“ The fact that this little Thomas Kyd seemed at ease gave me the courage to feel like I could make him well-chosen . And so we became a mob the right way then . ”
With the news that one of their daughters has filed to change her name legally,Brad PittandAngelina Joliehave been a significant topic of conversation online this week.
Brad and Angelina, whosplit in 2016, share six children — Maddox, 22; Pax, 20; Zahara, 19; Shiloh, 18; Knox, 15; and Vivienne, 15 — and over the past few months, it’s become increasingly apparent that some of the kids may be at odds with their father.
A source told People that Shiloh’s desire to drop her dad’s name comes down to his alleged “abuse history,” which presumably pertains to anincident on a private planethat is believed to have been the cause of Brad and Angelina’s divorce.
So, with Brad and Angelina’s complicated history being picked apart online, fans have attempted to bring some levity by revisiting some of Angelina’s past quotes about motherhood — namely, an interview in which she recalled the adoption of her eldest son, Maddox.
On X, a user shared awritten excerptfrom a nearly 20-year-old interview in which Angelina recalled the first time she saw Maddox in his orphanage and how, at that moment, she knew she was ready to become a mother.
The excerpt — taken from a2005 episodeofInside the Actors Studio— was shared alongside a photograph of Angelina and Maddox and has amassed over 62,000 likes since it was posted on June 5. In the replies, people have praised her moving words, describing the passage as “ridiculously beautiful.”
Angelina has not commented on the recent reports about her daughters, withinsiders claimingthat she “can’t speak” on Shiloh’s filing in particular because she made the legal move independently.
Meanwhile, reports have claimed that Brad finds his kids’ apparent estrangement challenging to deal with.
Here’s where you can find Angelina’s 2005 appearance onInside the Actors Studio.
