Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie‘s former bodyguard spent 27 years in the British Army’s air service but working for the A-list couple was still his hardest job yet. In a 2016 interview with The Sun, Mark Billingham discussed his 18-month stint working for Pitt, 59, and Jolie, 48.
Billingham was Pitt and Jolie’s head of security and formed a close relationship with the couple’s six children — Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne. Billingham told The Sun: “The military set me up perfectly for what I did with them.”
He says the protective parents were extremely strict about who spent time around their children. He recalls, “Angie and Brad are very worried about who goes near their children.
It was clear from the start we had a great chemistry and they trusted me with the kids.” Bellingham says he was close with the couple and lived with them throughout his time on their staff. He claims he effectively “fathered” the Jolie-Pitt kids, taking them swimming and accompanying them throughout the day.
“I could take the kids anywhere I wanted to on my own. No one else was allowed to do that,” he said. “Even when I wanted to bring in extra people, they wouldn’t let any of those near the kids.” Bellingham also had to protect the family from stalkers which he was a prolific issue.
But overall, Bellingham says the couple occasionally lacked social skills and common sense. Ultimately, Bellingham said he couldn’t work with the couple due to how much it took him away from his own six children. “I never had a private life. I was exhausted. I lost direction in my own family life,” he said, In 17 months I was only home for six weeks. It was just too full-on.”
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