Brad Pitt’s friends have defended him after an astonishing post written by his son Pax came to light.
Pax, who the 59-year-old Fight Club star shares with his ex Angelina Jolie, blasted his dad in a recently unearthed social media post.
Pax, now 19, but 16 at the time he posted the message, called his famous dad a ‘world-class a**hole’ and a ‘f*****g awful human being’ in a 2020 post.
People in Brad’s inner circle have now branded the allegations a ‘depressing smear’.
One of the A-lister’s pals said: ‘Brad has great respect for all of his children and it’s depressing to see this dragged up.’
They added to the Sun: ‘It’s frustrating to see Brad being painted as some kind of “bad person” when it’s far from the truth. He chooses to keep a dignified silence and that speaks volumes.’
However, another source told the outlet that Brad only sees ‘half’ his children.
Aside from Pax, Brad and Angelina share Maddox, 22, Zahara, 18, Shiloh, 17, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 15.
The source said: ‘He still sees Shiloh and the twins whenever he can, though not as often as he would like.’
They added that Brad ‘doesn’t hear from’ Maddox, Pax and Zahara as they’re ‘totally in support of their mother’.
Across a photo of Brad collecting his Oscar for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Pax wrote on Father’s Day 2020: ‘Happy Father’s Day to this world-class a**hole.
‘You time and time again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person.’
In the post, unearthed by MailOnline, Pax went on: ‘You have no consideration or empathy towards your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence.
‘You will never understand the damage you have done to my family because you are incapable of doing so.’
Pax concluded: ‘You have made the lives of those closest to me a constant hell. You may tell yourself and the world whatever you want but the truth will come to light someday.
‘So Happy Father’s Day, you f*****g awful human being.’
A source told the outlet that the account is Pax’s, saying: ‘It’s the account he uses for friends – friends from school mostly. He never says much about his parents, keeps himself to himself, so that was unusual.’
Pax’s mum Angelina, 48, adopted him from a Vietnamese orphanage in 2007 with Brad formally adopting him a year later.
His parents were together for 12 years before splitting in 2016.
Brad and Angelina met in 2005 on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and since their split have been embroiled in various legal disputes.
Most recently, the former couple were locked in a huge battle over their Chateau Miraval estate after the Maleficent actress sold her share.
Brad and Pax’s relationship is thought to have been fraught since 2016.
In September of that year, the Jolie-Pitt family was flying from France to LAX on a private jet, a journey which the FBI investigated.
The bureau became involved after receiving an anonymous tip claiming Brad had ‘verbally and physically assaulted’ his then-wife and their children on the flight.
It was later revealed the tip came from Angelina.
Police and social services in Los Angeles were also reported to be involved and investigating the allegations.
However the case was dropped and he was cleared of any wrongdoing, with Brad denying all accusations at the time.
A statement from the FBI read: ‘In response to allegations made following a flight within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States which landed in Los Angeles carrying Mr Brad Pitt and his children, the FBI has conducted a review of the circumstances and will not pursue further investigation.
‘No charges have been filed in this matter.’
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Brad’s reps for comment.
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