues of concern, but the court proceedings are closed and sealed.”

We do not know the exact nature of those “other issues of concern” that Jolie has been dangling out there (Addiction? Domestic violence?). Although Pitt has been restrained about attacking Jolie back, if she had aired those “concerns” it would have put Pitt in the position to counter with concerns of his own as to Jolie’s fitness as a parent.

In 2020 Jolie made a bid to disqualify Ouderkirk from the case and on Monday criticised his decision not to allow the children to testify.

Jolie said the judge “has failed to adequately consider” a section of the California courts code that says it is detrimental to the best interest of the child if custody is awarded to a person with a history of domestic violence.

Her filing did not give details about what it was referring to, but her lawyers submitted a document under seal in March that allegedly offered additional information. In trying to disqualify Ouderkirk, Jolie’s attorneys went to the appellate court, which has yet to rule on her bid.

After that ruling is made, we do not know what impact it will have on this custody decision.

Jolie and Pitt married in 2014 after meeting some nine years earlier, on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith.

They left out the part about how Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston when he started filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2004 with Angelina Jolie. Pitt’s marriage broke up shortly thereafter. He almost immediately went public with Jolie.You do the math.

Pitt and Jolie divorced in 2016, when Jolie’s attorney said she was doing so “for the health of the family”.

Pitt’s own filing said the judge found Jolie’s testimony “lacked credibility in many important areas, and the existing custody order between the parties must be modified, per Mr Pitt’s request, in the best interests of the children.”

It went on to criticize Jolie for what it said were causing further delays in reaching an arrangement, which it said would “work grave harm upon the children, who will be further denied permanence and stability”.

Those kids have been denied permanence and stability for five years already while Jolie has played with the legal system.

Now that the custody ruling has come down, let’s hope that spending more time with their father (and their grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins) will help the children heal.

Here is Brad’s brother and some of the cousins.

Make no mistake about it: Angelina Jolie lost. Brad Pitt won.

Congratulations to Sabrina325 for being first with the correct response!

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Comments

  1. buddhabear2 says

    Obviously Pitt and Jolie. Very sad all the way around. I don’t know why she put so much effort into attacking his alcohol and pot use when she is a well known long term opiate addict and has been for years. Not that big of a secret.

  3. GretaGuesses says

    Brad and Angelina.

    She is doing to him just what her mom did to John Voight… Parental Alienation, which should forfeit her rights to custody, and make supervised visits for her be mandated.

    Brad is going to have to expose Angie. I seem to remember a blind about her, sex, knife play & blood, right? Then there’s the alleged drug abuse. Plus, some say she’s fiercely jealous of pretty females, including daughters, hence is the instigator of the trans stuff. Angie is damaging those…

  4. tct1219 says

    I just can’t understand how he has been made out to be the good guy in all of this when he had an “altercation” with one of their children! Parents who love their children do not scare/ yell at/ hit/ otherwise harm their kids. Unreal.

  5. VegetableLasagna says

    Couple: Brand and Angelina

    [Optional] What advice would you give him? How do you think this will turn out? Hang in there and stay the course, keep your mouth shut. She will draw this out as long as possible in the nastiest way possible. He was raised by a normal family in the midwest and she was raised by crazy people in LA. She has no sense of a normal family life.

  6. Rusty Nuts says

    Obviously Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

    Jolie wants to move to the UK, get citizenship and try to get into politics and that’s why she needs sole custody. She needs the kids to parade around London doing her mom of six pap stroll *! Brad was set up, he’s no longer of use to her. He should carry on playing it cool. He will win in the long run because the kids will realise that they are just being used by her for her image. Brad’s family seem like a loving supportive family and not backward.

  9. Londonmum says

    Oh so this is Brangelina. It’s a tough one, because if he doesn’t fight hard for them, the kids may feel he is rejecting them. I feel for him and for the kids. I think the kids should be given the opportunity to try both lifestyles and choose for themselves.

  10. sofial says

    Brad and Angelina. She’s got pin needle eyes, likely on some sort of heroin substitute medication.

  11. judevonb says

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
    For the children’s sakes, he needs to take the gloves off and fight.
    There have been many rumors about Angelina’s drug use and eating disorders going around for years. She is not a very stable person emotionally and mentally.
    Those children also need their father and his family in their lives.

