Angelina Jolie: “I Don’t Enjoy Being Single”

ANGELINA JOLIE, who filed for divorce from Brad Pitt in September 2016, has spoken out about life since separating from her husband, whom she was in a relationship for 10 years before marrying him in 2014.

“I don’t enjoy being single,” she told The Sunday Telegraph. “It’s not something I wanted. There’s nothing nice about it. It’s just hard.”

On finding the split emotionally and physically taxing, Jolie continued: “Sometimes maybe it appears I am pulling it all together, but really I am just trying to get through my days.”

“It’s been a very difficult year,” she added. “I have had some other health issues. So my health is something I have to monitor.”

In 2013, Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy and in 2015 she had her ovaries removed. Last year, the actress developed hypertension and Bell’s palsy, and has been vocal about all her health issues throughout the healing process.

“I feel sometimes that my body has taken a hit, but I try to laugh as much as possible,” she told The Sunday Telegraph. “We tend to get so stressed that our children feel our stress when they need to feel our joy. Even if you are going through chemo, you need to find the ability to love and laugh. It may sound like a postcard, but it’s true.”

Jolie and Pitt, who share six children; Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox, were allegedly embroiled in a custody battle before reaching a temporary agreement in December last year. "They’ve been very brave,” Jolie told Vanity Fair in July of how her brood have handled the separation. "We’re all just healing from the events that led to the filing... They’re not healing from divorce. They’re healing from some... from life, from things in life."

Reports also circulated in August that the couple might have pressed pause on their divorce proceedings. Speaking to GQ in May, Pitt said of his former partner, "We care for each other and care about our family, and we are both working towards the same goal." The actor has since given up alcohol and enrolled in therapy sessions to show his commitment to the family.

Jolie is currently promoting her latest directorial effort, First They Killed My Father, at Telluride Film Festival, Colorado, where she has been pictured with her children, but not Pitt.