Angelina Jolie says her children helped restore her fighting spirit after divorce

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie told Variety in June 2026 that after her divorce from Brad Pitt, her six children played a crucial role in bringing back her "fighting spirit," which she had felt she lost during the separation. She added that her children, now adults, encouraged her to revive parts of herself she had set aside while focusing on motherhood.

In a separate interview promoting the film *Couture*, Jolie said she has not dated since the divorce and that her primary focus remains raising her children. She described feeling the start of a new personal chapter, saying, "I’m thinking I have to live again, be free again," and credited her daughters for prompting her to reconnect with her own identity.