Family drama. It's no secret to anyone Brad Pitt and his son Maddox Jolie-Pitt have tense relationships since the 55-year-old actor reportedly had an altercation with the 18-year-old plane on a private plane in 2016.
We weekly broke the story of the notorious incident, which would have prompted Angelina Jolie ask for a divorce after two years of marriage and eleven years together as a couple. The stubborn teenager "is very close to Angie," reveals a friend of the family in the current issue of We weekly. According to a second source, although Pitt had legally adopted the boy in 2006 after he fell in love with Jolie on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2004, "Maddox does not really see himself as Brad's son."
Their relationship has continued to be tense since the incident. A Jolie source has already described the Once upon a time in Hollywood star as a "big yellier" when it was children.
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Angelina Jolie and Maddox (picture by James Quinton / WireImage)
NEW YORK – DECEMBER 03: (ITALY OUT, DAILY NEWS OUT, NEW YORK OUT) Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox leave the Antique Showroom located at 6th Avenue after being bought on December 3, 2005 in New York. (Photo by Arnaldo Magnani / Getty Images)
NEW YORK – DECEMBER 04: (ITALY OUT, DAILY NEWS, NY NEWSDAY OUT) Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox leave Westside Whole Food Store on December 4, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Arnaldo Magnani / Getty Images)
MUMBAI, INDIA: American actors Angelina Jolie (left), her daughter Zahara (2L), her husband Brad Pitt (right) and her son Maddox walk on the waterfront promenade in Mumbai on November 12, 2006. Jolie and Pitt are in Mumbai, India. financial center, for the movie "A Mighty Heart", based on the life of murdered Wall Street Journalist Daniel Pearl, in which Jolie plays Marianne, Daniel Pearl's wife. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit must match STR / AFP / Getty Images)
Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox visit a store specializing in the supply of drawing and painting materials, ROGER ET PLE, in Paris. Paris, France.; March 29, 2006; 11045; (Photo by Paul McMullan / Photoshot / Getty Images)
NEW YORK – June 16: Angelina Jolie walks with her daughter Shiloh and her son Maddox on June 16, 2007 in New York. (Photo by Gustavo Caballero / Getty Images)
Chicago – August 12: Angelina Jolie and Maddox visit the Chicago border on August 12, 2007. (Photo by James Devaney / WireImage)
NEW YORK – AUGUST 25: Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Maddox Jolie-Pitt visit the Central Park carousel in New York on August 25, 2007. (Photo by James Devaney / WireImage)
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 19: Actress Angelina Jolie and Maddox Jolie-Pitt pass by a crowd waiting on September 19, 2007 in New York. (Photo by James Devaney / WireImage)
NEW YORK – OCTOBER 10: Angelina Jolie and Maddox Jolie-Pitt in New York on October 10, 2007. (Photo by James Devaney / WireImage)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – DECEMBER 03: Actors Brad Pitt (left), Angelina Jolie and their son Maddox arrive at the premiere of Warner Bros.'s "Invictus". Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Theater, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
Narita, Japan – July 26: The pretty angelina actress with her children maddox, pax, zahara, shiloh are seen at the Narita International Airport on July 26, 2010 in Narita, Japan. (Photo by Jun Sato / WireImage)
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 02: (PACKED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE TABLOID UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER THE CREATION OF DATE AND TIME.MULTINE CREDIT PHOTO OF DAVE M. BENETT / GETTY IMAGES REQUIRES ) (From left to right) Brad Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Pax Jolie-Pitt and Angelina Jolie attend the World Premiere of "World War Z". at the Empire Cinema Leicester Square on June 2, 2013 in London, England. (Photo of Dave M. Benett / WireImage for Paramount)
HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 16: Angelina Jolie, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Brad Pitt arrive at the Board of Governors of the Governor's Awards for the Arts of Cinematography and Science at Dolby Theater on November 16, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz / WireImage)
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and her adopted son Maddox attend the screening of "Maleficent" at Kensington Palace. (Photo of rune hellestad / Corbis via Getty Images)
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie (3rd L) and her children, including Maddox Jolie-Pitt (C), made a press gesture in front of the royal residence for a meeting with Cambodian king Norodom Sihamoni in Siem Reap on February 18, 2017.
