Brad Pitt is ‘missing his kids’ over the holidays and feels Christmas ‘won’t be the same’ if he cannot have any time with them, amid his legal battle with their mother Angelina Jolie.

The former couple share three biological children – Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 – as well as their adopted children Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19. 

‘Brangelina’ went public as a couple in 2006 and married in 2014 before splitting in 2016, triggering a bitter feud in the courts over property and child custody.

Pitt is said to be estranged from his children, a number of whom have legally dropped his surname, most recently Shiloh after she turned 18 this May. Pax was then involved in a motorcycle accident in July and Pitt was reportedly unable to even visit him in the hospital.

Now, with Pitt’s 61st birthday approaching on December 18 and Christmas arriving shortly thereafter, he is said to be feeling the sting of the separation especially acutely.

‘Brad is missing his kids and wishes he had a closer relationship with them, particularly with celebrating the holidays and his birthday this month,’ a source informed Page Six.

Brad Pitt is ‘missing his kids’ over the holidays and feels Christmas ‘won’t be the same’ if he cannot have any time with them, amid his legal battle with their mother Angelina Jolie

He is currently two years into a romance with jewelry executive Ines De Ramon, 31, who was previously married to The Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley.

Pitt is said to be ‘thankful he has an amazing partner,’ whom the source described as ‘supportive,’ adding that ‘Brad is looking forward to ringing in the new year with her.’

In May of this year, when Shiloh filed to give up the last name Pitt, an insider had shared: ‘Brad feels like Angelina has turned his kids against him.’ 

Last month, Jolie walked the Governors Awards red carpet with Knox on her arm – in a move that a source said Pitt felt was calculated to ‘push his ʙuттons’ just days after a judge ruled that their legal dispute over their French winery will go to trial.

Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 49, infamously fell in love during the making of their 2005 movie Mr. And Mrs. Smith while he was still married to his first wife Jennifer Aniston. 

Jolie staunchly insisted that they never engaged in an illicit affair, but only struck up their relationship once Pitt separated from Aniston.

Fans around the world began siding with ‘Team Jolie’ or ‘Team Aniston,’ as a furor raged over the love triangle with Pitt at its center. 

Jolie filed for divorce against Pitt in September 2016, after a mysterious dispute on a private plane in the presence of their son Maddox, now 23.  

Pitt and Jolie conceived three children – Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 – and also adopted Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19; Jolie pictured with all six children in 2018

Last month, Jolie walked the Governors Awards red carpet with Knox on her arm – in a move that a source said Pitt felt was calculated to ‘push his ʙuттons’ 

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Early in the proceedings, the FBI looked into allegations that Brad became ‘physical’ with Maddox on the jet, but the investigation was closed with no charges filed.

Jolie allegedly filed a Freedom Of Information Act request as ‘Jane Doe’ in 2021 related to the FBI documents about the fateful 2016 plane ride.

She is said to have dropped her action against the FBI on September 25 this year, according to legal papers obtained by In Touch magazine.

However, in court documents she filed this April in legal dispute over property, Jolie accused Pitt of having been abusive to her ‘well before’ the plane ride. 

Amid the collapse of their marriage, Pitt and Jolie plunged into a rancorous custody battle over their six children, four of whom are now adults.

Pax suffered a terrifying accident in July of this year when he crashed his dirt bike into a car in Los Angeles while not wearing a helmet.

Sources informed DailyMail.com that Jolie was ‘by his side in hospital,’ while ‘Brad is distraught and worried over Pax’s accident, but he is unable to reach him.’

The accident came four years after Pax unleashed an explosive social media rant calling his father a ‘world class a**hole’ and a ‘terrible and despicable person’ who had caused his four younger children to ‘tremble in fear.’

Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 49, fell in love during the making of the 2005 movie Mr. And Mrs. Smith while he was still married to his first wife Jennifer Aniston; Jolie and Pitt pictured in the film

‘Brangelina’ went public as a couple in 2006 and married in 2014 before splitting in 2016, triggering a bitter feud in the courts over property and child custody; pictured in 2009 

Jolie and Pitt are also still engaged in a legal conflict over the Chateau Miraval, the winery they shared as a couple in the South Of France.

The feud over the property stems from the fact Angelina sold her half to Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler for $62 million in 2021, amid her divorce proceedings.

Pitt sued her over the sale, insisting that she was contractually obligated to obtain his consent before offloading her portion of the Chateau Miraval.

Jolie has brought up her abuse allegations and the custody battle over the course of her years-long legal feud with Brad over the Chateau Miraval.

She has asked Pitt to ‘end the fighting’ and drop the winery lawsuit against her so that their family can have a chance to ‘heal.’ 

However sources told DailyMail.com that Pitt has ‘no intention’ of dropping the , claiming that Angelina only asked him to do so after she discovered that her case is weaker than she initially anticipated.

‘Brad is not going to drop this lawsuit – why would he? This was a very standard business dispute but unfortunately, Angelina has consistently introduced personal elements that are meant for a divorce court,’ an insider said.

She is currently at the center of a swirl of dating rumors with the British rapper Akala, 41, whom she has been seen with publicly on multiple occasions.