Shiloh buys ad in L.A. Newspaper announcing she’s dropping Brad’s last name

Ridiculous.

It's just making Brad look more sympathetic.

You just know that AJ is behind it.

Somewhere in Brentwood, Jennifer Aniston just went like this:

Can I put an ad in the newspaper and become Brad Pitt's child? Does it have to be Brad Pitt or can it be anyone?

I'm not down with the kids doing this, but to be clear, this "ad" she bought wasn't some blatant "I hate you, so I'm dropping your name." It's an ad that is required when you make a name change...my brother did the same thing. It's basically "(person's name) is now changing their name to (new person's name)" in the classified ads section.

It is my intention to make no provision herein to my ungrateful children, for reasons which are well known to them.

He should, r5. Unless there is something completely fucking vile that we haven't learned about, but if there really was, I think we would have heard about it by now. It sounds like what happened on the plane was him giving one of the (reportedly extremely spoiled by more than one source) kids a bit of reckoning for being an asshole. If he was serially beating/abusing/molesting one or more of them, we surely would have heard about it and we haven't.

So the kids are being brats - and apparently, that was a major reason for the split: her letting them run rampant and do whatever the fuck they wanted, whereas Brad was trying to establish boundaries (and not successful because OF COURSE, who are the kids going to side with - the good cop or the bad cop?).

@r5, Brad Pitt took out a full page ad stating...

YOU'RE OUT OF THE WILL!

I want to be brads child and then I want there to be incest

Shiloh has Montenegro style.

Why is she named after an early, very bloody battle in the civil war?

to bad she doesn't have a responsible mother who said: "oh honey, no".

Yeah, it’s not like anyone will forget who’s kid she is.

No, I think she was named after the travel motel.

This has got me thinking about how my dad must have felt when I changed my whole name at 18. I never really thought about it before - at least in terms of his perspective.

Still in the will as far as I know, and all that drama is decades behind us at this point

Is she adopted? If she is he probably doesn't care.

Ha, i know exactly which hotel that is, r14. We walked past it during one of our little weekend vacations (we rode mountain bikes down the mountain during the summer, but stayed in a nice cabin and not this Franken-resort that was there).

Just like Ronan Farrow.

The headline is way more dramatic than the story warrants. I just find it deliciously quaint that the legal system still requires a declaration in ye olde newspaper.

Can she drop 'Shiloh' too?

R4 There's no such law in California. You just start using your new name. If there were such a law, everyone that took their spouse's last name would be required to take out such an ad. There is no such requirement.

This ad is pure spiteful PR by Ange.

r20 i think you're wrong.

[quote]The insider told the outlet, “Angie doesn’t know and can’t speak for it.”

lol

You get to change your name to whatever you want when you get married in California, and there's no announcement required in a weird quirk of the law. Or at least that's what the county clerk told me when I got married lo these many years ago. I wish I'd known about it earlier as my husband goes by his middle name and when I suggested he use the opportunity to legally change the order of his given names he demurred. It was a limited-time offer as the forms had to be signed right then. I think if he'd had time to think about it he would have gone ahead with the switch.

R21 You *can* ask a court order to change your name if you’re an adult in California. But it’s not required.

Jolie seems like the new Mia Farrow.

Shiloh paid for this all herself? With what fucking money? Allowance?

Angelina is fucking evil.

How old was Angelina when she dropped her fathers name?

I just looked it up. She was 27 when she legally changed her last name amidst a spat with him, although she’d been using Jolie for a long time as a stage name.

Maybe Jon Voight was right all along?

This Hollywood family drama has been polarizing to witness. On the one hand, you can make a very strong case for parental alienation and brainwashing propagandized by a very bitter Angelina Jolie but on the other hand I find it quite odd that out of six children not a single one appears to identify with Brad as a father. The biological and the adopted. A few months back when there were rumors of Shiloh wanting to move in with Brad I thought "that's normal" but then suddenly, she not only drops his name when turning eighteen but she makes it very public as well like twisting a knife into Brad's gut which again is very spiteful and unusual behavior. I suspect the twins will follow in their sisters' footsteps, and no matter how much you dislike Jolie, this says more about Pitt than it does about her. My guess is it was his own behavior, and whatever he said or did caused all of the children to form an alliance. I just don't think Angelina is that powerful, but only time will tell. They all seem rather enmeshed to her at the moment.

^ They're scared to death of their mother. Give it time they're still teenagers

If she was smart she wouldnt change her name. In 20 years when daddy passes away she’ll want that Pitt money

I'd change my name too if mine was a Spoonerism.

