Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Cold War is over and they're happily co-parenting since lockdown, claims source
Four years after their very bitter and public divorce, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are finally in a place where they can successfully co-parent their kids without lashing out at each other's throats.
A source told People magazine this week that the 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' costars had a thaw in their relationship amid the coronavirus lockdown, which has helped them become better parents to their half a dozen children, Maddox, 18, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, Knox, 12 and Vivienne, 12.
"They definitely needed help figuring out all the child-custody issues and how Brad could be a dad again," a source said. "Since the kids are older now, they are no longer dealing with separation issues from Angie. It’s taken them a long time, with a lot of family therapy, to get to this point. The younger kids go back and forth between their houses, and Brad loves spending as much time with them as possible. He seems to be much happier."
The report comes after the 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' star was seen pulling out of his former spouse's Los Angeles Home on his motorcycle late last month. It was the first time Pitt was seen at his ex-wife's residence since their split. It was also an early sign suggesting that the relationship between the exes was on the path to healing. While Pitt and Jolie live less than ten minutes apart in Los Angeles, the couple is almost never seen together sans lawyers, post their very public divorce. However, on June 23, the actor dropped by Jolie's home for a two-hour long visit.
Both of them have come a long way from Jolie claiming that Pitt was preventing her from settling abroad with their kids. "I would love to live abroad and will do so as soon as my children are 18," she told Harper's Bazaar late last year for their December/January issue. "Right now I’m having to base where their father chooses to live."
Nevertheless, the 'Maleficent' actress still maintains that splitting up with Pitt was the right decision for her family. Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, Jolie was asked during an interview with Vogue how she continued to have a healthy environment for her kids after separating from their father. She said: “I separated for the wellbeing of my family. It was the right decision. I continue to focus on their healing. Some have taken advantage of my silence, and the children see lies about themselves in the media, but I remind them that they know their own truth and their own minds. In fact, they are six very brave, very strong young people.”
Back in April, the former couple mutually decided that they want their underage kids to have ‘traditional schooling’ instead of being homeschooled. Pitt submitted papers in the Los Angeles County Court informing the judge that he and his ex-wife made an agreement regarding ‘education and transitional support’ for their children. “He had been pushing for it and the children's therapist also recommended. Brad wants the kids to be in a school setting, and not isolated being homeschooled," a source said at the time.