  12. wfreshie says

    brad pitt and angelina jolie

    very sad she is dragging this out and the kids barely know the other family

  14. nikki.marks70 says

    Couple: Brad and Angelina

    I think what he’s been doing will benefit him in the end. She has a history of being unbalanced, that may come into play during the custody battle. As for his family, they raised him and he isn’t narrow, the kids should be able to know their family. Obviously, her side is too unstable to be a positive influence.
    I also think it’s strange that only the biological girls have a interest in being gender neutral. I think she pushes them into it.

  21. badgerette85 says

    Jolie/Pitt

    Op- fight for your kids. Doesn’t have to mirror her methods of lies and deception … your kids livelihoods depend on it. ( tho may be too late for some). Tragic how they became the pawns in this battle, by no fault of their own.

  22. pitbull says

    Brad and Angelina.

    Grow a set of kahunas and end this saga. BE A PARENT and settle the issue once and for all. No one likes her. She is becoming a shrew. SHE has never been “balanced” or sane. Just because there is weird in the world doesn’t mean you need to exposed your kids to it for “balance” sake.

  24. dagnabbit11 says

    Brad and Angie

    [Optional] What advice would you give him? How do you think this will turn out?
    Those kids are going to be a hot mess like their momma. Keep fighting the good fight, Brad but I’d set my sights on when they are 18 and try for a better relationship then.

  26. kittymyers says

    This sounds like Brad and Angelina, but I thought they had finally settled the custody issue.

  29. aaaAtika says

    Jolie and Pitt. Jen Anniston probably told him “told you so!”
    At least that’s what I would do!

  33. Lis2017 says

    Brad & Angelina
    My advice to him would be to continue doing what you are doing, taking the high road. Though not ideal for him and his family I believe when the children are adults they will be able to make up their own minds about the situation and see it for what it really is. Speaking as a child of a toxic divorce with a very bitter mother I know this to be true.

  36. The Beagle says

    This is definitely Brad and Angelina.

    Optional: Brad needs to keep fighting for custody, but he must maintain the higher ground. As the kids grow older, they will realize the truth of what’s going on, and they will eventually come to him on their own.

  37. purplefluffybunny says

    Brad & Angelina

    No idea how it’ll turn out in the short term, in the long term all the kids will go off the rails and need serious amounts of counselling.

  38. claireuk says

    It has to be Brad and Angelina and the longest divorce ever!! Pretty sure the eldest kids will be adults by the end of it – such a mess when kids are in school but she’s not doing herself any favours by mud-slinging .

  40. SweePea says

    This has got to be the evil Angel(ina) and Brad Pitt
    Poor kids, bit once they reach 18, they will be able to go and see him whenever they like, and they will…

  42. Mrs Polkadot says

    Angelina’s still nuts I see, no surprise there. Those poor kids and I feel sorry for Brad’s family too. I don’t feel sorry for him, he got himself into that mess in the first place – he seems like a spoilt brat to me

  44. blubelle says

    Brad and Angie, aka the poster couple for Celebrities Make Terrible Parents. whatever drives people to seek the spotlight seems to also make them wholly incapable of being a decent parent (with very exceptions).

    Advice for Brad is a tough one; doubt he has it in him to be a truly good dad, but at least continue to take the high road publicly and don’t air dirty laundry… and stay sober.

  45. DDCASK says

    Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

    He should talk to her in private and remind her he can also spill. She seems to want to protect her perfect image so a bit of nudging might help.

  46. Lby54229 says

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

    His reluctance in airing her problems in public shows that he has morals. I understand not wanting kids at any age to be around someone with drug and alcohol problems, but when the same problems apply to you buy not the kid interaction, you are being a hypocrite. I’d have to know more about their problems (both him and her) before I can say for sure, but if Brad is clean and has stayed clean, I believe in second chances.

  47. DaughterJudy says

    Obviously the humanitarian herself, Angelina Jolie.

    Advice: date all the insta-models and whomever else bc she’s bitter and has no plans of coming to an agreement. 4 yrs later, nobody is judging.

