The rift in Brad Pitt’s family has reached the point of no return. In what represents one of the most devastating and public blows for the Hollywood actor, his daughter Zahara has made the legal and definitive decision to completely remove the surname “Pitt” from her official documents, legally adopting only her mother’s: Zahara Marley Jolie.
The 21-year-old student at the prestigious Spelman College not only completed the paperwork in court, but had already shouted her position from the rooftops during her university introduction, proudly exclaiming in front of hundreds of people: “My name is Zahara Marley Jolie!”, making it clear that in her personal and academic life, her father’s surname had already been completely erased.
With this decision, Zahara officially becomes the third of the six siblings to publicly erase the Pitt surname, joining the drastic legal step her sister Shiloh took upon turning 18 and the estrangement of Vivienne and Maddox, who also removed “Pitt” from their theater and professional credits.
What began as a quiet distance following the controversial airplane incident in 2016 has turned into a systematic boycott by the young people against their biological and adoptive father, sparking a fierce debate in the entertainment world.
Do you consider the young people’s stance a mature way of forging their own path, or the sad result of the bitter legal battle that unfolded after the divorce?