Angelina Jolie was candid about her split from Brad Pitt.
While promoting her new film First They Killed My Father, the Oscar winner admitted that filing for divorce after a 12 year relationship has been difficult.
‘Sometimes maybe it appears I am pulling it all together. But really I am just trying to get through my days,’ said the 42-year-old mother of six.
Opening up: While promoting her new film First They Killed My Father, the Angelina Jolie admitted filing for divorce after a 12 year relationship has been difficult; seen on August 25
‘I don’t enjoy being single. It’s not something I wanted,’ she continued in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph.
‘There are no upsides, there’s nothing nice about it. It’s just hard,’ she added.
Now a single mother, the Girl Interrupted star has endured a few years of physical pain as well as emotional.
In 2013, she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after it was revealed she carried the BRCA1 gene, which gave her an estimated 87 per cent risk of breast cancer and 50 per cent of ovarian cancer.
Better times: ‘I don’t enjoy being single. It’s not something I wanted,’ she continued in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, (pictured 2015)
She had her ovaries removed in 2015 as another preventative measure.
And last year – in addition to hypertension – the superstar developed Bell’s Palsy.
‘Emotionally it’s been a very difficult year. And I have some other health issues. So my health is something I have to monitor,’ she relayed.
‘I feel sometimes that my body has taken a hit, but I try to laugh as much as possible. Even if you are going through chemo, you need to find the ability to love and laugh.’
Health scares: In 2013, she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after it was revealed she carried the BRCA1 gene, which gave her an estimated 87 per cent risk of breast cancer and 50 per cent of ovarian cancer
She did not make it clear if she was going through chemo and why or of she was just making a reference.
The star is in Los Angeles to promote her third directorial effort, a Netflix film.
First They Killed My Father is an adaptation of Loung Ung‘s 2000 memoir of the Khmer Rouge genocide, which was responsible for the class-driven murders of millions of Cambodians between 1975 and 1978.
As for her future: ‘When I think about where I was ten years ago, I wouldn’t have thought I’d be where I am now with regard to my family life, my marriage, my career.
‘But now, I think I’m at an age where you just want to be healthy.’
Single trials: The single mother of six has trials ahead; (pictured with Knox in 2016)
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