Jen is 'a rock of support' for Brad

Following reports his son Pax called him "terrible and despicable" in an online rant, Brad Pitt has turned to ex Jennifer Aniston for comfort, a source tells new

- Eve Macdonald

In 2016, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie shocked the world when they announced their marriage was over, but seven years later, the fallout continues.

Last week, an Instagram post was dragged up from 2020, where the couple's adopted son Pax blasted his dad publicly, saying Brad was a "world class a**hole" who made his four youngest children "tremble in fear".

The then 16-year-old continued his explosive rant, according to the Daily Mail, writing, "You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person. You have no consideration or empathy toward your four youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence.

"You may tell yourself and the world whatever you want, but the truth will come to light someday."

Brad, 59, and Angelina, 48, share six children. Three are adopted - Maddox, 22, Pax, 19, and 18-year-old Zahara-and three are biological - Shiloh, 17, and 15-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. Pax was adopted by Angelina at the age of three from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with Brad formally adopting him the following year.