Has Brad Pitt Been Cheating With Co-Star Marion Cotillard? Claims Angelina Jolie Hired a PI to Expose Affair as She Files For Divorce Over 'His Anger Issues, Substance Abuse and Parenting Style'
- Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt after 12 years together and two years of marriage
- The actress cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and is asking for physical custody of the couple's six children
- Jolie, 41, was reportedly upset with the way Pitt was parenting the children
- A source also claims Jolie became 'fed up' with Pitt's consumption of 'weed and possibly alcohol' mixed with his 'anger problem'
- Another report claims that Jolie filed for divorce after hiring a private eye who learned he had been having an affair with Marion Cotillard
- This will be the third divorce for Jolie, who was previously married to actors Johnny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton
- It is the second divorce for Pitt, 52, who split with first wife Jennifer Aniston after meeting Jolie on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Daily Mail UK, 20 September 2016
Angelina Jolie filed divorce papers on Monday citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and asking for physical custody of the couple's six children, TMZ reported. A source close to the pair, who have been together for more than 10 years, said Jolie, 41, made the decision to file because of the way 'Brad was parenting the children,' adding that 'she was extremely upset with his methods.'
That same source claims Jolie became 'fed up' with Pitt's consumption of 'weed and possibly alcohol' mixed with his 'anger problem.' Pictures taken in Sydney, Australia, in November, 2015, (left) show the couple in a tense argument on a balcony.
Pitt, 52, is also rumoured to have been having an affair with co-star Marion Cotillard, 40, for months during the pair's filming of the World War II drama in London (pair pictured right on set).
The last time Pitt and Jolie were seen together was in July, when they took their twins, Vivienne and Knox, out for a birthday breakfast in Hollywood. They were promoting their film, By the Sea, at the time.
They began dating in 2004, but did not get married until August 2014. This will be the third divorce for Jolie, who was previously married to Elementary star Johnny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton. Pitt's first marriage to actress Jennifer Aniston ended in 2005 as a result of his relationship with Jolie, who he met on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
However that it was after Jolie learned through a private eye that Pitt was cheating on her with Marion Cotillard on the set of their new film Allied that she made the decision to split from the actor.
Cotillard has been in a relationship with actor and writer Guillaume Canet since 2007, and the couple have a 4-year-old son.
Done: Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt (couple above in November 2015 at their last public appearance together)
Tense moment: A source also claims Jolie became 'fed up' with Pitt's consumption of 'weed and possibly alcohol' mixed with his 'anger problem' (couple above in November in Sydney)
Kids first: Jolie was also reportedly upset with the way Pitt was parenting the children
Jolie, who is being repped by Laura Wasser, is not asking for spousal support in the divorce.
Wasser most recently represented Johnny Depp in his divorce from Amber Heard.
Jolie has listed the separation date as September 15, 2016 , just last Thursday.
The couple had not been seen together in months and were last photographed at a event together in November of last year while promoting their film By The Sea.
An attorney for Jolie, Robert Offer, said Tuesday in a statement that she has filed for the dissolution of the marriage 'for the health of the family.'
He then added: 'She will not be commenting, and asks that the family be given its privacy at this time.'
Jolie's manager Geyer Kosinski also released a statement, saying: 'Angelina will always do what's in the best interest to protect her children.
'She appreciates everyone's understanding of their need for privacy at this time.'
Pitt and Cottilard have yet to respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com.
‘I could say the divorce announcement is a shock, but it’s not,’ a long-time friend of Brad and Angelina told DailyMail.com.
‘This divorce deal has been brewing for a long time.’
The friend said it wasn’t long after the couple tied the knot in 2014 that cracks began to show in their 12-year-long relationship.
‘When Angelina underwent her mastectomy in 2013, her health and life in general became a priority for her,’ added the source.
‘Her views on life changed. Suddenly she saw herself walking in her late mother’s shoes - and she was no longer that wild, fun loving woman she used to be, she was taking things a lot more seriously.
Her mom, Marcheline Bertrand, who died of ovarian cancer in 2007, had always been Angelina’s biggest influence, friends say.
‘Brad was supportive, and wanted to be there for her, so they decided to marry – more for the sake of their six children than themselves. They wanted the kids to have the security of knowing their parents were committed because they had been very affected by the their mom’s ill health.’
But it was not long after the wedding, that things began to change for the couple.
‘Angelina wasn’t into wasting time on frivolous. Brad felt it was important for them to live life to the fullest, but as the months passed, Angelina seemed to withdraw, making the children and her work with the UN a priority.
‘Angelina wasn’t really interested in doing any project that took her away from the children and home, but Brad was still wanting the wanderlust, adventure-filled life that first attracted him to her.’
Out and about: Cotillard was spotted at the premiere of her film Juste La Fin Du Monde in Paris last week
The friend said that the underlying reasons behind the Pitt-Jolie split are the same that caused him to divorce Jennifer Aniston — ‘he was bored stiff with the sedate, quiet lifestyle they were leading.
