Brad Pitt and Angelina have denied reports their adopted daughter Zahara is in need of hip surgery, insisting the news is “not true”.

An article in Star Magazine claimed the Mr and Mrs Smith stars would do “whatever it takes” to cure the two-year-old’s hip dysplasia, a congenital condition, which could affect her ability to walk in the future.

But Pitt’s publicist, Cindy Guagenti, says the reports are all false. She tells gossip website TheCelebrityTruth.com, “It’s not true, and I told the magazine that printed it – but they chose to run it anyways.” Jolie and Pitt adopted Zahara from Ethiopia in 2005.