BRAD PLAYS DAD TO DEAD PAL'S KIDS

Makes up for losing his brood in divorce

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Pitt has been close to the Cornell children since the Soundgarden frontman's suicide

BRAD PITT has been quietly supporting the kids left behind by his close friend Chris Cornell, who committed suicide in 2017, and sources tell GLOBE they're helping to fill the void left by losing his own children — most of whom have cut him off in favor of their mom, Angelina Jolie.

Sources confide that the Cornell kids — Christopher, 19, Toni, 21, and Lillian, 25 — are happy to have the 61-year-old F1 actor in their lane.

“Through them, Brad is finding the kind of connection his own kids have denied him,” says an insider.