Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh takes out newspaper ad announcing she’s dropping Brad Pitt’s last name

Brad Pitt’s daughter Shiloh, whom he shares with ex Angelina Jolie, has landed a savage blow against her famous father in her bid to drop his surname.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh is forging ahead with her plan to remove Pitt from her legal name.

The 18-year-old reportedly took out an ad in the Los Angeles Times to announce she had filed a petition to drop “Pitt” from her surname — a requirement before the court can approve Shiloh’s petition, according to TMZ. In Touch was the first one to report the news.

The teenager is seeking to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie.

Angelina Jolie pictured with daughters Shiloh and Zahara. Picture: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

Shiloh is requesting to drop ‘Pitt’ from her surname, further distancing herself from father Brad Pitt. Picture: Mark Thompson/Getty Images

A rep for the LA Times didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.

Shiloh filed the petition on her 18th birthday in May, insinuating that she doesn’t want to be associated with her famous father amid his brutal divorce battle with the Girl, Interrupted star.

Shiloh reportedly hired and paid for her own lawyer, so “Angie doesn’t know and can’t speak for it.”

However, Pitt insiders question who was really behind the significant move, telling Page Six, “Reasonable people should draw their own conclusions as to who was actually behind it.”

A source also toldPeople that the Ocean’s 11 actor was “aware and upset” about his daughter’s actions.

The Jolie-Pitt clan have stood by mum Angelina Jolie’s side, pictured is Maddox, Vivienne, Zahara, Shiloh and Knox. Picture: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney

“He’s never felt more joy than when she was born. He always wanted a daughter,” the source shared.

“The reminders that he’s lost his children, is of course not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them. It’s very sad.”

In fact, the former couple’s other kids also have dropped his moniker in public settings. Pitt, 60, and Jolie’s eldest, Zahara, made headlines last fall when she proudly shouted her shortened name during an Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority induction ceremony in November 2023.

The Spelman College student screamed, “Zahara Marley Jolie.”

Brad Pitt with children Pax, Shiloh and Maddox in 2014. Picture: AFP/Robyn Beck

Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 16, also denounced her father’s surname when she used Vivienne Jolie in the Playbill for the Broadway adaptation of The Outsiders, which she worked on as an assistant with her 49-year-old mother.

“It’s extremely upsetting,” a Pitt source admitted to Page Six in June of all the name changes, claiming, “She has used the kids as a weapon against Brad … she has separated them from him.

“There is a whole pattern: Any time he has a win in court, she hits back with something to do with the kids.”

The Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood star has been embroiled in a custody battle with Jolie since their 2016 split, and the situation has become exponentially more bitter over the years.

Pitt initially won a 50-50 custody agreement that was sealed for privacy in 2021 but overturned later that year; however, the family’s former security guard Tony Webb alleged in court documents filed in May that Jolie had encouraged the children to “avoid” their father during visits.

The former couple, who were together for 12 years before calling it quits, were declared legally single in 2019.

Their battles over their Chateau Miraval winery and child custody remain ongoing.

This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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