The website also reports that Pitt feels like Jolie has put their children at risk by starting the rhetoric of acrimony as they have now become a prime target for the paparazzi. “Maybe because he could have been spending the last 12 years at Lake Como hanging out with George Clooney and Matt Damon instead of being stuck in a house with 85 kids speaking 15 different languages”, the comedienne went on, referring to the former super-couple’s children, some of whom are adopted.
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Another insider added: “He is emotionally torn”.
Despite claims Brad only found out on Monday about the divorce, their marriage is said to have been on the rocks for some time. He was willing to do whatever it took to save the marriage and didn’t know Angelina had already given up on it. He wanted a low-key split for the benefit of the children. “He didn’t want it to play out publicly”. There is a commitment from both sides to look out for and protect the children.
“His first instinct was how were they going to protect the kids during the divorce”.
The source added that Jolie filed so fast that Pitt didn’t even have time to get a lawyer.
Brad said in a statement about the break-up: “I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of our kids. I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time”.
According to several concertgoers, the platinum-selling British crooner was visibly upset over the breakup news as she called the A-listers’ divorce “the end of an era”. “She will not be commenting at this time and asks that the family be given their privacy during this hard time”.
“Angelina will always do what’s in the best interest of taking care of her family”, Geyer Kosinski, Jolie’s manager, told E!
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Wasser – who is joining forces with Robert Offer, Jolie’s longtime personal attorney, to represent the Maleficent actress, 41, in court – most recently represented Johnny Depp in his divorce from Amber Heard. She will not be commenting at this time, and asks that the family be given their privacy during this hard time.
