Alia Shawkat Addresses Brad Pitt Dating Rumors in Candid New Interview: ‘We’re Just Friends’

The dynamic among families can be truly complicated and painful — and we imagine that’s been the case for the Jolie–Pitt clan for a long time now. 

It’s a hard pill to swallow, but Brad Pitt and Maddox Jolie-Pitt’s “nonexistent” relationship doesn’t seem like it will be getting better anytime soon. Years after Brad, 56, and ex-wife Angelina Jolie, 45, got their divorce, the messy fallout of their separation has still left behind some major wounds for their eldest son to heal.

Angelina Jolie and her son Pax Jolie-Pitt were photographed grabbing a bite to eat in LA on Tuesday. The Maleficent actress, 45, and 16-year-old Pax enjoyed dinner at A.O.C. restaurant — a swanky eatery that offers Californian-French style plates. Both mother and son wore face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as surges in positive tests continue across the country.

Over the past few months, several reports about Brad Pitt's dating life have been making the headlines. The actor has been subjected to rumours about his reunion with Jennifer Aniston and his friendship with Alia Shawkat.

Angelina Jolie has always put her children first over everyone and everything else! The Maleficent: Mistress of Evil star may have separated from Brad Pitt, but the ex-couple are slowly mending their equation for the sake of their children.

It's a divorce that no one saw coming! In September 2016, came the shocking announcement that Hollywood's power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were separating after more than a decade of togetherness. Over the years, the divorce proceedings between the two were rough and the co-parents were anything but amicable.

It sounds like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s co-parenting after family therapy is shaping up to be a success, and if that isn’t good news, I don’t know what else is. In a time where dozens of celebrity couples seem to be calling it quits, we’re happy to hear that these former flames are finding their way back into each other’s lives—even if only as happy parents.

In an interview last month Angelina Jolie gave a rare answer to a question about her split from Brad Pitt, saying she chose to separate “for the wellbeing” of her family.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been steadily working toward a more cordial coparenting relationship to make their six children happy.“Brad and Angelina have continued to navigate a path forward for their children,” an insider tells Us Weekly exclusively. “There has been progress, but this certainly isn’t news because it’s been ongoing.”The former couple tied the knot in France in 2014 and share children Maddox, 18, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 12, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 11.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have reportedly relied on "a lot of family therapy" in recent years to get to a comfortable place within their co-parenting.Pitt was recently seen leaving Jolie's Los Angeles home—one of the first public sightings of the actor on his former wife's property since their 2016 split. "It's taken them a long time, with a lot of family therapy, to get to this point," a source told People.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh has been tabloids' favourite child this year. The teenager was in the news a few months ago when claims were made she was bonding with Jennifer Aniston.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie made headlines recently as the former visited his ex-wife and their children at the latter's mansion in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. Moreover, onlookers captured the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star riding on his beloved motorcycle outside the Maleficent: Mistress of Evil star's house.

reported that , and it looks like they've progressed to the point where they can spend time at each other's houses without puling out their hair. An source had the full scoop on what Brad and Angelina's relationship is like now, and claims they are working diligently to figure out what's best for their five children—Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne, and Knox.

It has been almost four years since Brad and Angelina parted away. While the two haven't openly spoken about their split, it was recently that Angelina revealed the reason behind the divorce.

While Angelina Jolie recently revealed that her 2016 split from husband Brad Pitt was the “right decision” for herself and the ex-couple’s six kids, there’s apparently been a thaw between the two actors’ personal relations. They live less than ten minutes apart in Los Angeles, and Brad was photographed pulling out of Angie’s driveway on his motorcycle on June 23.