Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: A Courtship That Was Born of a Deception, a Happy Marriage, and an Endless Divorce

In 2004, nearing the age of 30, almost perfect beauty and unblemished sexuality became Angelina Jolie In the imagination of a large number of men. It was almost impossible to escape the spell of this woman who, as Val Kilmer describes her, “is like other women, but better: more beautiful, more knowledgeable, more tragic.” And if there was any doubt, he concluded with “she is a postmodern Madonna, the perfect image of inaccessible stardom and maternal instinct as well as being incredibly elegant”.

Then a producer came up with the idea that if the male fantasy boss starred in a movie with the female fantasy boss, brad pittwould be a hit. that’s how it happened Mr and Mrs Smithfilm, and Brangelina, the romance that would mark an era,

When Angelina met Pitt in 2004, He was married to Jennifer Aniston, Instead, Jolie had already separated from Billy Bob Thorton. Laura Dern was dating Billy Bob Thorton some time ago when she found a magazine for fun and found a double-page photo of her 45-year-old boyfriend marrying 20-year-old Jolie in Las Vegas and sealing their relationship. Got it. Marriage. Engaged with each other’s blood pendants.

Plus, by then Angelina had left her “wild” years behind—when she played with knives and used all kinds of drugs—to enjoy motherhood and some stability. then came Mr and Mrs Smith, and Brad Pitt. The attraction between the two was even more explosive than the explosions in the film. Jennifer did not say anything but she was beginning to feel that something strange was happening with her husband., “There were details, slightly improbable situations, like Brad couldn’t wait to go to work every day,

First photos surfaced of Jolie and Pitt’s meeting April 2005, three months after announcing their separation from K’s Star Friend, The couple were spotted with their young child on a beach in Kenya maddox, He visited Ethiopia, where Jolie adopts second daughter, Zahara Markle, Official confirmation came in December when The actor announced that he would be the adoptive father of two children.,

Brad and Angelina welcome in May 2006 His first biological daughter, Shiloh Nowell, who was born in Namibia, Africa. A year later they adopted Pax Thien, a Vietnamese boy a little over three years old. The family of the parents of four children continued to grow. He Twins Knox Lyons and Vivienne Marcheline were born on 12 July 2008.in the French city of Nice.

Successful, beautiful, supportive, Brangelina’s every move was accompanied by a chain of photographers, willing to do anything to capture the moment and then sell it. Rumors of distress occasionally surfaced, but declarations of love were frequent. Brad announces, “Angie is my soulmate.” They were united and friends. for not entrusting the raising of his six children to nannies and assistants, They agreed not to work on the projects at the same time. While one filmed, the other stayed with their kids,

The idyllic world of Brangelina went through a moment of anguish in 2013. The actress’s mother Marcheline died of ovarian cancer in 2007, and her aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer. Angelina decided to have a preventive double mastectomy, He told the New York Times pitt’s support was needed: “During the surgery, I knew he was with me and nothing was going to happen where he would make me feel less of a woman, because my husband was not going to let that happen. Facing these problems together, talking about them, talking about what it is to be human… I think that can be a beautiful thing.

In 2014, after ten years of living together, the couple decided to get married. On August 23, they passed through the altar in front of their six children and 20 guests. The veil of the wedding dress was designed by the Versace company Interrupted by the pleasant pictures made by each of his children, Brad Pitt wore the suit he had already worn; After all, if you’re Brad Pitt, you don’t have to wear silk. One of his sons lent him his tie because he had forgotten to bring his. The money for the special wedding special photos was donated to charity. The family settled at Château Miraval, an idyllic French vineyard with olive groves, a lake, a moat, fountains and a forest, which they had bought two years earlier and where they started their Miraval wine business .

It seemed that “they were happy and ate pheasants” would go on for an eternity, but no. 12 Years After Brangelina Everything blew up when Jolie filed for divorce, in documents filed with the court The actress alleged “irreconcilable differences” and sought custody of their children, Brangelina breaks down: It’s just that sometimes being the most attractive man in the world, married to the most beautiful woman in the world, isn’t enough to make a marriage successful.

