Angelina Jolie's 'explosive row' with Brad Pitt over his beer-drinking session

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 4:42 PM on 31st March 2009

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Angelina Jolie's relationship with Brad Pitt has hit a rocky patch after the couple had an explosive row, it was claimed today.

The exhausted actress reportedly returned home from a long day filming her new movie Salt to find Brad relaxing with beer and DVDs in their bedroom while their six children caused chaos downstairs.

Brad's behaviour is said to have triggered the second big argument between the couple over the last few weeks, with friends worrying for their future together.

Feeling the strain? Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, pictured at the Bafta Film Awards last month, are said to have had a string of arguments in recent weeks

Sources close to the couple say they had their biggest row yet when Angelina found Brad sleeping while nannies struggled to care for their large brood.

A friend of the actress told Grazia magazine: 'Angelina was completely and utterly exhausted, so when she came home after a hard day's work and found Brad had apparently done nothing all day except watch DVDs, she was livid.

'She went upstairs and shook Brad awake. He was like a bear with a sore head and kept telling her to leave him alone.'

Insiders on her new film Salt said the actress has been withdrawn on set and has been spotted deep in conversation with her brother James Haven in between takes.

Insular: Angelina has been looking gaunt and acting withdrawn on the set of her new film Salt

A source told the Mail on Sunday: 'Brad and the kids have barely visited the set and Angelina seems very insular.

'She’s staying on her own, working 15-hour days and the stress is taking its toll. We’re all very concerned.

'She’s on a liquid detox diet to lose 21lb in 20 days. She is doing all the stunts herself and barely has time to eat.

The parents-of-six haven't been photographed together since they completed their awards circuit with the Oscars in late February.

Over the last few weeks, Angelina has been putting in gruelling hours on the set of spy thriller Salt, while Brad has been looking after their children.

Her long hours meant she often spends the night at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan, instead of making the 50-mile drive back to their £40million mansion on Long Island's Gold Coast.

Daddy duty: Brad, pictured in Washington DC this month with Zahara and Shiloh, has been looking after the children while Angelina is at work

Two weeks ago, reports claimed Angelina fired their twins Knox and Vivienne's nanny after she found Brad comforting her in a bedroom.

Brad insisted he was consoling the nanny, who was feeling ill at the time.

Source claimed Angelina slapped him round the face and fired the nanny on the spot.

Since the incident, the couple have started sleeping in separate bedrooms.

A friend tell Grazia: 'Angelina's put up a wall between them and shut down emotionally.'

The actress complained last year the couple barely had any time to spend together because of parenting their six children.

Family ties: The couple on a rare public outing with all six of their children in Tokyo in January

She said: 'Mummy and daddy need to try to figure out more time; we’re working on it. Right now, we’re not great about mummy-and-daddy time.'

Since the couple started dating in 2005, there has been little chance for alone time.

Angelina was already a single mother to Cambodian-born Maddox - and adopted Ethiopian daughter Zahara Marley soon after.

The family expanded their brood to include biological daughter Shiloh in 2006, adopted Vietnamese Pax in 2007 and Angelina gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne last July.

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