Angelina Jolie Opens Up About Her Divorce From Brad Pitt

In a new interview with BBC World News, where she discussed her new movie First They Killed My Father, Angelina Jolie opened up about her recent divorce from Brad Pitt (starts at the 4:30 mark).

When asked how she was dealing with everything, Jolie said, “I don’t want to say very much about that, except to say it was a very difficult time and we are a family and we will always be a family.”

She added, “We will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it.”

When asked about the effect the divorce has had on her family Angelina said, “My whole family, we’ve all being through a difficult time…My focus is my children, our children, and my focus is finding this way through. We are and forever will be a family. I am coping with finding a way through to make sure that this somehow makes us stronger and closer.”

Angelina’s son Maddox, 15 was at the center of an alleged incident while on a plane with his father Brad Pitt. Brad and Angelina shocked the world by announcing their split in September; they were married in 2014.

At the time of the split, Pitt released a statement to People magazine saying, “I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the wellbeing of our kids. I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time.”

You can check out more of Angelina’s full interview with BBC World News above.