Is this something she legally needs to do to change her name?

Learn from Katie Holmes and her daughter Suri who quietly dropped her last name. Neither ever trashes Tom but everyone knows he's a deadbeat dad.

r20 Incorrect - change by marriage is not handled the same way

@r34, She's making a statement to hurt her father, unfortunately it will probably bite her in the ass

@r35, Suri did the same, but for good reason and yes did it quietly without much publicity, but Suri has a better mother who isn't a vindictive bitch

Don’t you have to make an announcement in the newspaper in general when you change your name? They make it sound like she took out a full page ad.

R30 only adults really carry grudges like that. Brad would have had to be beating her everyday for the last eight years for her to dislike him on her own at this level. This is definitely the work of Angelina. And it’s not just her saying how bad Brad is BUT how much it would make her happy, feel better if she did. Children are very protective of their mother’s happiness in divorces like this. Trust me I know. Most of us kids from the 70s know.

Wasn't it only a few months ago it was announced that Shiloh was moving in with Brad? What happened?

The kids could hate their dad because he’s an asshole and deserves it, but the name changing is sort of performative and suggests there is more going on.

It’s such a weird situation. I can understand people fighting over money or Alice Evans going crazy when her husband dumps her after she has gotten fat and is entering middle age, but the Jolie-Pitt divorce happened when she was still at her prime and they both have more money than they could ever realistically spend. Why couldn’t she get past it?

Nouvel is one of the more nouveau names I’ve heard in a while.

[quote] It's an ad that is required when you make a name change...my brother did the same thing. It's basically "(person's name) is now changing their name to (new person's name)" in the classified ads section.

Apparently a lot of people don't know this. If it were me, I would have chosen an obscure newspaper to avoid so much coverage.

Well. This will definitely solve all her problems,

This is all for publicity. This mother is placing her prize pig into the entertainment field.

[quote] she not only drops his name when turning eighteen but she makes it very public as well like twisting a knife into Brad's gut which again is very spiteful and unusual behavior.

Not when you consider that her mother is doing the exact same thing.

A very public divorce, fought in the media, spreading all sorts of rumors and speculation, all coming from Angelina Jolie.

The daughter has either learned from her mother very well, or she is being coached by her mother.

Angelina is STILL fighting her divorce in the media.

And then there's her fight with her own father when she was a teenager.

Angelina has a pattern and a history of doing this. She's very damaged, and now she's damaging her kids.

[quote] I suspect the twins will follow in their sisters' footsteps, and no matter how much you dislike Jolie, this says more about Pitt than it does about her

Brad has not said a word. Even in response to this betrayal by his daughter, his only statement is that it hurts him. Very simple and to the point.

Brad is not the one instigating this fight.

[quote]If she was smart she wouldnt change her name. In 20 years when daddy passes away she’ll want that Pitt money

Her last name has nothing to do with that. Either way, Angelina has plenty of money.

[quote]My guess is it was his own behavior, and whatever he said or did caused all of the children to form an alliance. I just don't think Angelina is that powerful, but only time will tell.

My dad always blamed my mom for "keeping us" from him but the truth was that we weren't stupid. We had examples from even outside of our own home of what a father should be like and it wasn't him. Our friend's parents were better to us than he was. My mom never said a peep about the man.

Shiloh and the other kids (because it wasn't just one of them doing this) aren't stupid or brainwashed. They clearly have an issue with him and are old enough to make up their own minds outside of their parents.

Shilo, when I was young, I used to call your name…

I bet Shiloh will be waving her birth certificate around claiming to be a Pitt when Brad's Will is read.

That being said, I have little sympathy for Brad, he married the well-known poster girl for Cluster B Disorders. Not like he couldn't get anyone else.

Brad must be relieved to leave this freakshow/circus behind.

Angie's fingerprints are all over this.

The article does say she had to make the public proclamation in order to have the process formally finalized, which seems odd, but not much you can do if you’re serious and it’s required.

[quote] she not only drops his name when turning eighteen but she makes it very public as well like twisting a knife into Brad's gut

Yes, my sister changed her name after her divorce and had to publish it in a newspaper.

[quote] Shiloh and the other kids (because it wasn't just one of them doing this) aren't stupid or brainwashed. They clearly have an issue with him and are old enough to make up their own minds outside of their parents.

Brad Pitt has reached God status on DL. So, what do you expect.

[quote] Brad Pitt has reached God status on DL.

PittGod.

Why the hell are their kids all so short? We'll OK you can't control genetics in the case of the adopted ones, but for the bio kids, neither Brad or Angie are short. Seems like a nutritional factor could be involved here. Obviously, AJ doesn't really eat. Lots of junk food for the kids I suspect.