Angelina Jolie will unveil her new film on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era on February 18 in the ancient temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, a country in which the star shares a deep affinity with her adopted son Maddox. / AFP / TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should match TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP / Getty Images)
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie (1st L) speaks as her children and the actors of her new film stand on a stage at the premiere of Angelina Jolie's new film "First Bruised My Father" on the Elephant Terrace in the Park from Angkor to Siem Reap in February 18, 2017.
Angelina Jolie unveiled on Saturday her new film about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era in the former temples complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, a country in which the star shares a deep affinity with her Maddox adoptive son. / AFP / STR (Photo credit must match STR / AFP / Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 11: (GD) Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Pax Jolie-Pitt attend the premiere of "They Killed My Father" at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theater on the 11th September 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel / WireImage)
TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 11: Maddox Jolie-Pitt, (left) and Angelina Jolie attend the premiere of "They Killed My Father" at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theater on September 11, 2017 in Toronto. Toronto, Canada. (Photo by J. Merritt / WireImage)
TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 11: Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Pax Jolie-Pitt, Kimhak Mun, Knox Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Zahara Jolie-Pitt and Sareum Srey Moch at 39 The Toronto International Film Festival 2017 – "They Killed My Dad First", premiered at the Princess of Wales Theater on September 11, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel / WireImage)
Angelina Jolie and her children Shiloh Pitt Jolie, Maddox Pitt Jolie, Vivienne Marcheline Pitt Jolie, Pax Thien Pitt Jolie, Zahara Marley Pitt Jolie, Knox Léon Pitt Jolie, visit the Louvre in Paris, France, on January 30, 2017. (Photo by Mehdi Taamallah / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 21: (LR) Shiloh New Jolie-Angel, Pretty, Angelina Jolie, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt, Prune Nourry and Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt attend the evening of inauguration of Doc Fortnight of MoMA, Serendipity Prime Minister of Prune Nourry on February 21, 2019 in New York. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco / Getty Images for the Museum of Modern Art)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 25: Angelina Jolie and her children: Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh New Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt attend "The Boy Who Exploited the Wind" Special screening at the Crosby Street Hotel on February 25, 2019 in New York. (Photo by Monica Schipper / Getty Images for Netflix)
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Pitt was reported to have been intoxicated during the 2016 robbery, which opened the door for investigations by the FBI and the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services. Although the Fury The actor was rid of any wrongdoing, he had to take steps – including attending therapy sessions, attending Alcoholics Anonymous and going through tests of drug and alcohol use – to prove her father's form while Jolie had physical custody of the children.
But for Maddox, it was too little, too late. Even the holidays did not lessen his determination. Last Christmas, Maddox and her brother Pax decided not to open gifts at their father's house with their four younger brothers and sisters. "Maddox refused to go, and Pax did not go either," said a source We at the time. And while Maddox's anger rests in part on his resentment against his adoptive father, another insider notes that he is also a typically independent teenager. "[Maddox and Pax] spend more time with their friends and are busy doing their own work, "says the insider. "They spend less time than before with the younger ones and the family."
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American actors Brad Pitt (left) and Angelina Jolie (right), stars of the new action movie "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", pose with one of the film's producers, Arnon Milchan of New Regency at the premiere of the movie in Los Angeles on June 7, 2005. The movie begins in the United States on Friday. REUTERS / Fred Prouser fsp / TC
Hollywood star Brad Pitt carries the adopted son Maddox, while Angelina Jolie carries the adopted daughter Zahara as they walk past their hotel in Mumbai on November 12, 2006. REUTERS / Prashanth Vishwanathan (INDIA)
Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt embrace at their table at the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on January 27, 2008. REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni (USA)
Angelina Jolie, a cast member, and Brad Pitt, actor, present for the screening of the film "The Exchange" by American director Clint Eastwood at the 61st Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2008. REUTERS / Vincent Kessler (FRANCE)
American actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive with their children at the Narita Airport, near Tokyo, on January 27, 2009. Pitt is in Japan to promote the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". From L-R: Pax, Knox Leon (worn by Pitt), Maddox (obscured), Zahara, Vivienne Marcheline (worn by Jolie) and Shiloh. REUTERS / Toru Hanai (JAPAN) FOR AN IMAGE OF BETTER QUALITY, SEE: GM1E5BB1OIM01
