Lauren and Chan are joined by their dad, family law attorney John Bledsoe, where they chat about some of Hollywood’s most contentious and unique divorces: The discuss Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce and whether parental alienation took place (3:12), Gossip Girl’s Kelly Rutherford and Daniel Giersch’s trans-continental divorce and alleged child abduction (26:45), and Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s contentious divorce, where the argument of “luxury is in their DNA” didn’t fall on sympathetic ears (40:23). Plus, John answers some rapid-fire Q&A about pre-nups, filing for divorce, children of divorce, and the secret to staying married. Shop Clean Simple Eats protein powder a nd use code POPAPOLOGISTS for 10% off! Head to MasterClass, where you can receive 50% off at MasterClass.com/POPAPOLOGISTS To support the show, consider subscribing on Patreon or on Apple Podcasts, where yo u can get a bonus episode of Pop Apologists every Friday! Please note this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
What are the details of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce?
Because he's been the father figure.
Yeah. And there were some things that went into it. He was, you know, the racial ethnicity he was would have brought great shame upon him, could have messed up their whole little family. And so the judge decided that I'm going to let this guy be the dad. I'm going to let the guy she's living with, the non-bio dad, be the dad.
And did the bio dad want custody?
He did. He did. He did. He wanted custody.
And did the mom want him to have custody as well?
No, mom did not. She did not. Mom was fighting him.
Okay.
Even though mom said, I know your dad, then mom decides, I better keep my own household intact. There is some reasoning to that because the mother was pretty non-functional, really. Really couldn't make very good living or anything like that. And so I think the judge thought, I'm going to be really wise. I'm going to hold this family together. And I know that bio dad will always be there. Yeah.
Yeah.
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