Angelina Jolie Files For Divorce From Brad Pitt After 12-Years Of Marriage

Hollywood's most famous couple is calling it quits after Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, a lawyer for the actress said according to court documents,

Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt on Monday, citing irreconcilable differences. The actress is seeking physical custody of their six children, with visitation rights for Pitt.

Brad Pitt later released a statement saying;

"I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of our kids," he said. "I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time." Their children are: 15-year-old Maddox, 12-year-old Pax, 11-year-old Zahara, 10-year-old Shiloh, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

Though together for 12-years, Pitt and Jolie Pitt only wed in August 2014. They married privately in the French hamlet of Correns in Provence.

It was the second marriage for Pitt, 52, who previously wed Jennifer Aniston, and the third for Jolie Pitt, 41, who was previously married to Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller.

The pair infamously got together on the set of their movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" while Pitt was married to actress Jennifer Aniston.

The pair adopted children from Cambodia, Vietnam and Ethiopia. And they sought to direct the glare of their celebrity toward other causes. Jolie Pitt, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, became an outspoken voice for refugees and various causes in Africa, as well as for breast cancer treatment after undergoing a double mastectomy.