Angelina Jolie reveals she split from Brad Pitt for the ‘well-being’ of their six ‘very brave’ kids

Angelina Jolie claims she filed for divorce from Brad Pitt for the ‘well-being’ of their six children. 

The 45-year-old Maleficent actresses made a rare reference to the former power couple’s split in an interview with Vogue on Friday.  

‘It was the right decision. I continue to focus on their healing. Some have taken advantage of my silence, and the children see lies about themselves in the media, but I remind them that they know their own truth and their own minds,’ she told the magazine. 

The Oscar winner went on to describe her children as ‘six very brave, very strong young people.’ 

Before giving birth to her three youngest children Shiloh, 12, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 11, Jolie became a mom to Maddox, 18, Pax, 16 and Zahara, 15, through adoption. 

When about about the process, she that the words ‘adoption’ and ‘orphanage’ are ‘positive words’ in their home. 

‘With my adopted children, I can’t speak of pregnancy, but I speak with much detail and love about the journey to find them and what it was like to look in their eyes for the first time,’ she explained. 

She also stressed her belief that non-biological children should never ‘lose touch with where they came from.’ 

‘They have roots that you do not. Honor them. Learn from them. It’s the most amazing journey to share,’ the humanitarian noted.