Angelina Jolie claims ‘things got bad’ in marriage to Brad Pitt as she reveals Bell’s Palsy diagnosis

The Hollywood actress has given her first magazine interview about her divorce 
Candid: Angelina Jolie opens up about the breakdown of her marriage to Brad Pitt
Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott exclusively for Vanity Fair
Jennifer Ruby27 July 2017
The Weekender

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

Angelina Jolie has told Vanity Fair that “things got bad” during her marriage to Brad Pitt, saying she’s still “healing” from the events that led to their 2016 divorce.

Speaking about the breakdown of her marriage for the first time in a magazine interview, the Hollywood actress said she’s been going through the “hardest time”.

“Things got bad," she told the magazine. “I didn’t want to use that word...things became difficult.

“It’s just been the hardest time, and we’re just kind of coming up for air.”

The September issue of Vanity Fair is on news stands on August 4. (Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott exclusively for Vanity Fair )
Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott exclusively for Vanity Fair

Jolie added: “We’re all just healing from the events that led to the filing. [The children are] not healing from divorce. They’re healing from some...from life, from things in life."

In the interview, the actress also revealed that she had been diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy last year, a result of damage to facial nerves which causes one side of the face to droop.

Jolie and Pitt ended their 12-year relationship last September after two years of marriage, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ in divorce papers.

Angelina Jolie's relationships - In pictures

1/10

The A-list actress gave her first TV interview about her divorce to BBC News back in February, saying: “I don’t want to say very much about that, except to say it was a very difficult time and we are a family, and we will always be a family.”

Pitt spoke about the split during a candid interview with GQ Style earlier this year, telling the magazine that he was “keeping the ship afloat” for his children.

“Kids are everything. Kids are your life. They’re taking all the focus, as they should anyway,” he said.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in