Anais Gutierrez
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly calling off their divorce. The news comes weeks after it was first reported the couple was working on getting back together.
Angelina recently premiered her new film ‘First They Killed My Father’ at Telluride Film Festival with high praise.
Rekindled romance
Just weeks after it was reported that once-power-duo Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have ‘called off their divorce’. The pair has allegedly rekindled their romance thanks to intense spiritual counseling.
According to the couple’s biographer, Ian Halperin, the pair is “back together” less than one year after announcing their split in September 2016 after 12 years together.
Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, Halperin shared the couple met for an emotional conversation, the first after months of not seeing each other.
“Brad took the first step forward, then they collapsed into each other’s arms. There were a lot of tears, nothing was left on the table. They had it out, right there and then in this very modest house.”
“In that moment they decided to make a fresh start. It was a ‘come to Jesus meeting’ that marked the beginning of a new phase in their relationship.”
When the couple split last September amid toxic allegations of drink, drugs and a mid-air altercation between Pitt and their teenage son Maddox. It resulted in brief investigations by the FBI and social services, the rift in their relationship seemed as final as it was sudden.
The biographer added that the pair plans to officially “re-couple” and have been undergoing spiritual counseling sessions in a bid to get their relationship back on track.
However, Halperin said that he wouldn’t rule out the couple going ahead with their divorce. Using the legal proceeding as a “clean sheet” to “start their lives anew”.
Not enjoying being single
The news of the power duo’s rekindled romance comes after Angelina Jolie opened up about life after her split from Brad Pitt.
In a new interview with the Sunday Telegraph, the actress, who filed for divorce from Pitt last year, admitted that the process has taken a heavy emotional toll on her.
“Sometimes maybe it appears I am pulling it all together,” she says. “But really I am just trying to get through my days.”
“I don’t enjoy being single,” she adds. “It’s not something I wanted. There’s nothing nice about it. It’s just hard.”
Jolie, who underwent a preventive double mastectomy in 2013, had her ovaries removed in 2015 and last year, in addition to hypertension, developed Bell’s Palsy, says her health issues have also been weighing on her.
“Emotionally it’s been a very difficult year,” she says. “And I have some other health issues. So my health is something I have to monitor.”
“I feel sometimes that my body has taken a hit, but I try to laugh as much as possible,” she adds.
“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.”
Focusing on life and family
Jolie also discussed her latest directorial offering, ‘First They Killed My Father‘, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday and received high praise.
The film is an adaptation of Loung Ung‘s 2000 memoir of the Khmer Rouge genocide, which was responsible for the class-driven murders of millions of Cambodians between 1975 and 1978.
Following the success of the film, Jolie says she has no immediate plans for either acting or directing — but instead is focusing on life at home with her six children.
“I am going to cooking classes. Cooking is one of those things you do when you are settled in your life and you can take the time,” she said.
“But somehow I am just very impatient and I am a little bit erratic.”
Now she’s ready to get those classes.
“I feel like, if I cook, the kids can all hang out. Although they often take over and tell me that they can do it better.”
And kitchen skills aside, Jolie admits there is more she wants to work on.
“I think now I need to rediscover a little bit of the old me. Think we lose our way a bit. I have had a lot happen in my life, from certain people passing to health issues to raising the children,” she said.
“And it’s been a very good time to absorb and develop and grow.”
“But maybe now that my kids are growing up I am starting to realize that my own sense of play has been put on hold for a while,” she continues.
“And maybe them hitting their teens is going to bring out a little more fun in Mom. So maybe I am going back. It may be time.”
Source: Just Jared