[quote]A source close to Angelina, 49, told Entertainment Tonight that Shiloh hired her own attorney and paid for everything herself.

At the age of 18 ? How in the world could she afford this ? At 18, I could barely afford going buying books as a college freshman - and I had a job.

^ She gets a very BIG allowance

What the hell was he thinking when he got together with Angelina? She was beautiful, famous and one of the biggest famewhores ever. Still is.

Brad Pitt was raised in a middle class community in Missouri, and was probably taught that certain behavior is unacceptable and that you should be thankful for everything you are given. I know that's what I, and the friends I grew up with, learned from our parents. Brad was probably using that same value set to (try to) teach his children. Those values do not matter to Generation Z. It's all about them and their needs.

They live in the Hollywood bubble; that explains a lot, as well.

Some of you can’t read

This is just like when I was a kid and got into a fight with my dad. I hired an attorney and then met with my mom's publicist.

He can adopt me if he wants. I don’t have any of his DNA but I could easily enough. *gulp*

[quote] Brad Pitt was raised in a middle class community in Missouri, and was probably taught that certain behavior is unacceptable and that you should be thankful for everything you are given. I know that's what I, and the friends I grew up with, learned from our parents. Brad was probably using that same value set to (try to) teach his children.

And Angelina grew up in Hollywood as the daughter of a famous actor, so they were probably at odds from the very beginning.

I can't believe that either one of them thought it could work.

wtf he do. There is no way she could be being manipulated like this. He did something in that household. I notice in America if this were a black man no one would be team Brad. But that’s how racial politics work. I’m not even saying he is guilty. But if this were a black power couple all the “lies” would be believed because people hate black men. He did something yo.

Please shut up, R65.

You sound really, really dumb.

R66 For real.

Ff stupid r65

It's teabag, so just ignore him yo.

[quote]If it were me, I would have chosen an obscure newspaper to avoid so much coverage.

What would be the point then?

You can always detect the scent of TeaCake.

r71 and it's all fake

Mothers with raging BPD/personality disorders, like Angie, view life as a war. You're on their side 100%, or you are an enemy to be destroyed.

When there's been a breakup, they keep their kids away from the other parent with two main tactics:

1. Acting the victim. They seem so vulnerable, so fragile and hurt, that the kids are naturally protective, and naturally terrified to do anything that might add any additional "injuries" to the poor trembling, terrorized bunny that is their mom.

2. The threat of going SCORCHED EARTH if any child seems like they might break ranks and try to reconcile with dad. That means: You don't get any of your mother's love or attention ever again. You are dead to her. And it also means she will go scorched earth on any sibling that tries to maintain contact with you. So it's basically the equivalent of leaving a cult -- you will be shunned by everyone in your old life. Not one person in the mother's orbit will ever be allowed to have anything to do with you again, and that includes friends, godparents, extended family that she controls, and all.

I have no idea what Brad did or didn't do but I know the tactics of personality-disordered witches all too well and Jolie is absolutely a textbook case in every way.

Fuck off, teabag. I'm so sick of blocking your cunt arse.

R73, remember that VF interview where AJ claimed she cried in the shower so her kids wouldn't know? Except they can probably access the internet or TV where that titbit was breathlessly reported for at least a week.

She's achieved a lot given her neurotic need for attention, but at the end of the day, she's a stupid, basic bitch. The ongoing court dramas show her to be a major Karen underneath all the surgeries, tatts and couture.

R60, let's not forget that the preying mantis essentially isolated the kids too. They only had their siblings to interact with. No outside influences.

She tried isolating Brad too and I wonder if that didn't lead to a lot of his drinking and anger issues.

Never stick your dick in crazy.

R39 I don't think that is true. It really depends on the behavior that broke up the marriage and that behavior does not have to be beating or abusing the child. Sometimes the behavior of the parent causes such chaos and hurt and dysfunction in the home that the kids do have a deep loathing when they are 18. Some of that will be pent up hurt, it's easier to be furious than to explore the hurt and betrayal etc

It's a legal notice that is required in the process of getting a legal name change ordered by the court. It's not a fuck-you ad.

Right, R77 like i said way back at r4, but nobody bothers reading anymore.

Sorry, I missed that. Yes, we're both right.

She is gorgeous

Shilo, when I was young I used to call your name When no one else would come Shilo, you always came And we'd play

R77 and R78 the point you’re missing though is that it didn’t have to be the Los Angeles Times. It could have been a much more obscure paper.