{"id":65981,"date":"2025-04-11T09:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=65981"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:24:09","slug":"did-brad-pitt-pressure-angelina-jolie-into-marrying-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/did-brad-pitt-pressure-angelina-jolie-into-marrying-him\/65981\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Brad Pitt \u2018pressure\u2019 Angelina Jolie into marrying him?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"238\" data-end=\"749\">Just like their whirlwind romance, the unraveling of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt\u2019s marriage unfolded under the harsh glare of the public eye. What began as a fairytale love story ultimately turned into one of Hollywood\u2019s most contentious and scrutinized separations. Jolie\u2019s allegations, that Pitt was abusive toward both her and their children, shocked the world. Though the FBI investigated, no charges were filed. But legal repercussions aside, the emotional fallout within their family has been profound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"751\" data-end=\"1082\">Perhaps the most searing reminder of that rift came from their son Pax, who reportedly called Pitt a \u201cf\u2013\u2013king awful human being\u201d in a since-deleted Father\u2019s Day post. And he\u2019s not alone \u2014 three of the couple\u2019s six children have already dropped \u201cPitt\u201d from their surnames, quietly but firmly distancing themselves from their father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1461\">Jolie had claimed that Pitt physically assaulted her and their children during a now-infamous 2016 private plane incident \u2014 saying he choked one child and struck another in the face when they intervened to protect her. These allegations were part of court documents but never evolved into formal charges. Still, the shadow of that day looms large over their legacy as a family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1463\" data-end=\"1662\">And yet, in a recent interview with <em data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1507\">Hello!<\/em> magazine, Angelina Jolie showed no signs of wanting to erase or rewrite her past. In fact, she said she would relive every moment \u2014 even the painful ones.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1664\" data-end=\"1855\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1855\">\u201cI\u2019d repeat every single one of them, and I would still get my tattoos! I\u2019m a big believer in no regrets because you wouldn\u2019t be who you are without mistakes, even big ones,\u201d she reflected.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"2061\">It\u2019s a sentiment that speaks to a deeper, more personal evolution. For Jolie, the hard-earned lessons from her marriage \u2014 and its messy, public breakdown \u2014 have helped her reconnect with her truest self.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2243\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2065\" data-end=\"2243\">\u201cAt my core I\u2019m soft and vulnerable \u2014 it\u2019s not my dream just to be strong. I want to be allowed to be soft and I don\u2019t want to be harmed or feel unsupported when I am,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2636\">It\u2019s an honest, vulnerable admission from someone often perceived as fiercely resilient. While rumors have long circulated that Jolie never wanted to marry Pitt \u2014 with one insider alleging that \u201cBrad pressured her\u201d into saying yes after a decade of being together \u2014 she isn\u2019t distancing herself from the decision. Instead, she embraces it as part of the journey that shaped who she is today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2638\" data-end=\"3174\">Although their personal relationship has ended, their legal entanglements didn\u2019t wrap up as quickly. The ex-couple were embroiled in a bitter dispute over Ch\u00e2teau Miraval, their shared French winery, for years. But in December 2024, they finally reached a divorce settlement, officially ending an eight-year saga that spanned everything from custody battles to asset division. While the terms haven\u2019t been made public, it\u2019s widely believed that Jolie secured primary custody of their six children, with Pitt receiving visitation rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3176\" data-end=\"3440\">For Jolie, it seems that the past \u2014 no matter how painful \u2014 is not something to be escaped or buried. It\u2019s something to be carried, learned from, and used as fuel to grow. And in that light, even the darkest chapters become part of the story she refuses to regret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like their whirlwind romance, the unraveling of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt\u2019s marriage unfolded under the harsh glare of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":65982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2076,3627],"class_list":["post-65981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-angelina-jolie","tag-brad-pitt"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}