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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s ex-bodyguard says he was “basically a father” to the kids

Former head of security Mark Billingham has revealed all about his time with the famous couple.
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Maddox, Pax

A former bodyguard of estranged Hollywood super couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has spoken out about his time with the pair.

And even though he is a decorated SAS veteran who fought in Iraq, he says his toughest gig was acting as security for Brangelina.

According to The Sun, the bodyguard has even claimed he was the children’s unofficial father while he worked with the family.

He also said that Brad and Ange’s greatest fear was that someone would kidnap the kids.

Mark, front, was charged with protecting the couple and their family.

“Angie and Brad are very worried about who goes near their children,” Mark said to The Sun.

According to Mark, Brad and Angelina were so worried, they were even wary of other security professionals.

“Even when I wanted to bring in extra people, they wouldn’t let any of those near the kids,” he explained, saying they were allowed to stand back and look at the kids but not approach or be near them.

Brad and Ange were reportedly very careful with who had contact with the kids.

“It was clear from the start we had a great chemistry and they trusted me with the kids,” he said of his relationship with the parents of Maddox, Pax, Shiloh, Zahara, Vivienne and Knox.

“We got very close, I was living with them all the time.”

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Mark says Brad and Ange trusted him completely.

“I could take the kids anywhere I wanted on my own. No one else was allowed to do that,” he bragged.

“I took them swimming. I fathered them, basically.”

Mark says not many people liked Brad.

But Mark says he was always more worried about Brad being attacked than Angelina.

“People love her but hate him,” the former soldier explained.

“You have to figure out a way of protecting them from all that. It was challenging, but interesting.”

However behind closed doors, Mark says he got to see another side to the couple no one else did.

“What surprised me was their low level of common sense. I found it crazy when they would ask me questions like, ‘How do I go down to that bar?’ and ‘What do I need to do to get there?'”

“They’re not stupid, but because of the world they live in they just haven’t done something like that for so long. I found that weird.”

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