  48. Princesspc says

    This is about Brad Pitt and Angie. I would have him to sign off with what she wants and move on with his life,minus that married woman he’s involved with , allegedly, and hopefully the children will come back to him when they are ready. I would also suggest that he finds someone similar in age, black or white woman, that has substance to her and not shallow. Look how happy Keanu is with his silver fox.

  50. Baileygirl says

    Brangeline.
    Advice: Fight for 50/50. Bring them to met his family. Let them experience “normal” or I guess that it spelled “Narrow” according to Angie. Maybe those kids are tired of being dragged around on the whims of their whacked out mother.

  52. mrw222 says

    Obviously Angelina Jolie. Honestly, I don’t think there is a bigger * out there. She’ll never land another man again. Everyone is on to her now.

  53. ace123 says

    Ex-couple: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie

    Sadly, it seems all the kids will be grown by the time they resolve this. I hope Brad keeps fighting for his rights with the kids. Just beat this woman at her own game. Did he ever stand up to her in the relationship because it doesn’t seem like it? She seem like she was running the show from beginning to end.

  54. nana70 says

    Obviously this is Angelina Jolie. Hopefully this will come back to bite her in the *. How did their marriage turn into a *show so quickly?

  55. Agent Orangey says

    Crazy Angelina Jolie, and Brad Pitt. My advise, invest in a time machine and go back to when he thought it was a good idea to hook up with her.

  56. katekatekate says

    Pitt and Jolie.

    This is karmic punishment for him for listening to Little Brad, cheating on Jen and leaving her for crazy. And now he’s dating another crazy, only this one is in her 20s. Male cliches, they never end.

  57. SueCitySue says

    I believe this to be Angie & Brad…
    Could someone answer this question for me- I really don’t know te answer.
    What is Angie ‘punishing’ Brad for?

    • Tryingtoforgetyou says

      I guess for leaving her? Moving on so quickly? Always thought it’d happen though. No guarantee he’d stay with her when he left someone for her.

  59. stepha19 says

    Brangelina
    Advice: Find a time machine and stay faithful to Jenn.
    I don’t think they’ll find a resolution before the kids are grown.

  61. churro8 says

    Brad and Angie.
    Lost respect for her after they way she handled the divorce.

    Opt. Keep fighting! I think his bio kids will be the only ones to have a relationship with him. The other ones have been too influenced by her and are older now.

  62. smlopez5250 says

    This is totally Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
    I feel badly for Brad. She’s totally taking out all her daddy resentment out in him.

  68. jennb529 says

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
    He should never give up on trying to see his kids.

    Unfortunately, I think their kids will be like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s two kids…they’ll have no relationship with one parent (in this case, Brad)

  69. Bella Ciao Ciao says

    I despise women who use their own children in power plays with their ex husbands, that so morally wrong and egoistic and harmful for everyone involved. For Angie Brad’s family is a band of hicks.

  71. ILUVCA4evr says

    Couple: Brad and ‘Crazy Eyes’ Angelina

    What advice would you give him? Fight the good fight for the best interest of the kids. Eventually, they will grow up and reach out to him.

    How do you think this will turn out? A nasty mess. Oh yeah, it already is. I know there are many who think different, but I think Angelina is a terrible mother and it shows. She’s crazy.

  76. Henny77 says

    Brad and Angelina
    I have never seen Karma go so hard for someone before. Worked a little too well because I really feel bad for him and am rooting for him this go round.

    Be the good guy Brad.

  77. Monysmom says

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie – I think he should get a killer attorney who isn’t addicted to press, who will start exposing things little by little.

  78. Alllie says

    oh that Angelina and Brad mess…she has always been portrayed to dislike his parents etc. The kids are already detached in the press and they help push the story to magazines so who really knows what is real with the kids. The older boys do seem to dislike him in public so it will turn out his bio kids will visit him and the others will not. congrats ang, you made psychological soup!

  79. DenverJayhawk says

    Stupid Brangelina

    Normally I’d feel pretty sorry for him but he knew what he was getting into.

    Stop reproducing while in these destructive marriages. Who cares if they screw up their own lives. It’s when they drag kids into it that makes me crazy angry!

