{"id":485127,"date":"2026-06-19T08:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/485127\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:26:25","slug":"angelina-jolie-shares-rare-insight-into-mindset-post-brad-pitt-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/485127\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie shares rare insight into mindset post-Brad Pitt divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angelina Jolie\u2019s \u201cfighting spirit\u201d has returned, nearly one decade after her split from ex-husband Brad Pitt<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think my fighting spirit is finally back,\u201d the actress shared with Variety,<\/a> in an interview published Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old confessed that she \u201clost it for a bit,\u201d adding that \u201cit got kind of taken down a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angelina Jolie (pictured above in 2024 with kids Pax, Zahara and Maddox) has her \u201cfighting spirit\u201d back after her divorce. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The actress (pictured in February) told Variety she \u201clost it for a bit.\u201d Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jolie credited her and Pitt\u2019s six children<\/a> \u2014 Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 20, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17 \u2014 with helping her return to herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s coming back in large part thanks to my children, who are now older, and encouraging it,\u201d she explained of her \u201cvery encouraging\u201d brood.<\/p>\n

Her kids, notably, want Jolie to \u201cget out and do things\u201d \u2014 especially exploring \u201caspects of [her]self that maybe [she] hadn\u2019t felt as free to do\u201d in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy kids are almost all 18, so now they want to see me traveling the world,\u201d the \u201cMaleficent\u201d star added. \u201cThey know me more than anybody, and they still like me, which says a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s coming back in large part thanks to my children,\u201d Jolie (pictured above with ex-husband Brad Pitt and sons Maddox and Pax in June 2013) explained. Dave M. Benett<\/p>\n

She, notably, split from Pitt (pictured above on June 6) in September 2016. Getty Images<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had kind of quit acting before my divorce,\u201d she continued. \u201cI was focusing on directing, and I thought I\u2019d be doing my international work.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the \u201conly way to be home more and for short periods of time being away or to make a good amount of money was to go back to acting.\u201d<\/p>\n

After calling it quits with Pitt, 62, in September 2016, Jolie began \u201ctaking things that were short or close by or [that she] could take\u201d her kids to.<\/p>\n

The former couple finally finalized their contentious divorce<\/a> in December 2024 after more than eight years of legal proceedings.<\/p>\n

Before the divorce, Jolie (pictured above in October 2021 had been \u201cfocused on directing\u201d and \u201cinternational work.\u201d Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n

However, the Oscar winner (pictured above in November 2006) turned back to acting post-breakup to stay close to her kids. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

We hear Pitt, who has been dating Ines de Ramon<\/a> since 2022, has \u201cvirtually no contact\u201d with their children.<\/p>\n

In May 2024, Shiloh became the first of the six to legally drop Pitt\u2019s last name<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maddox filed the same request<\/a> in May, listing the reasons as \u201cpersonal,\u201d with Zahara subsequently becoming the third child to do so<\/a> in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That same month, Page Six reported Knox ditched Pitt\u2019s surname on his high school diploma<\/a> \u2014 the same thing his twin sister did while helping produce the \u201cThe Outsiders\u201d Broadway play<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

Pitt has reportedly been \u201cdevastated\u201d by his kids\u2019 name changes<\/a> but is allegedly \u201cnot ready to give up\u201d on them.<\/p>\n

Now that Jolie\u2019s children (pictured above in October 2019) are \u201call almost 18,\u201d they want her to \u201cget out and do things\u201d for herself. WireImage<\/p>\n

Pitt (pictured above in June 2025 with Ines de Ramon) has strained relationships with the brood. WireImage<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a source exclusively told us, that Angelina \u201cseems quite pleased with herself about the total success of her long-standing, intense, deliberate effort to alienate her children from their father.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, a separate insider alleged, \u201cAngelina participated in years of family therapy with Brad and the children for everyone to try to heal after the events that led her to file for divorce.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children are now adults and make their own decisions, which deserve respect. If they choose to distance themselves from him, it comes from that pain and harm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie\u2019s \u201cfighting spirit\u201d has returned, nearly one decade after her split from ex-husband Brad Pitt.\u00a0 \u201cI think…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3713,33932,430,31882,8787,13626,5123,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-485127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-angelina-jolie","tag-brad-pitt","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-divorces","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}