Brad Pitt supports the children of a deceased friend after his father’s suicide

As readers know, Pitt has been estranged from his older children, Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, and Shiloh, 19, for some time now.

They sided with Jolie, who filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016 after what she described as a physical altercation aboard a private jet involving Maddox, then 15.

Pitt — who was reportedly drinking on the plane but has since quit booze and been sober — is still seeing his 17-year-old twins, Vivienne and Knox, according to the terms of his custody agreement with the 50-year-old Maleficent actress.

But sources said this will likely change when they turn 18.

Insiders said Pitt became a surrogate father to Cornell’s offspring after the Soundgarden frontman’s death, which was ruled a suicide.