  80. rc_mags says

    Angelina Jolie. I think she’s a nasty person and can’t imagine why people don’t see through her “humanitarian” image. A true humanitarian should want as much love for her kids as possible. Imagine cutting off Brad’s normal, traditional side of the family. What a tragic loss for those children.

    It will turn out as you might imagine. She’ll get about 50/50. Brad and the kids will all suffer because of her selfishness.

  82. fantail says

    Angelina Jolie. Shes a nasty piece of work. And that inside nastiness is showing on the outside. Shes always looked mean, but now shes looking ugly with it too. It’ll bite her in the arse one day. Maybe not with the adopted kids, but with the bio ones.

  84. Irises says

    Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

    Advice to Brad: Stay classy. Don’t throw her under the bus. When the kids are older, they’ll read what went down in the divorce and all about her messy past.

    How will it turn out?: Unless he’s selling meth to 5th graders, he’s going to get 50/50 custody. Hopefully, he can re-establish a healthy relationship with all of his kids.

  86. JHntr113 says

    Brad and Angelina

    Their kids are old enough to use the internet. They have to know their mom is a psycho by now.

  90. kellyp says

    I think this is Brad Pitt and Angelina Joli. We all know she’s a druggie, it’s obvious on her face.

    He needs to keep fighting her on it. Her influence is toxic in so many ways to those children.

  92. modelle18 says

    Shameful Angelina Jolie and poor Brad

    What is she so angry about? Did that French actress really have his baby ? If thats the case, then I’m not saying excuse his behaviour but this ‘solution ‘ is only hurting her kids and quite honestly wearing away at her on some level more then him.

    I would also say, karma always collects her maliciousness will come back at her in some way 10 fold.

  94. Steffy44 says

    Totally Brad and insane Angelina. She’s an evil witch. She’s not used to losing. Stay on the high ground…eventually they will see what a horrible woman she is. Eventually they can choose where to live. Madonna learned the hard way. Angelina will too.

  95. Jayzzzzzz says

    Brad & Angelina. Parental alienation, thy name is Angelina.
    They will get divorced. If she keeps doing this, she may get less than 50/50. She is doing the children a terrible disservice. I lost so much respect for her.

  97. whistler says

    Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

    Keep on fighting for the children- they need balance and perspective. Unfortunately, he will probably agree to her demands for unequal access

  98. omgimbackagain says

    Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and their kids…

    She has turned them against him…but they will grow up and Google this mess and make up their own minds.

  99. ChristineNYC says

    Couple: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

    What advice would you give him? Fight back. Your kids will only remember that you DIDN’T fight for them and conclude you didn’t love them enough. Don’t let her walk all over your relationship with them, they don’t deserve that and neither do you.

    How do you think this will turn out? Badly if he doesn’t fight for more visitation. She’s such a vengeful, wicked woman. But shame on her for alienating the children from their father and extended…

  101. nycmadam says

    Brangelina, of course.

    I don’t know why the courts are allowing this to drag out so long. Brad should, at this point, start playing dirty as she has all along. Also, it may be time for his parents to sue for visitation as well.

  105. lilmisscanada says

    Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

    As a divorce lawyer, don’t play dirty. They KNOW mom is the problem. They’re old enough. They’ll come back to him when they’re older.

  107. IndieRaga says

    Sounds like Angelina & Brad.
    My Advice: Give her what she wants…the kids are anyways emotionally detached from you.
    Turn Out : Messy * show just the way she likes it !

  108. Whisper says

    Brad/Angie
    Brad was between a rock and a hard place. He was right kids are hurt by mud slinging, otoh is it possible they don’t know about her eating disorder and drug use. Then there was the judges parental alienation disclosure. Apparently a rare ruling. Maybe these rich kids will take a step back one day and her what these impoverished people really feel about exploitation for publicity…and maybe even volunteer anonymously in a grass roots org near dads family..

  109. darnda says

    What advice would you give him? How do you think this will turn out?

    Brad and Angelina

    I think he should stick to his guns and keep going for 50/50. Don’t give in to manipulative, hypocritical bullies which lets be honest she is. She’s feeding stories to the press about him and she’s a drug user so it’s such a double standard! She’s the one who’s narrow minded too, children would benefit from having a wider family with a different outlook on life rather than just her own outlook.