‘When he was with Jennifer, it was Angelina who provided the excitement that was missing in his life. But when Angelina shifted gears and became more serious – that wasn’t what Brad thought he was buying into.’
Pitt also wanted to continue tinkering with building work on Chateau Miraval, their sprawling home in the South of France, but Jolie was content with it as it was and ‘wanted to just sit back and enjoy the life they had created.’
And Pitt had thrown himself back into acting, with six projects since their marriage He is also about to start on a sequel to World War Z which will again take him away from his wife and children
‘Angelina did not approve of this movie because she knew it would once again take him away from her and the family when she felt they needed to spend more time together,’ said the friend.
Pitt, who dabbles in architecture — he designed more than 100 homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina — had also signed papers to star work on a $1.5 billion resort project in Croatia. ‘He’s a huge part of the planning. He can’t wait to get started,’ said the friend.
The Croatia project allowed him to meet some of the world’s leading architects and learn from them, said the friend. Pitt traveled to Zablace on the Dalmatian coast earlier this month
‘For the past year Brad and Angelina have been leading separate lives. He’s always flying off to one place or another, while she stays home with the kids. With each month that passed, Brad and Angelina grew further apart,’ said the source, ‘Friends have been predicting tha tdivorce was on the horizon.
‘Now it’s come to pass, and it’s no surprise.’
This will be the third divorce for Jolie, who was previously married to Elementary star Johnny Lee Miller for three years after the pair met on the set of the film Hackers.
She later wed Billy Bob Thornton just two months after the pair began dating when they met on the set of Pushing Tin.
Thornton had been engaged to actress Laura Dern at the time.
Pitt's first marriage to actress Jennifer Aniston ended in 2005, with rumors swirling at the time that it was because of his relationship with Joilie, who he met when the two worked on the 2005 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Moving forward: The actress cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and is asking for physical custody of the couple's six children (couple in July with daughter Shiloh, the last time they were seen together)
The split comes less than a year after the two released By the Sea, which told the story of an unhappily married couple.
Jolie directed and starred in the film alongside Pitt, and admitted how difficult the shoot was at times.
'It was our way of testing ourselves. We knew that if we could get through this, we'd come out even stronger and happier. And we did,' she said of making the film.
'We've always liked putting ourselves through challenges, even though it was maybe a little more dangerous for us as a couple.'
She then added: 'I don't think we want to go through it again though.'
Jolie also said in an interview while promoting the film: 'To be clear: we have fights and problems like any other couple. We have days when we drive each other absolutely mad and want space, but the problems in the movie aren’t our specific problems.'
In another interview Jolie said of the unhappy couple at the center of the film, player by herself and Pitt: 'It almost makes you get past those issues because you can laugh at them.
'You do a film about bad marriage and you witness that behavior. You study it, you let it out, you attack each other and then you just want to hold each other and make sure you never behave that way.'
The two also said that the filming of the movie on Malta served as their honeymoon.
In the beginning: Jolie and Pitt met in 2004 while filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith (above)
Family first: Pax, Brad, Angelina, Zahara, Knox, Shiloh and Maddox at the 2014 premiere of Maleficent
Jolie adopted her first son Maddox in March 2002, two years before she met Pitt on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith back in 2004.
The film was originally set to star Nicole Kidman, but the actress dropped out at the last second.
The couple denied that they were together, even after US Weekly ran photos in August 2005 of the two playing with Maddox at their rented villa on Diani Beach, Kenya.
It was later revealed that Pitt, 52, had been by Jolie's side one month prior when she adopted daughter Zahara from a orphanage Ethiopia.
Soon after this is when Pitt formally adopted Jolie's son Maddox, with the children changing their surname to Jolie-Pitt.
The pair finally announced they were together in 2006 after Jolie became pregnant with Pitt's child.
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt was born in May 2006 in Namibia, with the couple choosing to give birth in Africa to avoid a press frenzy.
The following March the couple adopted again, this time travelling to Vietnam and adding 3-year-old Pax Thien as the newest member of the family.
Jolie then became pregnant once more, confirming in May 2008 that the couple was expecting twins.
Knox and Vivienne were born in July of that year, with the first photos of the two selling for an astounding $14 million in a deal between Hello and People.
The two held off on getting married however, but said in interviews that their six children wanted them to tie the knot.
They finally revealed that they were engaged in April 2012, and were married a little over two years later in August 2014.
During that time, Jolie secretly underwent a double mastectomy in February 2013 after discovering she had a defective BRCA-1 gene that put her at high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers.
Jolie later had her ovaries removed in early 2015, something she spoke about last November with NBC's Tom Brokaw in her first joint interview with Pitt in over a decade.
