Brad Pitt is ‘missing his kids’ over the holidays and feels Christmas ‘won’t be the same’ if he cannot have any time with them, amid his legal battle with their mother Angelina Jolie.

The former couple share three biological children – Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 – as well as their adopted children Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, and Zahara, 19. 

HOW IT IS GOING

Pitt is said to be estranged from his children, a number of whom have legally dropped his surname, most recently Shiloh after she turned 18 this May. 

Pax was then involved in a motorcycle accident in July and Pitt was reportedly unable to even visit him in the hospital.

Now, with Pitt’s 61st birthday approaching on December 18 and Christmas arriving shortly thereafter, he is said to be feeling the sting of the separation especially acutely.

‘Brad is missing his kids and wishes he had a closer relationship with them, particularly with celebrating the holidays and his birthday this month,’ a source informed Page Six.

WHO IS BRAD PITT DATING NOW?

He is currently two years into a romance with jewelry executive Ines De Ramon, 31, who was previously married to The Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley.

Pitt is said to be ‘thankful he has an amazing partner,’ whom the source described as ‘supportive,’ adding that ‘Brad is looking forward to ringing in the new year with her.’

In May of this year, when Shiloh filed to give up the last name Pitt, an insider had shared: ‘Brad feels like Angelina has turned his kids against him.’ 

Last month, Jolie walked the Governors Awards red carpet with Knox on her arm – in a move that a source said Pitt felt was calculated to ‘push his buttons’ just days after a judge ruled that their legal dispute over their French winery will go to trial.