The actress found herself at the center of renewed attention when two of her children moved to legally drop Brad Pitt’s family title. Image credit (Instagram)
Angelina Jolie has been hit with an anonymous claim about her reputation in Hollywood, while two of her adult children are filing legal action to have Brad Pitt removed from their names. This development comes as legal disputes continue between the former spouses years after their separation.According to a Daily Mail column published on July 19, an unidentified person described as a Hollywood source made a sweeping claim about Jolie’s current standing in the entertainment industry. “People hate her,” the source said, though the column did not name any specific actors, filmmakers, studio executives or other industry figures who supposedly share that assessment of the actress and director.
The actress is back in the spotlight with two of her adult children seeking to remove Brad Pitt’s legal title. Image credit (Instagram)
Petitions by Maddox Chevan Jolie and Zahra Marley Jolie are pending for a name changeAccording to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, two of Jolie and Pitt’s adult children have filed petitions to legally change their surnames.
Maddox is requesting that his legal name be changed from Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt to Maddox Chivan Jolie. Zahraa is seeking the name Zahraa Marley Jolie. A hearing on Maddox’s petition is scheduled for September 14, while Zahra’s petition will be heard on September 28.
Zahra has filed a petition to legally remove Brad Pitt’s surname, joining her siblings in using Jolie’s name publicly. Image credit (Instagram)
Both have already completed the required step of publishing notice of the proposed changes in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Proof of Maddox’s publication was recorded on 7 July, with Zahra following up on 9 July.
None of the adult children described the petitions in this way or publicly explained the personal reasons behind the requests.Both children used public versions of their requested names before filing their legal petitions. Maddox was credited as Maddox Jolie for his work as an assistant director on his mother’s film “High Fashion.” Zahra was introduced as Zahra Marley Jolie when she graduated from a historically black college in May, having previously used the same name while agitating for a sorority.
Shiloh Nouvel Jolie has completed the name change process
One of Jolie and Pitt’s children has already completed the legal process to remove Pitt’s surname. Shiloh applied to become Shiloh Nouvel Jolie on her 18th birthday in May 2024. A Los Angeles judge granted the petition in August, making her the former couple’s first publicly known child to complete the legal process to officially change her name.Another child named Vivian Jolie was enrolled in a Broadway production in which she worked with her mother.
However, no public court record has confirmed that professional accreditation reflects a legal change of name.
The history of the divorce of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and the ongoing disputes
Jolie filed for separation in September 2016 after an accident on a family flight. She later claimed that Pitt physically assaulted her and two of their children during that incident. Pitt denied the allegations, and federal authorities have not filed criminal charges after reviewing them.
New attention has turned to the former couple as legal petitions over their children’s names continue to make headlines years after their divorce.
The former couple were declared legally single in 2019, and their divorce settlement was finalized in December 2024. However, separate lawsuits between the two over the French vineyard they jointly owned continued until after the initial divorce proceedings were resolved.Jolie continues to work as an actress, director, and producer. Her representatives did not respond to the article or suggest that she directed the legal petitions for her children.
