Maddox Jolie-Pitt Refused to Attend ‘Emotional’ Reunion With Dad Brad Pitt

For 19 long days, Brad Pitt patiently waited to be reunited with his six children. He stood by as Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne underwent counseling to help them prep for the visit. As a Pitt insider explains in the new issue of Us Weekly, “He wanted to make sure the meeting would be the most productive for the kids.”But when the group finally gathered October 8 at one of the L.A.-area homes Pitt, 52, once shared with estranged wife Angelina Jolie, the result was awkward at best. With Maddox refusing to attend — “He chose not to go and stayed with Angie,” says a Jolie confidante — and a therapist monitoring close by, the get-together was anything but a picture-perfect, hug-filled homecoming. Says a source, “It wasn’t full of joy and happiness.”