As she thought back on her “social life” and the people in her life who are closest to her, Angelina Jolie disclosed her current relationship status.
The 48-year-old performer spoke up about her personal life in a WSJ Magazine interview that was released on December 5. She went on to say that even though she lives in Los Angeles, she doesn’t “really have…a social life,” and she’s not in a relationship right now.
The Maleficent actress claims that her work with migrants has helped her make the majority of her friendships.
She remarks, “I realized my closest friends are refugees.” “I think that four or five of the six women I know are from war or conflict.”
She spoke out about her battle with depression and suicidal thoughts during the height of her success in the honest interview, saying that she had “wanted to escape.” After the battle, she visited camps for refugees in Pakistan, Tanzania, Cambodia, and Sierra Leone before beginning her employment with the UN organization in 2001.
Jolie said, “I am more at ease around people who have experienced hardship because there’s a reason they are also much more honest and much more connected.” She continued by outlining some of the qualities in the refugees she has gotten to know that she finds most admirable.
Why is it that I like hanging out with migrants and survivors? They have faced so many challenges in life that it has brought out not just strength but also humanity, the woman said.
She served as the UN’s special envoy for almost 20 years until leaving the position in December 2022. She promised that she “will continue to do everything in [her] power in the years to come to support refugees and other displaced people” when she announced her resignation from the role.
She discussed how the paparazzi and public spotlight have influenced her work in the entertainment sector in other sections of her interview with WSJ Magazine. Jolie said, “They’ve also decided how they want you.”
The Girl, Interrupted actress continued to think back on her early acting career and how she thought at the time that she had to uphold a particular image.
“I think people enjoy the part of me that’s pretty tough and maybe a bit wild—that’s the part that people have liked since I was young,” she said. “You don’t want to hear about my suffering or my misery from me. That’s not very entertaining, you know.
She also made reference to how her public breakup with ex-husband Brad Pitt has affected her intentions to move out of Los Angeles. Part of what transpired after my divorce is this. My freedom to live and travel was taken away from me. When I can, I’ll relocate,” she said. Jolie said that she would want to spend more time at her Cambodian house when she moves.
Jolie and Pitt have been involved in divorce processes pertaining to child custody and property disputes ever since they announced their split in 2016.
Together, the two paid around £20 million for a French vineyard in 2008, and now each owns 50% of the land and its wine-making business. Pitt filed a lawsuit when Jolie sold her portion of the property to Russian-British investor Yuri Shefler’s Stoli Group in 2021.
Following a protracted court struggle that lasted over five years, Pitt and Jolie were given shared custody of their children in May 2021. The custody dispute hasn’t been settled, yet, as a California appeals court disqualified the private judge Pitt and Jolie hired for their case one month later. Pitt is currently allowed visiting privileges with their children, but Jolie currently has full custody.
Six-time mother Jolie adopted Maddox, who is now 22 years old, as her first child in 2001. Prior to the two actors having five children—Pax, 19, Zahara, 18, Shiloh, 17, and the twins, Knox and Vivienne, 15—he lawfully adopted Maddox while she was still with Pitt.
Jolie spoke candidly about her deep bond with her six children in an interview with WJS Magazine. They are my closest pals and the ones I am closest to in my life, the woman said. The strength of our group of seven lies in our diversity.
She also conveyed her appreciation for her kids in a September interview with Vogue, saying that she has now been told to “live for them.”
“I became a mother at the age of 26. Everything in my life changed. “Having children taught me to live differently in this world and saved me,” the mother said. “I think that if I hadn’t wanted to live for them, I would have recently drowned in a much darker way.”
“You want your children to be better than me, so they are,” the Mr. and Mrs. Smith actor said. Naturally, I am their mother and, ideally, the source of stability and safety for them. However, they also make fun of me, and I see them assuming control of a lot of our family’s activities.
