Angelina Jolie Opens up About Her Struggles Since Divorce from Brad Pitt

It’s been a year since Angelina Jolie she split with Brad Pitt, but the actress and single mother is still having trouble adjusting to the single life, as she revealed in a recent interview with Sunday Telegraph.

“I don’t enjoy being single. It’s not something I wanted. There’s nothing nice about it. It’s just hard.”

The former power couple who met on the set of the movie ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ were together for 12 years and married for two before they announced their shocking split in September 2016.

Since then, the mother has had a tasking year, both physically and emotionally. According to her she has been trying so hard to get through her days as it’s been hard.

“Sometimes maybe it appears I am pulling it all together. But really I am just trying to get through my days. Emotionally it’s been a very difficult year.”

After undergoing a preventive double mastectomy in 2013 and having her ovaries removed in 2015, Jolie’s health woes continued in 2016, when she developed not only hypertension, but Bell’s palsy, too, after damaging facial nerves.

With her six children all recently moved out of their rental home and into a more permanent property, Jolie says she’s now embracing a more domestic role within her family including cooking classes and is looking forward to recapturing her old spark.

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

The actress remains set on focusing on the bright side. Although she has decided to re energize her self believing that as the kids grow it will be a lot easier in the future.

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