Angelina Jolie supports daughter Zahara Jolie, 18, at sorority luncheon in Atlanta… after teen DROPPED Pitt from her last name
Angelina Jolie and sons Pax Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Jolie-Pitt supported her daughter Zahara Jolie as she was inducted into the AKA sorority at Spelman College this week.
The 48-year-old actress was dressed in a modest, demure black dress as her sons – Pax, 19, and Maddox, 22 – joined in to watch their 18-year-old sister’s milestone.
The new members of the Mu Pi Chapter were warmly welcomed with lunch at The Whitley Hotel in Atlanta.
In an Instagram post shared by a fan account, Angelina, Pax and Maddox posed with other guests at the event at a table with green and pink flowers and place settings, highlighting the organization’s colors.
Another upload on the app X, formerly Twitter, showed Zahara with a big smile on her face as she posed with her mother and two brothers.
Special day: Angelina Jolie and sons Pax Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Jolie-Pitt supported her daughter Zahara Jolie as she was inducted into the AKA sorority at Spelman College this week
Proud moment: Zahara was dressed in white and wore her curly locks down for lunch
The two young men were dressed in all black outfits to match their glamorous movie star mother.
Angelina wore her dark brown to blonde ombré hair in an off-center parting and let the locks slide over her shoulder.
She beamed as she proudly held her daughter’s hand.
Jackie Walters of the Bravo reality TV show spoke at the event and later shared photos on Instagram.
Two of the photos in her slideshow featured the Mr. and Mrs. Smith actress.
Walters wrote in the caption, “It was a great honor to share my heart and be the keynote speaker for the fall ’23 dear @19sweetmupi79 lpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.”
She added that it was an honor “to have met @angelinajolie.”
Essence magazine recognized Zahara’s achievement by sharing a video clip of the introduction.
Viewers online noticed that Zahara appeared to drop her father Brad Pitt’s last name when she introduced herself.
Per People, the teen says in the clip, “My name is Zahara Marley Jolie. And [I] landed all the way from the Golden State in the city full of angels: Los Angeles, California.’
Angelina and Brad, 59, split seven years ago, but the exes have been embroiled in a controversial years-long feud over custody, the circumstances under which their relationship ended and their ongoing business affairs.
“I didn’t want to say anything but I definitely noticed Zahara left Pitt off her last name,” someone wrote on X.
“Oh Zahara said her last name is Jolie, not Jolie-Pitt,” wrote another.
“I want people to respect her as an individual who just said her name out loud ZAHARA. MARLEY. JOLI. Zero mention of the name PITT. Periodt,” another posted.
New Beginnings: The new members of the Mu Pi Chapter were warmly welcomed with lunch at The Whitley Hotel in Atlanta
Star-studded: Jackie Walters from the Bravo reality TV show spoke at the event and later shared photos on Instagram
Zahara is currently a sophomore at Spelman, a historically black women’s college. Jolie first announced that Zahara would be attending the school via Instagram in July 2022, then turned heads when she dropped her off for her first semester in August.
And last year, the Gia star brightened Spelman’s homecoming weekend when she walked around campus with Zahara, wowing adoring students.
Jolie and Pitt married in August 2014 and welcomed three children together during their marriage: Shiloh, now 18, in 2006, and twins Vivienne and Knox, now 16, in 2008.
They adopted Zahara and Pax, and Brad later adopted Maddox, who Angelina had originally adopted as a single mother.