Angelina Jolie Struggles to Cope After Brad Pitt Split: 'I Don't Enjoy Being Single'
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The 'First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers' director gives her first interview since splitting from Brad Pitt.

AceShowbiz - Angelina Jolie got candid when she talked about her life following her separation from husband Brad Pitt. Caring for her six children, struggling with marriage issues, directing a new movie, and dealing with health issues have apparently taken a toll on her.

If it's up to her, she would rather keep a low profile but her new movie, "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers", needs publicity so she's reluctantly doing a press tour. "This is the first time I have done this for a long time. It's not easy. I am a little shy this time, because I am not as strong inside as I have been in the past," she told The Telegraph.

"Sometimes maybe it appears I am pulling it all together. But really I am just trying to get through my days. I don't enjoy being single. It's not something I wanted. There's nothing nice about it. It's just hard," Angie continued.

"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 said, referring to her hypertension and Bell's Palsy diagnoses that came after her double mastectomy in 2013 and another surgery to have her ovaries removed in 2015.

"I feel sometimes that my body has taken a hit, but I try to laugh as much as possible," she explained. "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."

While her estranged husband took up sculpting to distract himself from boozing, Angie opted to sharpen her culinary skills to cope with her emotional struggles. "I am going to cooking classes," she revealed. "Cooking is one of those things you do when you are settled in your life and you can take the time. But somehow I am just very impatient and I am a little bit erratic. But I am getting into it now. I feel like, if I cook, the kids can all hang out. Although they often take over and tell me that they can do it better."

"I think now I need to rediscover a little bit of the old me," she added. "I think we lose our way a bit. I have had a lot happen in my life, from certain people passing to health issues to raising the children. And it's been a very good time to absorb and develop and grow."

"But maybe now that my kids are growing up I am starting to realize that my own sense of play has been put on hold for a while," she went on. "And maybe them hitting their teens is going to bring out a little more fun in Mom. So maybe I am going back. It may be time."

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