Brad Pitt’s son Knox, 17, has reportedly begun using “Knox Jolie” after graduating Fusion Academy in Los Angeles, adding to a years-long pattern of his siblings removing Pitt from their legal or social identities amid estrangement.
For Brad Pitt, the family headlines aren’t slowing down. His son Knox, 17, has reportedly started using “Knox Jolie” on a diploma after graduating from Fusion Academy in Los Angeles earlier this month.
Knox is the latest in the family to drop Brad’s last name, turning 18 on July 12.
This move lands after a wave of similar changes among Pitt’s older siblings. Zahara, 21, filed paperwork to change her name from Zahara Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Jolie this month. Maddox, 24, requested to drop “Pitt” from his last name in a court filing in May. Shiloh, 20, legally removed Brad’s last name two years ago, while Vivienne, 17, dropped it, though unofficially.
The reason behind Knox’s step—whether it leads to a formal legal change—remains unclear. But the timing now places another “Pitt” removal firmly alongside the others, as nearly all of the siblings are now adults.
The blame game is already in full swing. One account frames the decision as part of Angelina Jolie’s influence over her children. saying she “seems quite pleased with herself about the total success of her long-standing. intense. deliberate effort to alienate her children from their father.” That same voice adds that name changes were “the same weapon… over and over. ” used “other than to hurt” Brad.
A sharply different response pushes back hard. Another voice says Brad is the one who has no one to blame but himself. pointing to years of family therapy with Brad and the children after events that led Angelina to file for divorce. The claim continues that if the distance continues. it’s because “the harm that was done” affected trust—and that the children. now adults. make their own decisions based on their own experiences.
Within the same set of facts, the portrait that emerges is stark. Knox’s diploma use of “Knox Jolie” follows name changes already made by Zahara. Maddox. Shiloh. and Vivienne—while the explanations offered around the family’s fracture swing between accusations aimed at Angelina and assertions that Brad’s actions and honesty are at the center.
For now, Knox’s reported next step—whether he legally changes his last name—remains unknown. What is clear is that the pattern continues, with another child choosing, in the way that matters to daily life and identity, to step away from “Pitt.”
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