The Sad Reason Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Divorce Has Yet to Be Finalized
People has obtained a statement from Brad Pitt saying this, I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well being of ours kids. I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time. Angelina Jolie also releasing a statement, her camp released a statement saying Angelina Jolie Pitt Has filed for dissolution of the marriage. This decision was made for the health of the family. She will not be commenting at this time, and asks that the family be given their privacy during this difficult time. I'm joined now by Kate Coin. Kate, thank you for being here. Let's talk about this. What do we know so far about the story? We've got the statements there What else do we know? I mean, it's a huge shock to everybody. Including people like me who have been watching this couple closely since they first got together. You know, when a couple has been together for as, Many years as they have. Even though they were only married for two years, they've obviously been together for a very long time. Six children together. You think that, in this day and age, everyone's jaded about a Hollywood romance, and yet everyone does seem genuinely Stunned by this news. There reports that the trigger here was a conflict over their children that Angelina is now asking for custody of their kids. Let's talk about that, the break down in their statements. Yeah so this is actually contained within the divorce filing and what she's asking for is essentially sole physical custody. She's coinciding joint Legal custody. So they will both have the same amount of rights to make decisions about the children's future, about their schooling, about medical leads, about anything like that, they would be legally equal. But in terms of physical custody She is asking for that to be hers alone. And before people read too much into that, some of that may simply have to do with the lives they lead. She travels a lot. She still makes films. She's directing more and more. She goes on a lot of humanitarian missions. And if she is unable to bring her children with her, To accommodate her hectic schedule, it might be hard to do a sort of standard joint custody, one week with dad, one week with mom agreement. [CROSSTALK] So, when mom and dad are all over the place and so Her thinking may well be, one person has to have the main physical custody because they are going to have to adapt to wherever I'm going and what I'm doing and we'll work out visitation with the other side whenever possible.>>All right, that makes sense Brad and Angelina, you know, anyone who, like you have reported on them for quite some time They know how to deal with the intensity of the spotlight, right, as a power couple in the public eye. When it comes to their family they know how to keep a lid on things when they want. They release little bits here and there when they so choose. Their wedding was the best kept secret in the world. So what do we predict in terms of how information about. Their divorce. And as this rolls out, do you think they'll be pretty tight lipped? Will this be something that they continue to come out with more statements? Or- I think in the wake of this news they will control the information very very carefully. These are not people who, if you look back, for instance on the end of Brad's marriage to Jennifer Aniston Here they each gave statements about their sadness through like what's happening here. And it wasn't for quite sometime until everybody involved including Angelina ultimately gave lengthier interviews in which they let some information slip out about falling in love on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith or You know, just how Brad had felt like he wasn't really being true to himself in his first marriage. These are little morsels that they let drop much later and overtime. And so, you know, I think eventually people did get a pretty clear sense What had happened in let's say Brad and Jennifer Anniston's marriage but it took years and years in the making until everybody felt comfortable and Sure. Had enough of distance to talk about it. And so I think it that it wouldn't be surprising. I mean this will not be. The Johnny Depp divorce. There will not be mud slinging, there will not be crazy wild accusations being made in the immediate moment. I think people might try to make some accusations, outsiders, cuz everybody wants a smoking gun. Right, of course. Everyone wants to point at something. But I do think in the short term what we will consistently hear from From both of their camps is that you know this is a parting of the ways and it's a sad one but it's not necessarily catastrophic.
Do you remember where you were when you heard that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were getting divorced? Of course you do—we all do.
The couple rocked the world in fall 2016 when news broke, and though nearly two years have passed, the red tape on their legal proceedings is still keeping their “marriage” in limbo.
According to a source at E! News, the hold up is due in part to a prolonged disagreement concerning custody of their six children (Maddox, 16, Pax, 14, Zahara, 13, Shiloh, 11, Knox, 9, and Vivienne, 9).
“The latest issue is that Angelina wants to film [Maleficent 2] in Europe for months and take all six kids with her for the duration of the shoot," the source shared. "Brad is opposed to that and is blocking it from happening. Brad will be filming in L.A. for the summer and wants to see the kids on his regular custody schedule."
Obviously, neither party is pleased with the situation. E!’s insider reveals that Jolie is “furious,” while Pitt is “not OK with his kids being away for months,” and feels that it’s in the children’s best interests to stay at their “home base” of Los Angeles.
RELATED: 5 Things to Know About Brad Pitt's MIT Professor Friend Neri Oxman
That being said, Jolie is not completely restricted from traveling with her children. The actress and humanitarian brought Shiloh and Zahara with her to visit a refugee camp in Jordan this past January, and all six Jolie-Pitts joined her in Paris later that month.
“[Angelina] is free to travel for shorter periods of time,” the source clarified, “ Brad isn’t opposed to that. But she can’t leave with the kids for several months.”
If only for our own selfish reasons, we hope they find closure soon.