His followers hadn’t even fully grasped the shock of the divorce when it emerged that Pitt was being investigated for alleged physical and verbal abuse of his eldest son, Maddox. While the actor was undergoing rehabilitation treatment, Jolie left the family residence to seek refuge at another location in Malibu. with separation, worthy of scenes Mr and Mrs Smith: The former couple were shot with coarse ammunition. Conflicting allegations, child custody battles, statements and denials,

“It’s not an easy process”, “I’d rather cry in the shower than cry in front of my kids” or “I don’t like being alone, it’s not something I want” were some of Angelina’s phrases. Used to show it true, pain is experienced even in Hollywood. “I am deeply saddened by the separation, but what matters most now is the well-being of our children. I ask the press to give them the space they deserve during these moments,” Brad said.

Far from the model of “conscious separation of the couple” that Gwyneth Paltrow showed when divorcing Chris Martin, Jolie and Pitt began a painful, conflicted, millionaire and so far unending divorce. To carry out the process, Brad hired attorney Lance Spiegel, who represented other celebrities such as Charlie Sheen, Eva Longoria, Michael Jackson or Heather Locklear. Angelina sided with Laura Wasser, the so-called “divorce queen” among celebrities, who has advised Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, Heidi Klum and Johnny Depp.

At first it seemed like a civilized divorce: it was agreed that Jolie would take custody of their children and that her ex-husband could visit them, initially under the supervision of a doctor who would be in charge of deciding whether The meetings may or may not be private afterwards. But in June 2018, new custody rules came in and what had been a covert war till then became a declared war.

The juvenile judge considered it “important that each of the six children have a healthy and strong relationship with their parent,” created a new summer visitation schedule, and warned Angelina that if she didn’t allow them, she would end her life. Custody of children can be lost. a healthy and strong relationship with their father”. It also ruled that Brad could call and text each of his children whenever he wanted, without supervision or interference from the mother. Two months after these measures, Jolie filed an endorsement on Pitt. But the actor denied incurring more than $1.3 million in expenses since their separation and said he loaned his ex-wife $8 million to buy a home.

In response to Brad’s response, Wasser Stopped Representing the Actress Because “She Is Making the Divorce Way More Complicated Than It Needs”, Through her new attorney, Samantha Bailey DeJean, Angelina responded to her ex-husband that “the debt, in any case, is not child support and to portray it as such is misleading and inaccurate.”

Another battle began in 2020 when Angelina Jolie asked for the removal of John W. Ouderkier, the judge in charge of the divorce. Alleged affair with Brad Pitt, as he worked with one of the actor’s lawyers. Your request has been declined. In early 2021 and before the final stages of a custody solution, Angelina returned to accuse her ex-husband of gender-based violence and child abuse while requesting shared parenting. Angelina questioned the judge’s decision, who eventually recused from the case. Pitt failed to win joint custody of their children,

Another front in this battle is the properties that the couple had in common. Their combined wealth reached $400 million, much of it from properties around the world that they had acquired over the years, such as a Hollywood home worth $1.7 million, a residence at the famous Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York and New Orleans. Another accommodation. But there’s no doubt that the most spectacular property was Château Miraval, a villa in the French countryside, which he bought in 2008 for $27 million, turning it into his family residence and a lucrative wine venture.

Today the property they chose for their wedding is the center of controversy. Angelina accused Brad of trying to “rob” Miraval as well as gain complete control of the vineyard and all of its properties, and He sold his share to Yuri Scheffler, a Russian billionaire who had no problem paying the $67 million., Faced with this new “partner”, Pitt sued Jolie, arguing that the sale was illegal, because at the time the two of them bought Miraval, the ex-partner would have signed an agreement that contained no The party could not sell his share without his consent. Other.

Jolie denied that this contract existed, and Paul Murphy, one of her attorneys, assured that Pitt refused to accept Scheffler’s purchase because he refused to keep quiet after the violence. , According to her allegations, she was particularly tormented by Pitt, the incident on the plane when the actor hit his children and his wife in a drunken state. Apart from this, he also demanded damages of $ 350 million.

With lawyers billing between $1,000 and $1,500 per hour, the actor is starring in one of Hollywood’s most expensive and complicated divorces today. at one point in the movie Mr and Mrs Smith one of the characters claims that “Happy Endings Are Endless Stories”, Rereading Pitt and Jolie’s separation, it can be said without error that their divorce is an incomplete story,

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