Angelina Jolie’s estranged father Jon Voight has pleaded for her ex Brad Pitt to end their ‘nonsense’ eight year divorce battle for their children’s sake.
Voight, 85, who last month slammed Jolie’s political views, told Fox News Digital that he wished pair could ‘find a way to make peace’ – just days after Pitt’s daughter Shiloh officially dropped his surname.
He said: ‘You know, I think the kids need some stability. I love the kids, and I love my daughter. And I want Brad to step up to do, you know, what he has to do. End this nonsense.
He added that he ‘doesn’t talk to his grandchildren as much as [he’d] like.’
Pitt and Jolie share six children – and split in 2016 – yet their divorce – including a contentious battle over a vineyard – has kept their split drama rumbling on.
Angelina Jolie’s estranged father Jon Voight has pleaded for her ex Brad Pitt to end their ‘nonsense’ eight year divorce battle for their children’s sake – pictured 2001
Voight, 85, who last month slammed Jolie’s political view s, told Fox News Digital that he wished pair could ‘find a way to make peace’ – just days after Pitt’s daughter Shiloh officially dropped his surname; seen in January 2023 in Paris
In July Voight claimed his daughter’s views on the Israel-Hamas war have been ‘influenced by anti-Semitic people’ during a fiery interview with Variety.
‘She has been exposed to propaganda,’ right-wing pro-Israel firebrand Voight said. ‘She’s been influenced by anti-Semitic people.
‘Angie has a connection to the U.N., and she’s enjoyed speaking out for refugees. But these people are not refugees.’Â
Although the father-daughter duo have had moments of reconciliation throughout their strained relationship, they have also experienced many turbulent moments that have led to them becoming estranged.
But Voight’s latest incendiary comment came less than a month after he said he was ‘proud’ of Jolie and his granddaughter Vivienne after they stole the spotlight at the 2024 Tony Awards with their remarkable victory.Â
The mother-daughter duo produced the musical The Outsiders, which won four trophies, including the top honor of Best Musical.Â
‘I’m very proud of Vivienne,’ Oscar winner Voight, 85, told TMZÂ afterward. ‘I’m really proud of Angie because she really tries to encourage each of the kids to be what they want to be.’Â Â
He said: ‘ You know, I think the kids need some stability. I love the kids, and I love my daughter. And I want Brad to step up to do, you know, what he has to do. End this nonsense’ – pictured 2015
In July Voight claimed his daughter’s views on the Israel-Hamas war have been ‘influenced by anti-Semitic people’ during a fiery interview with Variety – pictured August 2024
Brad Pitt ‘s daughter Shiloh Jolie has officially and legally dropped her father’s surname. – pictured with mom Angelina Jolie in 2021
Shiloh, who hired and paid for her own lawyer when she filed to drop the Pitt name on her 18th birthday in May, filed to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie.
TMZ reports there was no formal hearing for the name change – with the petition granted on Monday, per official court documents.
Last month Shiloh took out a newspaper ad marking the name change – which  is a standard step before the court would approve a name change.
The notice also stated anyone who had objections to the petition should show up in court.
A source close to the matter told Dailymail.com last month: ‘Shiloh hired her own lawyer and paid for it herself, so Angie doesn’t know and can’t speak for it.Â
‘But, if you’re asking if this is connected to the abuse history or the violation of Shiloh’s victims rights, yes, that’s part of it.’
The revelation that Shiloh paid herself suggests that the ugly spat between former couple Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 48, may still rumble on in the form of legal action from the six children the couple once shared.Â
There have been long custody battles which ended eventually in a victory for Pitt, who got 50-50 custody in 2021 only to have it overturned on appeal.
He’s had a judge intervene to tell Angelina she mustn’t listen in on his mobile phone calls with the children. The judge has also ordered ‘reunification therapy’ for Pitt and the kids.
The actor set up a skate park in his home for Shiloh, and more recently an art studio to reflect their common interest in art.
He’s sent cars and security to ferry the children from her home to his whenever there is an allotted custody visit. Sadly, none of it has brought them closer.
In fact son Pax said in an Instagram post in 2016 that all four of the youngest children – that’s including Shiloh – ‘tremble with fear in his presence.’ The two elder ones were at that point already declining point blank to see him.
The current situation has seen the children – Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh 18, and Knox and Vivienne, 16 – form a tight gang of seven with his former wife.
Shiloh, who hired and paid for her own lawyer when she filed to drop the Pitt name on her 18th birthday in May, filed to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie, per the newspaper notice last month – pictured 2021Â
The current situation has seen the children – Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh 18, and Knox and Vivienne, 16 – form a tight gang of seven with his former wife
Pitt has been involved in an ongoing divorce battle for years, seemingly stemming from a 2016 incident on a plane in which Jolie accused Pitt of assaulting her; the family seen in 2011
A central issue seems to be a notorious private jet confrontation in 2016.
An FBI report on the incident, which was published in 2022, saw Jolie accuse Pitt of physical assault while flying to California in 2016. She claimed that he was intoxicated and that he grabbed her by the head and shook her, and later pushed her down, as part of a confrontation allegedly related to their children.
Jolie told the FBI that Pitt told the children that she was ‘f***ing up this family,’ and she said he punched the ceiling of the airplane four times.Â
She claimed that at one point he poured beer on her and a blanket she was under with multiple children.Â
Source close to Pitt later claimed that he never hit any of the children, though they admitted that he had been drinking.Â
This comes amid recent claims that Pitt and Jolie’s divorce – which has now dragged on for eight years – is still ongoing as neither of the stars can ‘let it go.
A source told People ‘their disagreements took over’ in the relationship, adding that things ‘turned nasty and it was not a good situation for anyone.’
‘All the bitterness is partly why the divorce has dragged on for so many years. Neither will let it go. You’d think they would be over it and just settle.’
Angelina Jolie, pictured in April 2024, has been blamed for widening the rift between her daughter and ex-husbandÂ
A separate insider said: ‘Both of them were having issues with each other. The differences added up over time. It’s really sad for the children, but also the parents. Divorce, especially one so high-profile, can be challenging for the whole family.
‘They both care. They both care about the children.’
Pitt and Jolie began dating publicly shortly after he and his then-wife Jennifer Aniston announced their divorce in 2005.Â
The Mr. And Mrs. Smith costars remained unmarried for years despite having multiple adopted and biological children together, but they got engaged in 2012 and finally tied the knot in 2014.
However, it was only around two years later when the Maleficent actress filed for divorce in 2016. She and Pitt were declared legally single in 2019.
Pitt is now dating Ines de Ramon, 35.
