Brad Pitt feels completely helpless. His son still refuses to have contact with him as he recovers from his horrific bicycle accident with his mother, Angelina Jolie.
Pax Jolie-Pitt was released from intensive care over the weekend after being treated for crashing his electric bicycle into the back of a car stopped at a red light on Los Feliz Boulevard in Los Angeles on July 29.
A new witness to the crash has revealed gruesome details of the “complex trauma” the 20-year-old suffered, and confirmed he was not wearing a helmet.
Lola Cavalli, who provided first aid to Pax on the scene, said Entertainment tonight He was bleeding from his head.
‘And it wasn’t a lot of blood. You didn’t see like a fountain of blood pouring out.[But] his mouth was filled with blood. When [he] “When I tried to speak, I saw a small stream of blood coming from his mouth.”
Now he begins the long road of recovery and physical therapy. His mother Angelina Jolie, 49, has been there every step of the way.
According to sources, Pax “doesn’t want get well wishes” from his “distraught father” Brad, 60, even though the “heartbroken” Hollywood actor is determined to help him in any way he can.
An insider told DailyMail.com exclusively that Brad also wishes the dynamic in his family wasn’t divided and that he didn’t get “radio silence” about his son’s health.
Pax will have a “long road to recovery” and “has suffered complex trauma,” a source told People about his condition; seen in LA on July 11
They said, “Don’t expect Pax’s accident to restore the family dynamic in any way, as Pax is 100% on Angie’s side and doesn’t want any well wishes or remorse from Brad.
Brad is angry that Pax was injured and wants to help him in any way he can during his recovery, but it seems like that will never happen as there is an eternal rift and division between them all.
“It’s devastating for Brad that he’s gotten to this point where he can’t even be a concerned father anymore. He’s just getting radio silence when he tries to figure out what exactly is going on with his son.
“It’s just one of those sad circumstances that come with Brad’s normal life.
“He wishes everyone would get through this, as this situation affects people’s lives, but the emotions between Pax, Angie and Brad are so intense that there will never be a moment when everything will be okay again.”
The source added: “Brad doesn’t know what to do because he can’t or isn’t allowed to do anything. It’s heartbreaking.”
But another insider claimed that Brad had made no moves to see Pax.
Heartbroken 60-year-old Hollywood actor Brad is determined to help his son recover
They said, ‘Brad hasn’t tried to see Pax. He hasn’t made an effort. Angelina has raised these children as a single mother for the past eight years. They love their mother.
“All Angelina wants is peace, but he is determined to keep fighting her and blaming everyone but himself for the situation he is in.”
DailyMail.com has contacted Angelina’s representatives for comment.
A spokesperson for Brad declined to comment.
Last week, Brad was said to be “distraught” over not being able to talk to his estranged son after the accident.
“It’s very upsetting for Brad when he hears that one of the kids has been injured, he feels completely helpless because there’s nothing he can do about it,” an insider told DailyMail.com.
‘A father’s impulse would be to go to the hospital, or call him. He’s tried so many times, but the kids don’t pick up his calls. His hands are tied.
‘Brad thinks Pax shouldn’t have been riding a scooter without a helmet in the first place. He should have just been in a car.’
Oscar winner Angelina has been staying with her son since he was in the hospital.
Mother Angelina Jolie has been by her son’s side since he was hospitalized last month
Another witness said they found him lying lifeless on the ground and that he had just regained consciousness. consciousness when emergency services arrived.
Pax, like several of his other siblings, is estranged from his famous father.
In 2020, the young man called his father a “world-class asshole” who makes his four youngest children “shake in fear” in an explosive Instagram tirade he posted for Father’s Day.
Angelina adopted Pax from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2007. He was three years old and had been abandoned as a newborn by his heroin-addicted biological mother.
The following year, Brad officially adopted him.
Pax is said to be close to his siblings Maddox (22), Zahara (19), Shiloh (18) and twins Knox and Vivienne (16).
Angelina adopted Pax in 2007 from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Pax, like several of his other siblings, is estranged from his famous father (pictured alongside Brad, Shiloh, Maddox, Jane and William Pitt)
Angelina and Brad are legally separated, but they are still fighting over the sale of Miraval, the vineyard in France.
According to People, the Eternals star accused Brad last week of trying to get her to sign an $8.5 million nondisclosure agreement regarding her abuse allegations.