EXCLUSIVEBrad Pitt 'begging his twins' to spend his 61st birthday with him and his girlfriend amid Angelina Jolie divorce
Brad Pitt will turn 61-years-old on December 18.
And DailyMail.com has learned the Oscar-winning actor is 'begging' two of his six children to spent the day with him and his live-in girlfriend Ines de Ramon, 31.
'Brad loves his kids and it would mean the world to him to have them spend his special day with him,' a source told DailyMail.com.
'But it is not looking so great so far. Some of the kids still talk to him, some do not. It is very tricky.'
The former couple share three biological children - Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 - as well as their adopted children Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19.
It has been reported that Maddox and Pax do not talk to their father while Shiloh has gone so far as to have Pitt removed from her last name. Zahara does not seem to use Pitt either.
It is believed that Knox and Vivienne still confer with the Fight Club star, though they have not been pictured with him in several years.
Brad Pitt will turn 61-years-old on December 18. And DailyMail.com has learned the Oscar-winning actor is 'begging' two of his six children to spent the day with him and his live-in girlfriend Ines de Ramon. Seen in September in NYC
Pitt and Jolie conceived three children - Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 - and also adopted Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19; Jolie pictured with all six children in 2018
All six of the children are regularly photographed with their mother Jolie and even work with her on her films, the Broadway show The Outsiders, and her shop Atelier Jolie.
Physical distance does not seem to be an issue as both Pitt and Jolie reside in the Los Angeles area within miles of each other.
The source added that if the kids do not want to see Brad, he will instead go on a trip with his girlfriend Ines, an executive at a jewelry company.
The two live together in the same house in the Los Angeles area, it has been claimed by People.
Brad's ex Angelina Jolie filed divorce from him in 2016 after she claimed that he acted inappropriately on a flight to the US.
The two are still battling over custody issues to this day as they war over their Chateau Miraval property in France.
Meanwhile, Jolie is getting Oscar buzz for playing opera singer Maria Callas in the film Maria which debuts this month.
She already has an Oscar on her shelf from her role in Girl, Interrupted.
As far as her battle with Brad, it does not seem to be winding down.
'Brangelina' went public as a couple in 2006 and married in 2014 before splitting in 2016, triggering a bitter feud in the courts over property and child custody; pictured in 2009
Jolie and Pitt are still engaged in a legal conflict over the Chateau Miraval, the winery they shared as a couple in the South Of France.
The feud over the property stems from the fact Angelina sold her half to Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler for $62 million in 2021, amid her divorce proceedings.
Pitt sued her over the sale, insisting that she was contractually obligated to obtain his consent before offloading her portion of the Chateau Miraval.
Jolie has brought up her abuse allegations and the custody battle over the course of her years-long legal feud with Brad over the Chateau Miraval.
She has asked Pitt to 'end the fighting' and drop the winery lawsuit against her so that their family can have a chance to 'heal.'
However sources told DailyMail.com that Pitt has 'no intention' of dropping the , claiming that Angelina only asked him to do so after she discovered that her case is weaker than she initially anticipated.
'Brad is not going to drop this lawsuit – why would he? This was a very standard business dispute but unfortunately, Angelina has consistently introduced personal elements that are meant for a divorce court,' an insider said.
Jolie with Pax, Zahara and Maddox in NYC in September
Jolie with daughter Shiloh at the Rome Film Festival 2021, left, and with Pax in September, right
She is currently at the center of a swirl of dating rumors with the British rapper Akala, 41, whom she has been seen with publicly on multiple occasions.
This comes after Jolie said she is very careful with what she shows her six children.
When at the Gotham 34th Annual Film Awards on Monday she told Extra's Mona Kosar Abdi that her children saw her as a vulnerable woman when she filmed Maria.
But it turns out that is a very rare thing, added the 49-year-old Oscar-winning actress.
'I was so happy to be with them [on Maria], and definitely they saw me terrified, which is also a thing,' she said.
'You don't usually share so much vulnerability in front of your children, even really crying in front of them or being scared in front of them, so they were very protective.'
Jolie is very careful with what she shows her six children. When at the Gotham 34th Annual Film Awards on Monday she told Extra that her children saw her as a vulnerable woman when she filmed Maria. But it turns out that is a very rare thing
In the past she has said when she felt pain over her Pitt split she cried only when she was alone in the shower.
Angelina added in her Extra interview that playing Maria Callas allowed her to face her fears.
'I was very scared to sing and I was nervous to do things, but I also have always found it, you know, as an artist, you love things that scare you because it's a gift.'
She also said, 'Ever since I was young, I think it's a real gift to be an artist.
'We're very lucky that we get to explore, within a safe place with other artists, our emotional life and our pain and what a lot of people feel alone, and they don't have the chance to kind of express it, so I've always felt very lucky.'
Jolie also shared what she is most thankful for after Thanksgiving, saying, 'Health of my family.'
And her kids are proud of the hard work she put into Maria.
She commented, 'They did say they were proud of how hard I worked. You know, when they say, they don't talk about winning an award, they don't talk about anything, I'll hear them say, "She works so hard."
'So I think that that makes me very happy that they see that I work hard and it's just nice,' added the By The Sea director.
Angelina previously revealed that she spent 'months' preparing to sing in Maria.
The salt actress said at the Telluride Film Festival: 'I had seven months of opera classes, great teachers and Italian classes, and a supportive team that were going to help me.'
Angelina added in her Extra interview that playing Maria Callas allowed her to face her fears. 'I was very scared to sing and I was nervous to do things, but I also have always found it, you know, as an artist, you love things that scare you because it's a gift'
Despite this, Angelina still felt anxious about singing when the time came to do it.
She said: 'I was so nervous that morning I was out of my mind.'
Angelina also revealed that she relished the experience of working with director Pablo Larrain.
She said: 'I knew that as long as I gave my best, Pablo would be okay with it and somehow make it work. I knew I needed to do my best to try to help solve the puzzle, but I knew that he was a kind person and he was supportive and that helped.'
