Angelina_Jolie_Brad_Pitt_CannesBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who have been together since 2004, are officially calling it quits.

Jolie filed for divorce on Monday citing irreconcilable differences. She is currently seeking physical custody of their six kids. Jolie is suggesting Pitt gets visitation rights and she is not going to be looking for spousal support.

Sources from TMZ have been reporting that conflict over the kids, substance abuse, and anger were triggers for the divorce. It has been reported that Angelina’s decision to file has to do with the way Brad was parenting the children in which she disagreed heavily with his methods.

Sources stated that Angelina also became displeased with Brad’s consumption of weed and alcohol was causing a rise in his anger problem which she felt was dangerous for the children to be around.

Angelina’s attorney, Robert Offer, made a statement saying she filed “for the health of the family.”

There is no current reports of a third person being involved.

Jolie and Pitt got together after starring in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The couple secretly got married in 2014 at their Chateau Miraval in France, and only let a small number of family and friends to be in attendance. The Jolie-Pitt kids— Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Viviennne— participated in their parents’ wedding.

This is the second marriage for Pitt, who was previously married to Jennifer Aniston. It was the third marriage for Jolie, who also tied the knot with Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller.

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