Angelina Jolie has opened up about her split from Brad Pitt for the first time ever since she filed for divorce in September of last year. She says it has been a very difficult time, but maintains that they will forever be a family.
In an interview with the BBC, Jolie said "It was a difficult time. Many people find themselves in this situation. My whole family have all been through a very difficult time. My focus is my children, our children." She then added "We are and forever will be a family, and so that is how I am coping." Jolie was visibly upset during the interview with the BBC as she talked about her split from her husband.
Pitt and Jolie first met while filming on the set of "Mr and Mrs Smith" and got together in 2004. The couple married on August 2014. Jolie was awarded sole custody of the couple's six children after filing for divorce last year citing irreconcilable differences. The "Tomb Raider" actress has been keeping a very low profile since news of the couple's divorce first became public.
The actress was interviewed by the BBC in Cambodia where she was attending the special screening of her film "First They Killed My Father", which she directed and produced. The movie tells the true-to-life story of the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge regime through the eyes of a child. Jolie hopes that the film would help Cambodians talk more openly about the horrors they experienced during that time.
Two million were said to have died under the Khmer Rouge regime. According to CNN, the project is near and dear to Jolie's heart because of her ties to Cambodia. Jolie adopted her first child, Maddox, after travelling to Cambodia to film the 2001 movie "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider." Jolie currently serves as a refugee special agency envoy for the United Nations.
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