Angelina Jolie has opened up about feeling lonely and ‘in a strange way’ ahead of her bitter court battle with ex husband Brad Pitt.
The former A-List couple – who split eight years ago with Angelina accusing Brad of abuse – are in the midst of an acrimonious legal battle for their French vineyard.
But years on from their messy split, Angelina, 49, made a candid confession about how she spends most of her time alone now.
Speaking to The Sun at a London hotel on Saturday, Angelina revealed the trait she shares with opera star Maria Callas – who she portrays in the upcoming biopic Maria – was loneliness.
‘I have my 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren I love but as an adult I’m often alone, I find myself identifying with the solitude and loneliness she has,’ she said.
‘I also haven’t quite figured out how to live life in a way where I’m on my own, maybe a lot of artists feel that we’re in an open space as a person.
‘We don’t quite settle. So it leaves us in a strange way sometimes.’
Angelina recently scored a major legal victory against ex-husband Brad after a judge ruled that he must hand over documents and communications which could prove he was abusive towards the actress and their 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren.
The ongoing dispute has seen the feuding exes attack each other in legal filings ever since Pitt sued Jolie in 2022 for selling her stake in their Chateau Miraval estate, which produces an award-winning sparkling rosé.
Legal filings seen by DailyMail.com show that the communications Pitt, 60, has been ordered to produce begins the day Jolie claims he abused her on a private plane shortly before their separation in 2016.
She previously accused him of pouring red wine and beer over his ex and one of the couple’s 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren on a private plane.
Pitt has always denied being abusive and was cleared by law enforcement following an investigation – though his ex-wife claimed in filings that his ‘history of physical abuse’ started ‘well before’ the plane incident.
Jolie, 49, asked the court to force her ex-husband to disclose anything between September 14, 2016 to December 31, 2018.
That will include emails, texts and other written communications, but nothing between him and his attorneys or therapists.
The Maleficent actress filed documents in July claiming that the actor tried to force her to sign an $8.5million NDA to cover up ‘years of abuse.’
At the same time, her legal team asked that the court compel Pitt to disclose ‘private, third-party communications’ he had about their family’s 2016 plane ride that resulted in Jolie filing for divorce.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lia Martin issued the ruling last Monday, after Jolie’s lawyers claimed that the documents would prove her claims Pitt tried to make her sign an NDA.
She claims that the gag order would have prevented her from speaking out about the alleged abuse, amid a verbal agreement she would sell her half of the winery to Pitt.
Jolie’s lawyers claim that the documents will prove ‘communications concerning abuse, lies to authorities, and years of cover up’ on Pitt’s part.
Pitt’s legal team sought for the motion to be denied, claiming the requests were ‘wide-ranging and intrusive’.
The actors’ lawyers also branded the filing as a ‘sensationalist fishing expedition’, with sources calling the latest ruling ‘irrelevant’, as the actor has provided ‘so much information already’.
Paul Murphy, a lawyer for Jolie, branded the documents as ‘crucial evidence’ that Pitt has ‘fought for years to hide.’