Brad Pitt "very saddened" after Jolie files for divorce

Actor Brad Pitt has said he is "very saddened" after his wife Angelina Jolie filed for divorce. The Hollywood couple, known collectively as Brangelina, married in 2014 after 10 years together. Robert Offer, Jolie's lawyer, said the actress had filed for the dissolution of the marriage "for the health of the family". In a statement to People magazine, Pitt said: "I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of our kids. "I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time." Jolie filed for divorce on Monday citing irreconcilable differences, according to legal documents filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court. The actress has asked for physical custody of the couple's six children - Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne. She also filed for Pitt to be granted child visitation rights and to share legal custody of the children. Jolie is being represented by divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, who helped in her divorce from Billy Bob Thornton and has represented Johnny Depp in his divorce from Amber Heard. Pitt, 52, and Jolie, 41, first met when they played married spies in the film Mr And Mrs Smith, when...