Brad Pitt, 60, says he’s is ‘100% on board’ with having kids with girlfriend Ines de Ramon, 34, despite ongoing legal battle with ex Angelina Jolie and growing rift with their children

It’s the kind of baggage that can make or break any relationship.

A protracted and increasingly bitter divorce battle continues to drag on in court as an ugly and very public rift between a father and his children deepens.

But for Brad Pitt, 60, and girlfriend Ines de Ramon, his ongoing legal troubles with ex-wife Angelina Jolie and his estrangement from his children have only strengthened their relationship, DailyMail.com can reveal.

When it comes to love, the twice-divorced father of six seems happier than ever, and isn’t swearing off the idea of ​​a third marriage or having more children with his beloved.

The Bullet Train star is said to be ‘on board’ to start over with the Ramon and has even told friends that the jewelery designer, 34, would be a ‘great mum’, according to a friend of the star.

The couple, pictured last month on a romantic beach walk in Santa Barbara, are doing well despite Pitt’s ongoing legal battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie and growing rift with his children.

A friend of Pitt told DailyMail.com: ‘It’s devastating for Brad that he has essentially had no relationship with his children, but Ines has been a real source of comfort and it has actually brought them closer together.

‘It is not impossible that he will have more children in his life. Ines is young and Brad said he is 100% in favor of her wanting to have children. He loves the idea of ​​building a life with Ines and nothing is off the table.”

‘Brad said Ines would be a great mother. She is patient, easy-going and has a great sense of humor.

In other words, their relationship is smooth and drama-free. He is in it with Ines for the long haul,” the friend added.

Pitt’s strained relationship with his children and his acrimonious split from ex-wife Angelina Jolie were thrust back into the spotlight after it was revealed that his daughter Shiloh filed to drop her father’s surname on her 18th birthday.

Last week, a source close to the Oscar winner said his removal from his daughter’s life is just an indication that he has “lost his children,” according to People.

But even as Pitt has been dogged by family drama and ongoing divorce issues in recent months, his relationship with De Ramon has only intensified.

The couple, who have been in a romantic relationship since the end of 2022, are said to have started living together in February this year.

And last month, the loved-up couple was captured on a rare but intimate outing as they enjoyed a romantic morning stroll on Santa Barbara beach.

Brad and Angelina remain embroiled in a bitter legal battle years after their 2016 divorce

Despite the drama, friends say the Bullet Train actor is not giving up on starting a family with his new love. The two were pictured together celebrating Pitt’s 60th birthday in Paris last December

Meanwhile, Pitt’s relationship with the six children he shares with ex Angelina Jolie has become increasingly fraught, with the children dropping “Pitt” from their names, according to People. Jolie can be seen with daughters Zahara (L) and Shiloh (R) in Rome in 2021

At one point, the two-time Oscar winner even put his arm around his live-in girlfriend and was seen pulling her close during their walk.

The Hollywood heartthrob shares four daughters and two sons with ex-wife Angelina Jolie, 49.

Notably, Pitt was already in the process of legally adopting a daughter who had been part of his life for months before he and then-partner Jolie announced she was pregnant with Shiloh in January 2006.

Jolie had traveled to Ethiopia in July 2005 to adopt her first daughter Zahara, 19, and Pitt had joined her on the trip.

“He is aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name,” the source claimed. ‘He has never felt more joy than when she was born. He always wanted a daughter.’

They added that the distance between Pitt and his six children – Maddox, 22; Pax, 20; Zahara; Shiloh; and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15 – ‘hurts him.’

However, they noted that ‘he is still happy with Ines [de Ramon],’ his girlfriend.

Another source close to Pitt told the publication that the Tree Of Life star “still loves all of his children dearly.”

Pitt (pictured with three of his children and his parents in 2014) shares four daughters and two sons with his ex-wife

Pitt’s strained relationship with his children and his bitter split with his ex-wife were once again thrust into the spotlight after it was revealed that his daughter Shiloh filed to drop her father’s surname on her 18th birthday.

“This whole process has been very difficult for the entire family,” she added.

If Shiloh’s request is granted — and there’s no indication that it wouldn’t — she will then simply use “Shiloh Jolie,” instead of her original full name, “Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.”

People previously reported that Pitt’s youngest daughter Vivienne — who served as her mother Angelina Jolie’s assistant when she produced the Broadways musical adaptation of The Outsiders — had her name listed as “Vivienne Jolie” in the Playbill for the show.

It is unclear whether Vivienne has legally changed her name, but the minor likely needs parental consent or extenuating circumstances to do so before she turns 18.

Zahara previously introduced herself as “Zahara Marley Jolie” when she joined the Mu Pi chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Spelman College late last year.

Pitt and Jolie’s eldest sons, Maddox and Pax, reportedly haven’t used their father’s last name publicly in years, and both were openly hostile to him.