It has been one of the most commented news in recent hours, even above other information that has to do with political or international news. The journalistic earthquake has arrived this Tuesday with the confirmation of the request for divorce by Angelina Jolie to her husband after two years of marriage and twelve of coexistence. A family lawyer confirmed the separation in different media, alleging "the well-being of the family" as the main reason, which gives a first clue about the causes of the decision, more linked to terms of coexistence and family unity, than not to third people in the life of a Brad Pitt who, by the way, in recent months had not been spared from rumors of infidelity.
According to some media such as the Daily Mail, the
41-year-old actress had run out of patience with how Pitt related to her
children. The couple have three biological children together, twins Vivienne
and Knox Leon, aged eight, and Shiloh, aged ten. The actress, who had
already adopted Maddox, did the same, already in the company of the actor,
with Zahara and Pax Thien. For the interpreter, the family has always been
above everything, even her work, a way of life that, apparently, was not
fully shared by her husband, who did not spend much time with them and, when
he did, he had little patience.
And it is that according to a source close to the couple quoted
by the Daily Mail, Brad Pitt had a problem with his character as a result of
his addiction to smoking weed and consuming alcohol, something that Jolie
did not see favorably either, especially when his anger had their children
as victims. As in any separation that is provided, there is usually not a
single cause involved in making the decision to divorce, unless there is a
chapter of infidelity involved, something that the actor does not seem to
get rid of either. Angelina Jolie herself hired, according to the New York
Post, a private detective when she found out that her husband could have a
secret affair with actress Marion Cotillard, with whom she has just shot the
movie Aliados, a drama about the Second World War. The French interpreter
has been married for seven years to the French director and actor Guillaume
Canet with whom she has a six-year-old son in common. The actor had also
been linked to the singer and actress Selena Gómez, although Jolie herself
did not give credibility to this information.
Rumors about a possible separation of one of the most
established couples in Hollywood already came from afar. The Brangelina
binomial, as the couple is popularly known, was not going through its best
moments and there were constant leaks to the press about new dalliances or
moments of crisis. One of those that transcended the most was Jolie's anger
with Pitt when she found out that he had called her ex-wife, Jennifer
Aniston, to show her support after the death of her father. The actress did
not take this contact well and she accused her husband of acting behind her
back. Some media announced after this chapter that the couple had not lived
together for days, although other sources close to the marriage were
responsible for denying it.
What is clear is that the divorce process can be very
complicated, since Angelina and Brad signed a prenuptial agreement by which
in case of divorce due to infidelity of one of the spouses, the 'infidel'
would relinquish custody of the six children of the couple. According to the
details revealed in the last hours, and according to the TMZ publication, in
the separation papers, September 15, 2016 appears as the official date of
the separation. The actress wants the guardianship and custody of the six
children, so Pitt would only have the legal right to see them, a decision
that also fuels the rumor of a breakup due to infidelity, since he would
like to enforce the aforementioned prenuptial contract. American media speak
of an expensive divorce close to 480 million dollars to discuss the
distribution, something that would have previously stopped the decision of
separation.
Angelina Jolie's relationship with her mother-in-law,
Jane Pitt, had not been as good as expected either. According to her, it had
also transpired on some occasion in the gossip press, the interpreter could
not stand the way Pitt's mother dressed Shiloh, with fairy and princess
dresses that took the actress out of her boxes. Beyond aesthetics, there
were also political differences between the two: Jane sent a letter to a
newspaper asking people not to vote for Barack Obama because he supports
same-sex marriages, something that Jolie did not take well either,
considering that she was giving a bad example to their grandchildren.
This will be the third divorce for Jolie, who was previously
married to actor Johnny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton. In the case of
Pitt, 52, it will be her second separation after breaking her contract with
him.Also actress Jennifer Aniston after coinciding with Jolie on the set of
the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
