{"id":5621,"date":"2026-07-27T21:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5621"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:38:20","slug":"brad-pitt-spotted-in-famed-carmel-bar-amid-family-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5621","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt spotted in famed Carmel bar amid family challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brad Pitt has a big fall coming with the release of two new films, including \u201cThe Adventures of Cliff Booth,\u201d but he\u2019s also had a tumultuous summer, with news that three of his children with ex-wife Angelina Jolie have recently taken legal steps to drop his \u201cPitt\u201d surname from their own names.<\/p>\n

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So, it\u2019s perhaps no surprise that the busy movie star, who has reportedly become estranged from all six of his young adult children, would want to unwind at Bud\u2019s, the famous bar and restaurant in the La Playa Hotel in Carmel-by-the-Sea.<\/p>\n

A devotee of Deux Moi, the crowd-sourced celebrity-gossip Instagram account, reported Monday that they had recently seen Pitt at Bud\u2019s. No further details were offered, such as the time or day of the sighting or whether Pitt was with anyone, such as his girlfriend, Ines de Ramon. The witness also didn\u2019t report seeing what Pitt was eating or drinking, or what mood he appeared to be in.<\/p>\n

Of course, Pitt wouldn\u2019t be in Carmel as a tourist. The \u201cF1\u201d actor is known to own a home in Carmel Highlands. In 2022, he paid $40 million to purchase the \u201carchitecturally significant,\u201d Tuscan castle-style D.L. James House, which sits on a rocky bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

Last summer, the Daily Mail reported Pitt and de Ramon like to spend as much time as possible in Monterey County and in the spectacular-looking home, which also is said to resemble a small medieval castle. The house also is known as \u201cSeaward\u201d and was built with locally sourced sandstone and granite in 1918 for local writer and businessman D.L. James. The architect was Carmel-based Charles Sumner Greene, who was known for being a specialist in the Arts and Crafts style.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrad and Ines sightings in Carmel are regular,\u201d one local resident told the Daily Mail in June 2025. \u201cThey hit the fancy restaurants and shop at boutiques like Tancredi & Morgen just like all the locals. Brad has been seen with a hat and sunglasses on at Nielsen Brothers Market.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one hassles celebrities here because the locals don\u2019t like to make a fuss,\u201d the resident also said. \u201cThey think approaching a celebrity is classless. So Brad and Ines get their space.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old actor probably would appreciate getting some \u201cspace\u201d right now. Yes, he can look forward to promoting \u201cHeart of the Beast,\u201d a survival thriller film due to be released Sept. 25, for which he is the star and producer. Then, on Nov. 25, comes David Fincher\u2019s highly anticipated follow-up to Quentin Tarantino\u2019s hit 2019 film, \u201cOnce Upon a Time In Hollywood,\u201d for which Pitt won his best supporting actor Oscar. Pitt returns to play cool, resourceful stuntman Cliff Booth.<\/p>\n

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But Pitt\u2019s personal issues with his children are not likely to go away. Last week, news came that his youngest daughter, 18-year-old Vivienne, had filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court, requesting that her legal name be changed from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie. Vivienne filed her petition shortly after she turned 18, and she is the latest of Pitt\u2019s six children to separate herself from the Academy Award winner in such a public, legal way.<\/p>\n

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Pitt\u2019s problems with his children, ages 18 to 24, go back at least to September 2016 when Jolie abruptly filed for divorce, alleging that Pitt drank too much and became violent with her and several of their children during a private plane ride back to the United States from the couple\u2019s Chateau Miraval winery and estate in France. A number of reports said that their oldest child, Maddox, then 15, was the main focus of Pitt\u2019s aggression on the flight.<\/p>\n

Child welfare officials investigated the incident and cleared Pitt of any wrongdoing. The \u201cFight Club\u201d star also denied ever being abusive, though he gave multiple interviews in subsequent years, acknowledging that he had to overcome problems with alcohol and learn to better control his anger.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been reported that Maddox, now 24, immediately distanced himself from his father after that infamous plane flight. The focus on Pitt\u2019s problems with his children ramped up in 2023 when it became known that his second son Pax, 22, allegedly called him a \u201cworld-class (expletive)\u201d and an \u201cawful human being\u201d in a resurfaced 2020 social media post. In that post, Pax also accused his father of making his younger siblings \u201ctremble in fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The following year, Shiloh, 20, became the first of Pitt\u2019s children to legally drop his surname. A few months later, a source told People that Pitt \u201chas virtually no contact with the adult kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

At this time, an insider also told People that Pitt had limited contact with twins Vivienne and Knox, while Vivienne didn\u2019t use the \u201cPitt\u201d surname in her 2024 Playbill credit for the Broadway musical \u201cThe Outsiders,\u201d which her mother produced.<\/p>\n

Pitt and Jolie\u2019s oldest daughter, Zahara, recently went to court to legally change her name to Zahara Marley Jolie, while Maddox similarly filed paperwork to become Maddox Chivan Jolie.<\/p>\n

Sources close to Pitt have repeatedly said that his reported estrangement from his children is the result of Jolie\u2019s efforts to \u201calienate\u201d them from him. A Pitt source told the Daily Mail: \u201cThere has been a campaign of alienation (by Jolie) which has been successful. The antagonism is huge. He has been alienated from the kids completely. It is devastating to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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