In a rare interview, Angelina Jolie discussed her life at home with her kids, her opinions on eradicating racism in the US, and how she educated herself while living in self-isolation.
The 45-year-old Oscar-winning actress, who also serves as the High Commissioner for Refugees’ Special Envoy, shared two intimate images of herself taken during lockdown with Harper’s Bazaar UK while speaking with the publication from her Los Feliz, California, home.
The six children whom Angelina and her ex-husband Brad Pitt parted ways with in 2016 have been the subject of her undivided attention during this time at home. She said, “Like most parents, I focus on staying calm so my children don’t feel anxiety from me on top of all they are worrying about.”
Pitt’s ranch is just five minutes away from the Maleficent actress’s Los Feliz house. According to reports, the ex-couple gets along well and shares custody of their kids.
Brad and Angelina were married in 2014 and celebrated their September 2016 wedding. They first got acquainted in 2004 when they co-starred in the popular film Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Three adopted children, Maddox, 18, from Cambodia, Pax, 16, from Vietnam, and Zahara, 15, from Ethiopia, are shared by the couple.
Moreover, they have three biological children: the twins Vivienne and Knox, age 11, and Shiloh, age 14.
Angelina claims that her children have remained her first priority throughout the coronavirus epidemic, and she has been making a lot of effort to maintain her composure during lockdown so that her kids won’t experience any more stress as a result of her.
She said in the interview, “Like most parents, I focus on staying calm so my children don’t feel anxiety from me on top of all they are worrying about.”
“I gave them everything I had.”
She also provided an update on the family’s pets, explaining that one of her youngest daughter’s animals had suffered a tragic loss.
Vivienne’s bunny went away during surgery during the lockdown, and we took in two adorable but crippled tiny ones. They must operate in pairs. It has been beneficial to concentrate on their care for her right now since they are so kind. And on the lizard, dogs, and snakes…
Though her children have taken up the most of her attention at this time, Angelina has also developed a strong interest in the struggle against racism in the US. In the wake of George Floyd’s passing, she recently gave $200,000 to the NAACP legal defense fund.
The Mr. and Mrs. Smith actress remarked, “Having six children reminds me of what is most important every day.”
“But this pandemic and this moment in America has made me rethink the needs and suffering within my own country,” the author writes, “after almost two decades of working internationally.”
More than 70 million individuals have been forced to “leave their homes worldwide because of war and persecution—and there is racism and discrimination in America,” according to Angelina.
The Oscar winner and activist used her adopted daughter Zahara, who is from Ethiopia, as an example to advocate for reforms to the legal system and to laws that only provide protections and rights to members of a certain race.
“It is intolerable to have a system that protects me but may not protect my daughter or any other man, woman, or child in our country because of their skin color,” the lady said.