Celebrity kids famously estranged from their parents: from Brad Pitt's children to Brooklyn Beckham

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the proud parents of six kids while together, those being sons Pax, Maddox and Knox, and daughters Zahara, Shiloh and Vivienne. However, since their 2019 divorce, as their kids have hit adulthood, many of them have distanced themselves from their dad, with Shiloh, Maddox, Zahara and Vivienne going so far as to file petitions to legally drop his last name.

Angelina herself has famously had a long-dysfunctional relationship with her own father, Jon Voight. Following his and her mother Marcheline Bertrand's separation, she lived primarily with her mother and rarely interacted with her father. In 2002, she legally petitioned to drop his last name and use her own middle name, "Jolie," which was already her stage name. While they reconciled in 2007 following her mother's death, his political views in recent years have contributed to another distancing.

The eldest Beckham child, Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz were reported to have a strained relationship with the former's parents David and Victoria Beckham for years. But in January 2026, Brooklyn finally confirmed that he was indeed estranged from his family, making several viral claims about their "inauthentic" behavior and their reported frostiness toward his wife, especially following their 2022 wedding.

For years following their divorce, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri was believed to be estranged from her famous father. Katie primarily raised Suri in New York City, and never really spoke of her ex or his involvement in her life. While it's unclear how close they were, if at all, in July 2026, public records revealed that Suri had legally changed her name to "Suri Noelle," dropping her father's last name for her middle name.

The daughter of two actors, John Drew and Jaid Barrymore, Drew Barrymore's relationship with her parents was tense from the jump. She has documented her father's abuse, and seldom spoke to him after he left the family when she was six months old. Following a difficult childhood that involved partying and rehab stints before she was even a teenager, she filed to successfully emancipate herself from her parents when she was just 14.

Model and social media superstar Vivian Wilson, the daughter of Elon Musk and his first wife Justine, became estranged from her trillionaire father in 2020, when she first revealed that she was transgender. Her father's involvement with the Trump administration and controversial political and social views pushed her to become financially independent from him at 16. When she turned 18, she legally changed her name to "Vivian Wilson," her mother's maiden name.

Emma Roberts and her father, Oscar nominee Eric Roberts, have noted their tense relationship at points. Eric was estranged for several years from not only his daughter, but also his sister, Julia Roberts. While they reconciled following the birth of the latter's twins in 2004, his relationship with Emma has been more strained. In July 2026, he skipped her wedding to actor Cody John, which Julia attended with her entire family.