  110. melrose71 says

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I hope she’s exposed if a witness testifies which he should encourage. Her eating disorder is very obvious and her drug use is probably more recent than she’d like people to know. She’s harming her kids by keeping them from Brad and his family. They will learn the truth when they get older. She’s such a hypocrite since she has spoken of her own childhood trauma from her parents‘ divorce.

  113. Tallex says

    Brad and Angelina.

    I wouldn’t know what to tell him. If he outs her she’ll make him look bad and she’ll be the victim. One day the kids will be old enough to make their own decisions and hopefully they’ll see the real story. It’s just a shame that he and the kids are missing out on what’s left of their childhood.

  114. dylanolivia says

    Brad and Angelina. She’s the worst!
    Brad should continue to be a gentleman. Trashing her will hurt their kids more.

  115. Theaterfan says

    Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

    Brad, don’t be so nice. Threaten and/or blackmail her with what you know. Use your receipts against her and she’ll cave in.

  119. NotQuiteFamous says

    Angelina Jolie. Doesn’t surprise me. She’s mental. Brad isn’t the greatest, either. Bottom line is their kids and what Angie is mentally doing to them.

  120. High Steppa says

    Angelina and Brad. She’s awful. Anyone who uses the children as a weapon against the other is the lowest of the low.

  121. ssvching says

    Brad and Angelina!

    Optional: Frankly it’s all karma for the damage and humiliation they did to Jennifer. They will never get back together, but I also have no sympathy for what’s happening to them. Their kids will grow up mentally imbalanced regardless what happens!

  129. mrs_right says

    Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie.

    Oh man. You have to choose your partners reeeeealy carefully. Avoid narcissists at all costs. At this point, all you can do is mitigate the damage.

  134. amagod121 says

    Couple: the ex-Brangelina.

    Optnl: I’d warn him to make the mistress scarce as she’s still married and it might not go down well with the judge who will be deciding the custody of the children.

    Unless he tries to make some of Angelina’s problems known to the judge, he seems to be on a sinking ship. The kids will all side with Angelina and Brad will be left “childless.” And really? He might be better off with starting a second family with a mentally FIT woman.

    • dinamarieburnett says

      The kids are at the age now that they can decide for themselves per a court. Unless he can prove that she is a real danger to them, they will not take them away and they will not make the children go with him. Heck, kids are returned to abusive and drug addicted mothers all the time.
      My advice is stop playing her game. Keep calling them and making the attempts to see them. Hopefully, they will understand when they get older. It’s truly the worst and harmful thing you can to your children.

  138. TeacherKat says

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
    Optional: I would tell him to stick with it and to not play dirty. Everything will come out eventually. No need to make himself the bad guy. Keep asking for custody and keep fighting.

    • Alexis_Rose says

      I agree. Play the long game. Hang in there. Nothing is worth giving up your kids. They should know he never stopped fighting to spend time with them. She is a monster and the only people who are getting hurt are the kids.

  140. JoshuaTree says

    Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. I’m convinced she’s going to drag this out long enough so that most of the kids will be 18 or over by the time she’s willing to resolve things, which of course by then will be too late as they’ll be of age. It’s been four damn years since their split and the kids still don’t get that much time with Brad. But that’s how she wanted it and now most of the children attached to Angie and estranged from Brad.

    • jerseygrl31 says

      Haha! My EXACT thoughts!
      Couple: Brad and “St Angelina” pfff :scoff:
      Karma Baby! I wonder why he always drank so much. Probably regretted every miserable day he left his wife Jen for this woman. I don’t like to bash on women but Angelina doesn’t know what morals are. And Brad well, you got your cummupetz Brad. ✌🏻

      What advice would you give him?
      Brad, call your kids, time will tell what will happen. Stop drinking so much,you look old af!
      How do you think this will turn out? Eh…

  145. Chloe74 says

    Has to be Angelina and Brad . By the time they figure out custody all the children will be adults.

  146. RebellionTruth says

    Angelina and Brad.
    I really feel sorry for Brad and the children, she’s crazy. I hope the judge can see her real intentions, because somebody needs to stop her. Brad is acting like a real adult here.

  147. LaursAngel says

    Definitely Brad and Angelina. So sad for the kids. She is just an awful, awful human being.