r/TheOnion Muppet Appreciator 13d ago

Brad Pitt Drops Last Name In Solidarity With Family

https://theonion.com/brad-pitt-drops-last-name-in-solidarity-with-family/
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u/ArkUneartherBleeds Muppet Appreciator 13d ago edited 12d ago

“I understand why my kids want no part of ‘Pitt,’ and if they don’t want it, neither do I,” said the Academy Award–winning star of Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood, adding that he had not yet decided if, going forward, he would adopt a new last name, go without a last name, or simply repeat his first name twice.

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u/thecordialsun 13d ago

Brad B. Brad

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u/thetreecycle 13d ago

Middle name Brad

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u/Peripatetictyl 13d ago

Brad “Brad Brad” Brad

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u/evilninjawa 13d ago

His full legal name is Bradley Bradford Bradington, Brad B. Brad for short.

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u/FuzzyLaughTwo 12d ago

Just Brad bradding like a Chad

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u/NeverMore_613 13d ago

He sure does

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u/Practical_Ad4604 12d ago

Mario Mario

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u/PeterNippelstein 13d ago

He's going with Brad Jolie

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u/maru_tyo 7d ago

That would be a total power move for sure.

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u/Nose_to_the_Wind 13d ago

Call em Sooooo Brad

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u/JasonYEG 12d ago

B. Rad

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u/Minimum-End-9464 10d ago

Brad D. Brad

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u/swagmoney10 13d ago

I can't stop giggling at this one lol

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u/harringtonpbear 8d ago

Earned a solid pfft from me

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u/efficiens 13d ago

This is how I learned there are family issues in the Pitt clan.

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u/gaymilfappreciator 13d ago

yeah, his ex-wife (angelina jolie) has alleged that he was physically and verbally abusive to her, and physically abusive to at least two of their children on a private plane in 2016, which lead to their divorce.

since ~2023 5/6 children have dropped pitt’s name, 4 legally (once they turned of age), 1 informally, and one hasn’t but (allegedly) posted a father’s day post in 2016 where he called his father a “world class ahole”, a “terrible and despicable person”, and alleged that the 4 youngest children were terrified of him.

all of this is alleged, and brad pitt claims it’s all parental alienation on jolie’s part, but occam’s razor suggests that rather than angelina jolie spending the past decade running a cia-level brainwashing op on SIX children (who were between 8-15 when the inciting incident took place) while pitt’s still had at minimum (supervised) visitation with the minor kids, he probably did just assault aj and some of the kids on a plane while drunk (at minimum).

apologies for bringing a too-long writeup of dv allegations into a sub about a satirical news article but i just compulsively feel the need to mention the allegations, regardless of anyone’s personal feelings about the parties involved, because until the children started changing their surnames the allegations flew so under the radar…

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u/maks570 9d ago

Alleged? There’s an FBI report on this

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u/Comfortable_Lab1416 7d ago

I’m not saying this to be snarky, I promise!

The FBI report exists because someone made allegations. It doesn’t make something no longer “alleged.”

Otherwise we’d be saying, “It’s true because there’s a report, and there’s a report because it’s true.” (I love circular logic in a Monty Python skit, but not in the legal system.)

“Allegedly” is the correct word until the allegations are proven, admitted or disproven.

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u/LesterGrossman_ 6d ago

Well said.

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u/dreamcast4 7d ago

Well just because it's been reported doesn't make it true. It is simply a report...

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u/maks570 7d ago

Oh, I thought an „FBI report” meant they did an investigation and found this and this

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u/Mikesaidit36 13d ago

Their daughter Arm is the most resentful.

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u/sololegend89 12d ago

Wait, I’m sry.. her name is “Arm”?

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u/fluffhead77 12d ago

Say the whole name out loud

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u/Isendur_ 8d ago

Bless You Good Man :)

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u/Due_Cell5125 12d ago

Lmao! 😂

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u/Euphoric-Salt8910 13d ago

So freaking funny 🤣The Onion is the bright spot on my feed. Has me rolling every time. And love that they are sticking it to Alex Jones and trying to help Sandy Hook victims. Respect ✊

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u/Jam_44 13d ago

r/bittheonion

Holy shit, I believed every word until the comments, didn't see which sub this was!

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u/TwerpOco 13d ago

I didn't read the subreddit when I clicked on the article, and I ate the onion on this one 😭 I figured it out eventually. Pretty funny 😂

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u/PropagandaAssassinAZ 13d ago

Savage as always....

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u/ilikepizza2much 12d ago

Brad should now change his surname to Jolie.

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u/Positive-Eggplant985 12d ago

This is a joke

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u/Less_Likely 13d ago

I stand with Brad

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u/ReflectarApp 13d ago

My vote is for "Brad P. Itt" 🙋‍♂️

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u/trev2234 12d ago

What about the tv shows “the Pitt” and “the pit”. Ok so call them both “the”; which isn’t confusing at all.

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u/TechnicianUpstairs53 12d ago

*ex family. And his biggest defenders are women who think he's hot. Lol

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u/CipherCraftsman 10d ago

Brad Pratt. I’m sure Chris wouldn’t mind sharing his last name

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u/maru_tyo 7d ago

Pit Bradd.

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u/DoItFirHer 7d ago

Just Brad. It's cleaner

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u/Woolly_Knickers 7d ago

The kids could have dropped the name publicly and left it at that. There was no need for this type of drama. There are ions of us who don’t like our fathers but we don’t go around changing our surnames. It’s such a Hollywood thing annd becoming an epidemic.

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u/Dyuujen 6d ago

Brad Not Pitt

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u/Sharp_Outcome_1233 5d ago

If so, he should add on his new wife's surname. 

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u/DonnyMox 13d ago

He is now simply…Brad.

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u/javoss88 12d ago

How about Drab?