Insiders think Angelina Jolie may be using son Maddox against Brad Pitt

Hollywood insiders think Angelina Jolie is using her son Maddox to take digs at her ex Brad Pitt amid a still-unresolved divorce.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in 2015. Picture: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

Hollywood insiders think that a recent interview with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s oldest son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, is proof that Jolie, 44, is using the youngster to take digs at her ex amid a still-unresolved divorce.

Maddox, who just started at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, seemed surprisingly forthcoming about his tumultuous private life when confronted by a camera-wielding reporter who turned up on campus last week.

Asked if Pitt, 55, would come to visit him in his new dorm, Maddox replied, “Um, I don’t know about that … what’s happening (with that).”

Angelina Jolie, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Brad Pitt in 2015.

The college freshman also commented on whether or not their relationship was over for good. “Whatever happens, happens,” he said.

He seemed good-natured as he answered questions in the interview, which was produced by Coleman-Rayner, the news agency that famously set up photos with Meghan Markle’s dad, Thomas.

“Maddox seemed prepared for the interview,” said a suspicious insider. “He wasn’t trying to fend off the interviewer — so people in the industry think maybe it’s an effort by Jolie’s camp to stir things up, even though things have been relatively calm.”

Jolie adopted Maddox before meeting Pitt, and the couple went on to adopt two kids together and have three biological children.

Another source told Page Six that Pitt and Maddox had a “very limited relationship”. They are widely reported to have a strained relationship since having a fight aboard a private jet shortly before Jolie filed for divorce in 2016.

Pitt and Jolie met on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith.

Asked about the state of the divorce, which is still pending, a source close to the couple replied: “It’s the same — nothing has changed.”

Pitt is promoting his new movie Ad Astra in Tokyo, while Jolie said she “ugly cried” while dropping off Maddox — who will study biochemistry — at college. She was joined by his siblings and told Extra, “I am very proud of him. He is ready — he’s good.”

Reps were unavailable for comment.

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