Observers of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have speculated that the famously take-charge actress has her baby-daddy on a short leash. But the Oscar winner’s brother insists that’s “rubbish.”

“They make all their decisions together,” James Haven reportedly told the European mag Grazia. “It’s rubbish that she tries to control him. They have a balanced relationship; they each do their stuff. I’ve never seen moments where one is nagging or controlling the other.”