Angelina Jolie Says She Has to Live in L.A. Because of Divorce but Reveals Where She'll Go 'as Soon as' Twins Turn 18

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo:Blair Getz Mezibov

Blair Getz Mezibov

Angelina Jolieis taking life one day at a time.

While Jolie “grew up in” Los Angeles, as the daughter of actorsJon VoightandMarcheline Bertrand, she told the outlet that she is currently in the city “because I have to be here from a divorce.”

Angelina Jolie forThe Hollywood Reporter.Blair Getz Mezibov

“But as soon as they’re 18, I’ll be able to leave,” she added of her and Pitt’s two youngest children, 16-year-old twinsVivienneandKnox.

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TheAcademy Awardwinner went on to cite her desire for “privacy” for her “big family,” which also includes her four older kids:Maddox, 23,Pax, 20,Zahara, 19, andShiloh, 18.

“When you have a big family, you want them to have privacy, peace, safety,” Jolie said. “I have a house now to raise my children, but sometimes this place can be … that humanity that I found across the world is not what I grew up with here.”

The star said after she leaves L.A., “I’ll spend a lotof time in Cambodia,” which is where she adopted son Maddox from in 2002. Additionally, “I’ll spend time visiting my family members wherever they may be in the world,” she added.

Angelina Jolie on the cover ofThe Hollywood Reporter.Blair Getz Mezibov

Joliefiled for divorce from Pitt, 60, in September 2016 after twoyears of marriage, and their settlement negotiations are still ongoing nearly eight years later.

While the actressdeclined to give specifics about the divorcein herTHRinterview, a source close to Pitt told PEOPLE this week thatit’s “pretty shocking"she and theWolfsactor still “can’t find a resolution and finalize the divorce.”

“A major reason for their unhappiness before Angelina filed for divorce was their frequent clashes over parenting their kids,” the source said, adding that the former couple “always had different approaches to life just in general,” considering Pitt didn’t grow up in Hollywood but Jolie did.

The pair’s legal battle has continued as they argue over custody and finances, as well as a separate lawsuit regarding the French wineryChâteau Miraval.

Said another source familiar with the dispute, “Hopefully they can both get on the same page to at least resolve the matrimonial side of things while the Miraval case plays out.”

source: people.com