Pax Keeps Brad's Side of Family Close While Siblings Distance Themselves

Family loyalty doesn’t always run in a straight line—and the Pitt-Jolie household is living proof of that reality.

While his siblings have made headlines recently by publicly distancing themselves from Brad Pitt, Pax Jolie-Pitt is taking a different path. The son of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie recently attended a family dinner celebrating his cousin Sydney Pitt’s engagement to Archimede Jerome, where he spent time with Brad’s side of the family including Brad’s sister Julie Pitt Neal, niece Reagan Pitt, and other relatives. It’s a quiet but telling gesture in a family increasingly fractured by the fallout of his parents’years-long divorce.

Here’s where it gets complicated: Pax is maintaining these family ties even though he reportedly doesn’t have much of a relationship with Brad himself. He’s choosing connection with his dad’s extended family while keeping distance from his dad—a nuanced middle ground that sets him apart from his siblings. Zahara, Shiloh, and Maddox have filed paperwork to drop“Pitt”from their names in public settings, while Vivienne already goes by“Jolie.”The message from the rest of the brood has been clear: Team Angelina.

The family split hasn’t been subtle. Multiple of Brad’s children have publicly distanced themselves from the actor in recent years, making their allegiance to their mother unmistakable as the divorce battle finally wrapped up in late 2024. That kind of public rejection stings, and it frames Pax’s choice to stay connected to Brad’s relatives in an even sharper light. He’s not joining the full-on family exodus.

What makes this story interesting isn’t the gossip—it’s what it reveals about how families navigate loyalty after a split. Pax is writing his own script, staying loyal to people without necessarily staying loyal to the person those people are connected to. In a family where taking sides seems inevitable, he’s found a third way: keeping his doors open to his dad’s family while maintaining his own boundaries. It’s messy, it’s complicated, and it’s probably the most honest thing any of them could do.