They are considered Hollywood royalty, but Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie-Pitt said that when it comes to their kids and life at home, they do regular stuff like "dorky Mom and Dad."
Speaking exclusively with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Angelina said that she and her husband immediately switched to parent mode after they were done filming "By the Sea" -- their latest movie together. "As soon as we got home, it was bedtime stories, children's needs and problems, the fights they'd had during the day. We had to immediately snap back to something that was uniting and positive and loving."
The mother of six described the usual day she spends with her family. "We wake up, we make breakfast. In our domestic life, we're Mom and Dad," per Us Weekly. "And often we're dorky Mom and Dad, which the kids find ridiculous."
Entertainment Weekly reported that Brad believes his wife is "more suited to being a mom than a movie star." According to the actor, their children's activities become the top priority whenever his wife doesn't have any work. "She plans outings for each and all. She has an incredible knack for inventing crazy experiences for them, something new, something fresh."
When the kids visited the couple on the set of "By the Sea" one time in Malta, Angelina took them at a local pet store and bought chipmunks. These animals are now back home in Los Angeles, along with the family dogs.
ABC reported that the couple manages the household "on their own" during nights and weekends. But during the daytime, the children are with their homeschool teachers. The Jolie-Pitt kids are from the ages of seven to 14.
With a full household and growing children, Angeline confessed to her one fear about being a parent following the discovery that she inherited the BRCA1 gene mutation, a cancer risk. She intimated that she didn't want her children to worry about taking care of her, so she made the choice to undergo delicate operations. In 2013, Angelina had a double mastectomy, which was then followed with the removal of her ovaries two years later.
Her husband had her support during the whole ordeal and understood his wife's choice. "This is a woman who never knew she'd make it to 40. This is a woman who had watched her mother, aunt and grandmother become sick and eventually succumb, all at an early age," Brad told WSJ. "Her drive, her absolute value in herself, is defined by the impact she can have during her time here - for her kids and for the underprivileged and those suffering injustices."
