Brad Pitt, 62, was mobbed by fans as he watched the US Open women's final with girlfriend Ines de Ramon, 33, in New York on Saturday, taking selfies with admirers before settling in beside her for the match.
As soon as the couple sat down to watch Elena Rybakina take on Aryna Sabalenka, the Hollywood star was swarmed by a cluster of spectators. Pitt posed for photos with fans in the crowd and at one point used a fan's phone to take a group selfie, delighting three women seated behind him and de Ramon.
De Ramon, a jewellery executive, was seen smiling and placing a hand on Pitt's chest during a sweet moment as the pair chatted through the match. In another exchange, she was seen leaning into him with a hand on his arm.
The three-set final saw Rybakina dethrone two-time defending champion Sabalenka to win the Grand Slam title. Pitt was dressed down for the courtside date in a pale blue polo shirt, jeans and a backwards baseball cap, while de Ramon wore a mini dress with a newspaper print.
Pitt and de Ramon's relationship
Pitt and de Ramon have been dating since 2022 and have increasingly stepped out together in public in recent years, regularly attending tennis tournaments as well as the World Cup. They made their red carpet debut at the 2024 Venice Film Festival for the premiere of Pitt's film Wolfs.
Jolie speaks on her bond with the children
The outing came during a difficult week for Pitt after his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, spoke about her close relationship with the couple's children, who are estranged from their father.
Pitt and Jolie biologically conceived daughter Shiloh, 20, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 18, and also adopted Maddox, 25, Pax, 22, and Zahara, 21. In recent years, all of the children other than Pax and Knox have filed legal paperwork to drop Pitt's surname, with Vivienne the most recent to make the change official.
Speaking to L'Officiel USA this week, Jolie, 51, described a close family life, saying her children "know me pretty well" and "know all sides of me." On Maddox and Pax working as assistant directors on her films, she said: "Obviously it's nice for me to be around them, but I am just Mom, wanting to be around her family."
She called her children "definitely individuals," adding that "makes me very proud, because one of the most important things, I think, is to basically not get in their way." Jolie said that as a parent, she tries not to get in the way of "this human being who has a life separate from yours and so much potential in their own mind," and that the goal is to support them.
Jolie on life as an empty nester
With all her children now adults, Jolie said she was looking forward to "more connection and community" as an empty nester. "I'm not somebody who vacations or shops or things like that. I envision more field work, more travel, and just being out in the world. Get my motorcycle back, get back in a plane. I don't know," she said.
She added: "That's definitely what my kids want! They had Mom when Mom needed to be Mom. Now, they'd like me to call them from Tunisia having just landed a plane to meet with local artists. I agree that would be very nice."
The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Pitt for comment.
Vivienne's name change
Pitt faced a fresh blow last month when Vivienne, one of his two youngest children, took out an ad in the Los Angeles Daily Journal announcing she had filed a legal petition to switch her surname from Jolie-Pitt to Jolie.
Court documents obtained by the Daily Mail state Vivienne made the change for "personal" reasons, formalising a switch she had already put into practice years earlier. In the Playbill for a 2024 Broadway production of The Outsiders, on which she was credited as a producer alongside her mother, she was already listed as Vivienne Jolie.
A source close to Jolie told People: "If people knew the whole truth, they would have more sympathy for the children and respect them. The fact they aren't speaking ill or sharing things publicly only shows their decency. Angie hasn't been fighting and isn't angry. She just wants everyone to heal."
Pitt and Jolie's split
Pitt and Jolie married in 2014 and split two years later, triggering an explosive legal battle over money and custody that continues to this day. Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016, after a mysterious dispute on a private plane in the presence of Maddox, who was then 15.
Early in the proceedings, the FBI investigated allegations that Pitt became "physical" with Maddox on the jet, but the case was closed with no charges filed.
Also spotted at the US Open on Saturday was actor Andrew Garfield, dressed in Ellesse on his way to the women's final.
