Brad Pitt has been quietly supporting the kids left behind by his close friend Chris Cornell , who committed suicide in 2017, and RadarOnline.com can reveal 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 confided 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," said an insider. Article continues below advertisement

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As readers know, Pitt has been estranged from his older kids,

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