Brad Pitt enjoys doing the laundry and preparing dinner with his and Angelina Jolie's 6 kids

Brad Pitt has six children with Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt has discovered he loves getting stuck into the chores at the Surrey home he shares with fiance Angelina Jolie and their brood.

The actor has been helping out with the laundry for the couple's 6 children and popping to the shops to stock up on food.

'Brad has always been an attentive father, but recently he's becoming more domesticated, too,' says a source.

'The couple have quite a lot of help around the home, but Brad's started getting quite into sorting out the washing and doing the ironing himself.

'He's also been going to the local supermarket, and runs errands to the local dry cleaners in Camberley.'

The couple are living in the UK while Angelina, 37, shoots new film Maleficent - a Disney film based on the fairytale Sleeping Beauty - and Brad works on the second of two new movies.

He had a little free time in between finishing re-shoots for World War Z and starting scenes on Ridley Scott's The Counselor in Shoreditch with Cameron Diaz, which he chose to spend with his kids.

'He's been pottering around the house a bit while Ange is away, and it helps to keep him occupied,' the source tells the Daily Mirror.

'He likes nothing more than doing a bit of housework before getting the kids to help him prepare dinner, which they love.'

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