In that interview, Jolie praised Pitt for his support while she underwent the two procedures.
'I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn't something where I was going to feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn't going to let that happen,' said Jolie.
Pitt meanwhile said he would do ‘whatever's got to be done to keep the family together, and keep the family together as long as possible is going to be done.’
He then added: ‘This was her charge, no question. It's a scary decision. There's many things that can go wrong and go many different directions.’
The couple's wedding took place at Chateau Miraval, their home in France.
The secret ceremony featured only their six children, and Jolie wore a custom Versace dress which feature drawings done by her sons and daughters.
Exes: This will be the third divorce for Jolie, who was previously married to actors Johnny Lee Miller (top in 1998) and Billy Bob Thornton ( in 2002)
They do: Pitt and Jolie's wedding ceremony featured only their six children, and Jolie wore a custom Versace dress which feature drawings done by her sons and daughters.
Weighing in: 'It’s very sad. Something very serious must have happened for Angelina to make a decision like this,' said Jolie's father John Voight (pair above in 2001, Jolie with brother James Haven on right at the Academy Awards in 2000)
Jolie's actor father Jon Voight spoke about his daughter's high-profile split in an interview on Tuesday.
'It’s very sad. Something very serious must have happened for Angelina to make a decision like this,' said Voight.
He then added: 'I am concerned for Angie and the children, and hopefully I’ll be seeing them very soon.'
A source close to Pitt told The Sun: 'There have been rumors around the status of the relationship for years, but they are now very much in turmoil and it is hard to see a way out.'
The source went on to say: 'There have been a constant string of arguments about their future and their children.
'The marriage is in crisis and friends doubt it will survive, although Brad and Angelina are both committed to do as much as they can to stay together for the sake of the kids while they are still young.
'They have come through a lot before and somehow managed to keep up appearances but Brad thinks this time is different.'
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BRANGELINA - A TIMELINE OF A VERY HOLLYWOOD ROMANCE
May 2004 : Although Brad is married to Jennifer Aniston at the time, rumours of an on-set romance swirl after Pitt and Angelina Jolie start filming Mr & Mrs Smith.
January 2005 : Brad and Jennifer announce in a joint statement that after 'much thoughtful consideration' they had decided to split. They add: 'We happily remain committed and caring friends with great love and admiration for one another.'
March 2005 : Jennifer files for divorce citing 'irreconcilable differences' as speculation about Brad and Angelina's romance continued.
April 2005 : Brad and Angelina's relationship is confirmed after paparazzi photographs of them on holiday in Kenya with her son Maddox surfaced. They have yet to speak publicly about it.
July 2005 : Jennifer is reportedly left heartbroken when Brad and Angelina take part in a revealing photoshoot for W magazine entitled Domestic Bliss. The photo essay shows them as a couple with children. Later that month Angelina adopts her second child, daughter Zahara, from Ethiopia.
September 2005 : Jennifer slams Brad as having a 'sensitivity chip missing' following the W photo shoot, which he brainstormed.
October 2005 : Brad and Aniston's divorce is finalized.
January 2006 : Angelina and Brad announce she is pregnant with their first child while Brad applies to formally adopt her children Maddox and Zahara.
May 2006 : The couple's first biological child Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt born in Swakopmund, Namibia.
December 2006 : Angelina tells Vogue that while filming Mr & Mrs Smith, she couldn't 'wait to get to work' to see Brad. Two years later, Jennifer brands the comments 'uncool.'
March 2007 : Jolie adopts three-year-old Pax Thien from Vietnam.
May 2008 : At the Cannes Film Festival, Angelina confirms she is expecting twins. Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline are born in July.
October 2008 : Angelina reveals her romance with Brad began while he was married to Jennifer as she says they 'fell in love' on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith. The pair had always maintained up until this point that their relationship only started after he split from Jennifer.
September 2011 : Brad tells Parade magazine that before Angelina he 'wasn't living an interesting life.' He added: 'I think that my marriage had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn't.' He said he's finally a 'satisfied man' with Angelina. He later insisted the comments were misunderstood, adding: 'Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend.'
December 2011/January 2012 : The couple admit in separate interviews that the children are encouraging them to marry. While they had planned to wait until gay marriage was legal, they reveal the pressure from the children is strong.
April 2012 : Brad and Angelina reveal their engagement.
February 2013 : Angelina has a secret double mastectomy after discovering she had a defective BRCA-1 gene that put her at high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. She tells the world about it in a New York Times Op Ed in May.
July 2014 : It is announced that Brad and Angelina will reunite on the big screen for the first time since Mr & Mrs Smith. Jolie will write and direct – the 'intimate, character-driven drama' By the Sea.
August 2014 : The couple tie the knot in a secret ceremony at Chateau Miraval in France and after a short family honeymoon in Nice, the Jolie-Pitts head to Malta to start shooting By The Sea.
September 2016 : Angelina files for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.
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