The countdown is on for one of Hollywood’s most complicated family sagas.
As twins Vivienne and Knox Jolie-Pitt approach their 18th birthday next month, a major chapter in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s long-running feud is set to close.
As the twins reach adulthood, the custody agreement that has shaped the former couple’s relationship for years will effectively end.
Behind the scenes, sources say the milestone brings up difficult emotions for Pitt, whose relationship with several of his children has remained strained since the couple’s high-profile breakup in 2016.
According to inside sources, Pitt’s girlfriend, Ines De Ramon, has become one of his biggest sources of support.
Although she is reportedly not involved in Pitt and Jolie’s ongoing legal disputes, speculation is growing that she hopes to help rebuild bridges within the fractured family.
“Brad is absolutely crushed that the kids are formally renouncing him one by one, it’s the definition of soul destroying and almost impossible for him to understand,” a source said. Thermal magazine..
The source added, “Brad has leaned on Ines a lot through all of this, and she’s done a wonderful job helping him hold on, keep the faith and focus in the meantime on the many positives he still has in his life.”
One of the reported priorities is daughter Shiloh, who has long been seen as sharing a particularly close bond with her father.
“Brad has always had a very special bond with Shiloh,” the source said, adding that Ines thinks she “could be more open to reconciling or at least listening.”
It remains to be seen whether reconciliation is possible. But as legal time draws to a close, the emotional story behind Hollywood’s most famous family feud appears far from over.
