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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Entertainment
Anna Katrina Sevilla

Brad Pitt Says 'Family Stuff' Put Him Through His Most Painful Period as Four Children Drop His Surname

Brad Pitt talks about 'one little period' during his life after four of his children with Angelina Jolie legally drop his surname (Credit: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons/Wikimedia Commons)

Brad Pitt has revealed that turmoil within his family left him enduring what he describes as 'one little period' when he thought he 'just couldn't see a way out,' admitting the emotional strain became so intense that he could understand how some people might see death as an escape.

The Fight Club actor disclosed the sequence of events during an interview with Esquire, reflecting on the years following his separation from ex-wife Angelina Jolie and the ongoing strain in his relationship with several of their children, Shiloh, Maddox, Vivienne, and Zahara, who recently legally dropped Pitt as their surname publicly.

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