Angelina Jolie has candidly revealed the lessons she learned from her late mother Marcheline Bertrand.
Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald this weekend, the Hollywood megastar, 45, praised Marcheline for being a ‘gentle’ mother and said she’s always tried to treat her own children with the same tenderness.
‘My mother was very gentle. I can be many things in my work and in life, but I am very warm and gentle with my children,’ Angelina said.
‘That kindness and warmth is a foundation that’s unbelievably important. She gave me many other things and taught me many lessons,’ she continued.
‘But if you don’t have that base, to feel valued and safe, then it’s hard for any of the other messages or lessons to land.’
Marcheline died in 2007 at the age of 56 following a lengthy battle with ovarian cancer.
The Maleficent star also told the publication that she’s stepped back from directing films to be able to focus on her six children.
Angelina shares Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12, with her ex-husband Brad Pitt, whom she has been in the midst of a custody battle with since their separation in 2016.
Pitt and Jolie famously fell in love on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, while Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston.
The couple married in France in 2014 after 10 years of dating, but split two years later in September 2016.
While the couple were legally divorced in 2019, things are far from amicable.
They have been at war over their kids for five years, with Brad striving for 50/50 custody with Angelina wanting full physical custody.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
