How Brad Pitt is Coping with His Children Changing Their Last Name

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00:00As Brad Pitt's children continue to side with their mom Angelina Jolie amid their ongoing

00:05divorce battle, sources weigh in in the new issue of Us Weekly on how the actor is coping

00:10and his hopes for the future.

00:12On her 18th birthday in late May, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt

00:17submitted a petition to the Los Angeles court to have her father's last name removed from

00:22her surname. A source tells us Brad was devastated by this choice.

00:31Now Zahara and his daughter Vivian have also dropped his last name, with a source telling

00:37us,

00:53The source says that the children's decision to distance themselves from Brad stemmed

00:58from their fierce loyalty to their mom, saying,

01:14Now Maddox and Pax are said to have no contact with Brad, with a third source telling us,

01:19Brad's relationship with Maddox and Pax is non-existent at this point, and he barely,

01:24if ever, hears from Zahara.

01:26The source says that Brad sporadically sees Vivian, Knox, and Shiloh at his Los Feliz

01:31mansion, located just a few blocks away from Angelina's home. Multiple sources say that

01:36Brad blames Angelina for the tense family dynamic, saying,

01:39He feels that the negative narrative Angelina presents to the kids is a major obstacle in

01:44his efforts to reconnect. They add that Brad is longing for a closer relationship with

01:49his children, but feels continuously pushed away.

01:52Angelina, meanwhile, is adamant that the kids have made up their own minds, the source saying,

02:02Now Brad's hopeful the kids will come around in time, with a source saying,

02:09and the influence of alcohol on his behavior.