Angelina Jolie, who has yet to finalize her ongoing divorce from Brad Pitt, believes her family drama has got in the way of her career ambitions.
“I love to direct, but I had a change in my family situation that left me unable to direct for a few years,” Jolie, 45, recently told Entertainment Weekly.
The “Maleficent” actress said there just wasn’t enough time to fulfill her dream of directing. That’s why the mother of six has continued to act to meet the demands of Hollywood as well as family life.
“I just had to do shorter jobs and be at home more, so I went back to acting jobs. That’s really the truth,” she said.
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Angelina Jolie is pictured with children Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt.
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Jolie recently brought up parenting during the pandemic and admitted in February, “I feel like I don’t have all the skills to be a traditional stay-at-home mom.”
Jolie and 57-year-old Pitt ended their two-year marriage in September. Although their divorce has yet to be finalized, they were both declared legally single in 2019.
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Since then, they have continued to negotiate their divorce as their custody battle rages on over their six children. They are parents to Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14, and 12-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
While court documents in their case are private and sealed, Jolie’s allegations about Pitt’s allegedly abusive behavior leaked to The Blast in March.
Angelina Jolie said that while she ‘likes to direct’, she has been unable to ‘for a few years’ because of ‘a change in my family situation that has not made it possible for me’. (Photo by Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
As Page Six reported exclusively at the time, a source close to Pitt said, “Brad is devastated that Angelina left that way. There is still a lot of emotion left after their marriage.”
At the time, we were told that Pitt’s camp believed the leak was “calculated to influence opinion before their trial ends.”
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Pitt got into an infamous falling out with his family aboard a private jet in 2016, though he was never charged. Pitt admitted to yelling at his children during the incident, but never raised a hand at them in 2016.
Pitt has also never been arrested or charged with any crime during his marriage to Jolie, nor have there been any police reports of marriage abuse allegations.
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Meanwhile, Jolie appears to be cleaning herself from Pitt’s presence in her life. Page Six reported last month that she had sold a Winston Churchill painting that Pitt had given her for $ 11.5 million.
Pitt, on the other hand, has been busy filming his new movie “Bullet Train” with Sandra Bullock and Joey King.