Knox Jolie, the son of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has opted to remove "Pitt" from his high school diploma. The graduation took place this week at Fusion Academy in Los Angeles, marking a significant symbolic break from his father.

The Fusion Academy diploma and the removal of 'Pitt'

Knox Jolie, who celebrates his 18th birthday on July 12, officially graduated from Fusion Academy in Los Angeles earlier this week. According to the report, the teenager chose to use the name "Knox Jolie" on his diploma, pointedly omitting his father's surname. The graduation ceremony was a family affair for the Jolie side, with 51-year-old Angelina Jolie, Pax (22), Zahara (21), and Vivienne all in attendance to support their brother.

Maddox's legal filing and a family-wide shift

The decision by Knox Jolie is not an isolated incident but part of a broader pattern within the family. As the report notes,Knox's older brother, Maddox, filed legal paperwork just last month seeking to formally drop "Pitt" from his own last name. This collective distancnig comes on the heels of the finalization of the divorce between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in December 2024, which brought a formal end to more than eight years of contentious legal proceedings following their 2016 split.

Page Six reports on 'deliberate efforts' to alienate

The emotional underpinnings of this name change are fraught, with a source close to the family telling Page Six that Angelina Jolie "seems quite pleased with herself" regarding the outcome. The source claims this is the result of a "long-standing, intense, deliberate effort" by Angelina Jolie to alienate the children from Brad Pitt.

While the report mentions that the family engaged in years of therapy to heal, the source alleges that Brad Pitt's lack of honesty regarding his past actions severely damaged the trust between the father and his children. The source emphasized that the internal struggle for the children has been severe, stating, "No one knows,except them, how bad it has been."

Total Sonic Knockout 5 and the missing side of the story

Beyond the family drama, Knox Jolie displayed a rebellious streak during his graduation speech , where he used an "F-bomb" while addressing the crowd. he used the platform to promote his upcoming Muay Thai match at Total Sonic Knockout 5, scheduled for 12:45 a.m. This blend of athletic ambition and familial rebellion paints a picture of a young man eager to define himself outside of his parents' shadow.

However, several critical pieces of information remain missing from the narrative. the report does not include a statement from Brad Pitt or his legal representaives, leaving his perspective on the name change and the allegations of alienation entirely absent. Furthermore, the specific "actions" that the source claims Brad Pitt was dishonest about remain unnamed, leaving the reader to rely solely on the claims of a single anonymous source for the internal family dynamics.