Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt should not have dragged their kids into toxic break-up – it’s bad parenting

BRANGELINA was a huge love story – Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were so desperate to be together that his marriage to Jennifer Aniston made way.

Brad and Angelina’s family of eight, with three adopted and three biological children, were so tightly knitted together they were barely seen apart.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie failed their children by keeping their toxic marriage weazing alongCredit: Getty – Contributor

Pax Jolie-Pitt claims his father Brad Pitt is a ‘world class a**hole’ and made his children ‘tremble with fear’Credit: Getty

When the Hollywood couple got married, Angelina’s dress was even covered in their kids’ artwork.

But fast forward to today and that family unit is shattered with such terrible claims of abuse that if they were jobless Bradley and Angie from Hull instead of Hollywood I’m sure we’d all be looking at them very differently.

This week, an Instagram post full of hatred towards Brad from his teenage son Pax made it clear that their children are paying the price for their fallout — and Brad and Angelina seem to have both failed in their duty to them as decent parents.

It all ripped apart for good in 2016 after 12 years.

In court papers, Angelina recalled an ugly incident on a flight from France to America with their kids.

Before they even boarded she says Brad was aggressive towards her and had a confrontation with one of their children.

On board, she claims there was more abuse, he drunkenly grabbed her by the head and shook her then choked one of their children and struck another when they tried to defend her.

He denies the claims.

The FBI investigated but no charges were brought.

His legal team said he would not accept responsibility for the things he hadn’t done but would for the things he had.

Afterwards he joined AA.

This week 19-year-old Pax’s post emerged having been uploaded on Father’s Day 2020 when he was 16.

He said Brad made his four youngest children “tremble in fear”, was “a world class a**hole” and “despicable”.

He added: “Happy Father’s Day, you f**ing awful human being!!!”

One of Brad’s closest friends fought back on his behalf, saying: “It’s frustrating to see Brad being painted as some kind of ‘bad person’ when it’s far from the truth.”

But I do think he and Angelina have been bad parents because they have allowed their children to become part of their marital dispute.

Gigantic mistakes

It is reported Brad only has a relationship with Pax’s three younger siblings.

We don’t know for sure what these children have seen or heard but, if their brother’s hurt is anything to go by, some of them are clearly bitter, angry and upset.

They have taken sides that should never, ever be there.

Rich or poor, famous or not, London or Los Angeles, all parents fall out, all fail, all make gigantic mistakes, all have rows, all have regrets.

We can’t change that but we can try to correct it.

We can try to control how our children are affected to prevent long- term damage, especially when some of those children are adopted and have already faced rejection once by their birth parents.

Hatred and divorce or separation can often go hand in hand.

Unhappy children don’t need to be part of that, but often they are.

I have seen it so many times among people I know where an angry, bitter parent has bad-mouthed their ex until the kids finally reject one and have nothing to do with them for fear of upsetting the other.

Protecting and loving children to make them secure is the principal job of any parent.

But despite all their wokeness, it is something Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie haven’t done.

I just hope their six children stick together and remain supportive, protective and caring towards each other in a way their parents haven’t.