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Slowly but surely she is coming out of her shell again.
For the past decade, Angelina Jolie’s life has existed under her ghost miserable division from her miserable ex.
Between the financial costs and the excruciating mental agony, her career was partially on hiatus.
Now she heals and acts and lives again. And she credits her amazing children for encouraging her.
‘I got a little worn out’
In an interview with BlackAngelina shared that her “fighting spirit” is back in more ways than one.
She acknowledged that much of her energy had been “lost a bit” over the past decade.
“I was kind of taken down a little bit,” Angelina admitted.
That might be a bit of an understatement.
Angelina and Brad married in 2014 after about a decade together and began divorcing in 2016. Their divorce lasted a full eight years — ending in December 2024.
Notably, Angelina left out some key words — such as “Brad Pitt” and “marriage” and “divorce” — from that statement.
We are sure that there were both legal and personal reasons behind this omission.
Rather than focusing on the horrible man who turned her life upside down, Angelina focused on her amazing children.
She shared that her children have helped her heal and “encourage” her to get her groove back.
Angelina warmly said that “know me more than anyone and they still like me, which is saying a lot.”
It’s great to see the comeback
In addition to her acting career, Angelina’s role in humanitarian work may be her best known quality.
However, her divorce (and litigation over the castle where she and Brad tied the knot a dozen years ago) has been costly.
In addition, she explained that humanitarian work keeps her away from her children for too long.
Acting, on the other hand, provides ample pay and allows her to see her children with a freer schedule.
Very soon the twins will turn 18. Not only will this sever an important legal link with Brad, but it will make her an empty nester – with more personal freedom.
For years, reports seemed to try to frame the Jolie-Pitt divorce with Jolie as some sort of bitter ex who maliciously kept the children from Pitt.
Hey, it happens. Not in this case, but sure, some divorces have cruel exes who play twisted games with custody, finances, and more.
The reality is that child after child has moved to drop the Pitt nameinformally with classmates and peers or formally through court documents.
Knox and Vivienne were born in 2008. Their shared birthday is in mid-July, which would make them both 18.
Right now, it seems that Pitt has successfully alienated all of his children. And he has no one to thank but himself.