Angelina Jolie, cast member, and actor Brad Pitt attend the premiere of the movie "Salt" at the Grauman Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California on July 19, 2010. The film will open in the US on July 23 . REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
Actors Brad Pitt (right) and Angelina Jolie are seen on Jolie's directorial debut in Budapest on November 8, 2010. Jolie directs her first feature film about a Serb man and a Bosnian woman meeting on the eve of 1992. 95 Bosnian war. REUTERS / Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
The cast member, Brad Pitt, and actress Angelina Jolie arrive on the red carpet for the screening of the movie "The Tree of Life" by director Terrence Malick, in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May 16, 2011. REUTERS / Vincent Kessler (FRANCE – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
American actor Brad Pitt (left) and his partner Angelina Jolie arrive in Tokyo on November 9, 2011 in Tokyo with the premiere of Pitt's Moneyball. REUTERS / Toru Hanai (JAPAN – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT PICTURES OF THE DAY)
Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie leave at the end of the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California on January 29, 2012. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson (USA – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (SAGAWARDS-SHOW)
Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on February 26, 2012. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson (USA – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (OSCARS-ARRIVALS)
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the "Cinema for Peace 2012" charity gala at the 62nd edition of the Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin on February 13, 2012. REUTERS / Andreas Rentz / Pool (GERMANY – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)
An aerial view of Miraval Castle, built in the seventeenth century and belonging to the group of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, was seen in the village of Correns, in the south of France, on August 10, 2012. The rumors of the night are over. a marriage between Brad Pitt and a weekend and a local newspaper denied Angelina Jolie and local authorities said they were unaware of impending marriage marriages. Since Pitt and Jolie announced their engagement earlier this year, there have been rumors that they could get married this summer in their field. REUTERS / Philippe Laurenson (FRANCE – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
The actress and special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie (right), and her partner, actor Brad Pitt, look at photographs of victims of violence at the summit " Stop Sexual Violence in Conflict ", which was held in London on June 12, 2014. REUTERS / Lefteris Pitarakis / Pool (BRITTANY – Tags: SOCIETY CRIME CIVIL LAW UNREST)
The cast member, Brad Pitt, and his fiancé Angelina Jolie arrive in Berlin for the premiere of World War Z in Berlin on June 4, 2013. The film opens in German cinemas on June 27. REUTERS / Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
Hollywood actors Brad Pitt (right) and actress Angelina Jolie (left) arrive with their children Knox (right), Vivienne (left) and Pax (left) at the International Airport. Haneda in Tokyo July 28, 2013. Pitt arrived in Japan on Sunday with Jolie and her children to attend promotional events of her film "World War Z". REUTERS / Issei Kato (JAPAN – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie pose at the Japanese premiere of his movie "World War Z" in Tokyo on July 29, 2013. The film will be screened in Japan on August 10, 2013. REUTERS / Yuya Shino
Angelina Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt and her son Maddox arrive in Hollywood on November 16, 2013 for the 5th Annual Governor of the Arts and Film Awards in Hollywood. She is honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, an Oscar statuette at the ceremony. REUTERS / Fred Prouser (USA – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
The actress Angelina Jolie kisses her partner, actor Brad Pitt, while she has just been announced recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 5th Annual Academy Awards in Film and Television. Governors of Cinema Science at Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, California on November 16, 2013. REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni (USA – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT, TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the British Academy of Film and Arts (BAFTA) awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London on February 16, 2014. REUTERS / Suzanne Plunkett
Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive for a special display of evil costumes at London's Kensington Palace on May 8, 2014. "Maleficent" is Disney's upcoming film starring Jolie and Kensington Palace is the official residence of Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. REUTERS / Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT MODE FASHION SOCIETY ROYALS)
Distribution member Angelina Jolie beckons to actor Brad Pitt's fans when they arrive at the premiere of "Maleficent" at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California on May 28, 2014. The film will be released in the United States on May 30th. REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni
Angelina Jolie (left) and Brad Pitt arrive at the British Academy of Film and Arts (BAFTA) awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London on February 16, 2014. REUTERS / Suzanne Plunkett (BRITTANY – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
Director and cast member Angelina Jolie and her husband and co-star Brad Pitt pose for the "By the Sea" premiere at the 2015 AFI FEST opening night in Hollywood, California, November 5, 2015. The film will open in the US in November 13. REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni
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