PHOTOSAngelina Jolie Reveals She Developed Bell’s Palsy During ‘Difficult’ Divorce
July 26 2017, Updated 6:07 p.m. ET
It’s been almost a year since Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, and the actress is finally opening up about the shocking split in an interview with Vanity Fair. Although Angelina, 42, has seemingly been handling the divorce just fine, the actress revealed things got so difficult that she developed Bell’s Palsy, which damages facial nerves and causes one side of the face to droop. Angelina, who previously underwent a preventative double mastectomy in 2013, admitted to developing hypertension as well. Despite the challenging time, Angelina says she and Brad, 53, are still “trying to do our best to heal our family.” Click through for more details from Angelina’s bombshell interview.
“Sometimes women in families put themselves last, until it manifests itself in their own health,” Angelina explained to Vanity Fair.
Angelina said that even before announcing her split from Brad in September 2016, “Things got bad,” adding, “I didn’t want to use that word…Things became ‘difficult.’”
Angie and Brad’s divorce turned ugly fast when the FBI got involved and investigated Brad for allegedly getting into a fight with his son Maddox on the family’s private plane. He was later cleared of any wrongdoing.
During a shocking interview with GQ, Brad confessed his struggle with personal demons affected his family. “I stopped everything except boozing when I started my family,” he said, revealing that he’d started therapy and needed to “be more” for his kids.
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Angelina seemed to acknowledge Brad’s demons, admitting that her children are still “healing from the events that led up to the filing.”
“It’s just been the hardest time,” Angelina continued, “and we’re just kind of coming up for air.”
Still, Angelina said her six children have been “very brave.” “They’re six very strong-minded, thoughtful, worldly individuals. I’m very proud of them,” she added.
In regards to how she and Brad are doing now, Angelina shared, “We care for each other and care about our family, and we are both working towards the same goal.”
