{"id":7245,"date":"2026-06-29T20:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/angelina-jolie-makes-rare-comment-about-her-dating-life-after-brad-pitt-divorce\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:14:45","slug":"angelina-jolie-makes-rare-comment-about-her-dating-life-after-brad-pitt-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/angelina-jolie-makes-rare-comment-about-her-dating-life-after-brad-pitt-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie makes rare comment about her dating life after Brad Pitt divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F132728620.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Angelina Jolie revealed she hasn\u2019t dated anyone since her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/28\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-breaks-his-silence-on-finalizing-angelina-jolie-divorce-after-8-years\/\">split from Brad Pitt<\/a> nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSalt\u201d actress made the rare comment about her love life in an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/article\/angelina-jolie-feels-like-life-has-broken-me-a-little-bit-shes-ready-to-reconnect-with-her-old-self-110000534.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with Yahoo Entertainment<\/a> while promoting her new film, \u201cCouture.\u201d In the movie, Jolie plays an American filmmaker who gets diagnosed with breast cancer while working at Paris Fashion Week.<\/p>\n<p>Her character, Maxine Walker, is romantically involved with a cinematographer, Anton (played by Louis Garrel). Jolie said playing Maxine, who has a daughter, made her realize you can still date while being focused on your kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be candid, I haven\u2019t dated since I divorced a decade ago,\u201d Jolie said. \u201cSo I kind of get in my head that that aspect of me is not centered in my life if I\u2019m focusing on my children, my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Angelia Jolie, pictured here in October 2025, revealed she hasn\u2019t dated anyone since she split from Brad Pitt nearly 10 years ago. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pitt and Jolie, seen here in November 2015, split in September 2016 after two years of marriage. <span class=\"credit\">Dimitrios Kambouris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt took me a second to kind of say, well, she can also love her daughter and be dedicated to her daughter and also need this as a woman and receive this as a woman,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Jolie, 51, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/09\/20\/angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitt-to-divorce\/\">split<\/a> from Pitt, 62, in September 2016 after two years of marriage, and the exes went through a tumultuous divorce that <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/30\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie-settle-their-bitter-divorce-after-8-year-battle\/\">took eight years to finalize<\/a>. The exes <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-kids\/\">share six children<\/a> together: Maddox, 24; Pax, 22; Zahara, 21; Shiloh, 20; and twins Vivienne and Knox, 17.<\/p>\n<p>Now that her daughters are older, Jolie told the outlet they\u2019re encouraging her to not just focus on being their mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think in some way they\u2019re bringing me back to my old self,\u201d Jolie said. \u201cMy desire for them to have all of the strength and openness and softness and faith and ferocity is reminding me. I think they kind of want me now to not just be \u2018Mom.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress said that her daughters are encouraging her to be more than just their mom. Jolie is pictured here with daughters Shiloh, Zahara and Vivienne, as well as sons Maddox and Knox in October 2021. <span class=\"credit\">Tim P. Whitby\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jolie remains close with her and Pitt\u2019s six children, though they are estranged from their dad. Jolie and her six kids \u2014 Knox, Vivienne, Pax, Shiloh, Zahara and Maddox \u2014 are seen here in February 2019. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jolie said she doesn\u2019t think about aging but, rather, is now getting to rediscover herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking I have to live again. Be free again,\u201d she said. \u201cIn a way that maybe life has broken me a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Jolie <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/18\/celebrity-news\/angelina-jolie-shares-rare-insight-into-mindset-post-brad-pitt-divorce\/\">told Variety her \u201cfighting spirit\u201d has come back<\/a>, admitting she \u201clost it for a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s coming back in large part thanks to my children, who are now older, and encouraging it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy kids are almost all 18, so now they want to see me traveling the world,\u201d she added. \u201cThey know me more than anybody, and they still like me, which says a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jolie and Pitt, seen here in May 2009, went through a tumultuous divorce that took eight years to finalize. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jolie, seen here in February, admitted of the past decade, that \u201clife has broken me a little bit.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the \u201cMaleficent\u201d star is clearly close with her kids, they remained <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/12\/celebrity-news\/angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-son-knox-drops-dads-last-name-from-diploma-weeks-ahead-of-18th-birthday\/\">estranged from Pitt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the exes\u2019 kids \u2014 Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh \u2014 have taken legal steps <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/09\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-hit-with-another-blow-as-third-child-files-to-legally-drop-famous-last-name\/\">to drop \u201cPitt\u201d from their last name<\/a> while twins Knox and Vivienne, who are still under 18, have distanced themselves symbolically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPax still has a relationship with his dad\u2019s side of the family and continues to spend time with them,\u201d a source told us, noting he recently attended attended a family gathering.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Pax \u201cdoesn\u2019t have much of a relationship with Brad,\u201d a second source told us.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/29\/celebrity-news\/angelina-jolie-makes-rare-comment-about-her-dating-life-after-brad-pitt-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angelina Jolie revealed she hasn\u2019t dated anyone since her split from Brad Pitt nearly a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132728620.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}