Why are Brad Pitt’s children distancing themselves from him as another drops his name

Brad Pitt’s children are one by one changing their names from Pitt to Jolie (Picture: WireImage/Getty/Metro.co.uk)

Brad Pitt’s relationship with his children appears to have grown increasingly fractured since his and Angelina Jolie’s 2016 split.

The Babylon actor 60, and the Maleficent actress, 48, share six children: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 20, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 18, having adopted the eldest three.

But slowly his children – who all began with Pitt as their surname – are <...