Angelina Jolie really knows how to use the parent card to push ex Brad Pitt s buttons

Get the Full StoryAs a Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie is used to portraying various roles. But in real life, there s only one role that she s focused on mastering, and that is being a parent. However, insiders say it s also the role that her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, longs to fulfill for their children. But then we all know the actor doesn t really have their kids best interests at heart. Pitt s alleged history with their children does not really inspire confidence in his ability to parent them. If anything, it reinforces the idea that the kids are better left under Jolie s care. As such, Jolie, 49, seems to be taking it all in and casually pulling the parent card to drive her ex up the wall. On Thursday, May 1, Jolie stepped out for yet another publicized outing with their youngest son, Knox. The mother and son duo went grocery shopping in Los Feliz, California, and the paparazzi came prepared to capture their heartwarming bond in the parking lot. Photos obtained by Page Six showed Knox almost towering over his mother as he pushed a cart filled with grocery items they had just bought from Lazy Acres. The actress, clad in an all-black ensemble, walked closely with her son, and she seemingly spotted the cameras at one point since she was captured flashing a smile directly into the lens. Knox, who looked like a carbon copy of his mother, kept it low-key for their casual outing, wearing cargo pants, a Little Tokyo shirt, and a pair of white and gray sneakers. Jolie must have media-trained the 16-year-old as he kept smiling in every shot released by the outlet. At first glance, it would seem like Jolie and Knox s outing was no more than a cozy mother-son trip to replenish their supplies at home. But knowing how Jolie likes to flash the parent card in public once in a while, it s obvious that she s subtly sending a message to her 61-year-old ex-husband about why she ll always be the better parent between them. Angelina Jolie likes to push Brad Pitt s buttons Jolie s latest outing with Knox is one of those moments that the actress seemingly stages to either annoy or show her former spouse what he s been missing out on after allegedly being a sad excuse of a father to their children. In November 2024, she did the same thing when she brought Knox to the Governors Awards to parade him in front of the press. At the time, an insider said Pitt saw the gesture as a calculated jab. He believed it was meant to push his buttons, the source said, noting that it happened while the pair s nasty custody battle was dragging on longer than most celebrity marriages. Things did not end there as Jolie took another swipe at her ex in a subsequent interview, where she proudly said, My work is not everything. Being a parent is everything. Pitt is largely estranged from the six children he shares with Jolie Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne. Although we can t blame any of them for keeping distance from their father after reports of how he allegedly assaulted their mother and one of them during a 2016 airplane flight, which became a contentious subject in their legal battle. So far, three of Pitt s children Shiloh, Zahara, and Vivienne have opted to drop his surname and use their mom s last name instead. Meanwhile, Pax penned a scathing post on Father s Day 2020, calling his celebrity dad a world -class a-hole and a terrible and despicable person. If these are telling us something, it s that Jolie has every right to parade her harmonious relationship with their children at Pitt s expense.

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