As her ex basks in Hollywood acclaim, ANGELINA JOLIE leads a lonely life.
As her ex-husband Brad Pitt has his best year ever, Angelina Jolie shuts herself off from everyone except for their six kids
They used to be the king and queen of the red carpet. But while Brad Pitt remained the toast of Hollywood this awards season, his exwife Angelina Jolie was noticeably absent from every ceremony. “She’ll never admit it, of course, but Angie’s jealous of how much Brad has been embraced by the show business community after they split up,” says an insider of the actor, who picked up all of the major prizes for his role in Once Upon a Time in…hollywood. “He’s on top of the world right now, and that doesn’t make her happy.”
Splashy events, and Brad, aren’t all that Angelina, 44, seems to be avoiding, though. Except for a few rare trips out with her children (the last was a movie studio visit with son Pax, 16, on Jan. 6), the actress hasn’t been seen in public at all. “Her disappearance is worrying,” admits the insider. “Aside from her kids, she hasn’t really spoken to anyone in weeks — Angie’s almost in isolation at her house in LA. Her world is very lonely.”
SOCIAL LIFE, INTERRUPTED
Things have gotten lonelier and lonelier since she blindsided Brad with divorce papers in 2016. “Angie’s social life is nothing like it was when she was with him — she doesn’t have one now,” the insider says. “She doesn’t enjoy nights out, dinners with friends, parties, stimulating conversations, none of that.” Indeed, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts and other A-listers Angie may have been spotted hobnobbing with over the last decade were all Brad’s pals. According to the insider, Angelina has a habit of “shutting people out” — especially when they offend her. The star famously cut off her own father, Jon Voight, 81, in 2002 after he publicly spoke about his daughter’s “mental problems.” The pair didn’t begin to reconcile until eight years later, in mid-2010.
Now, aside from her dad and brother James Haven, whom she sees infrequently, Angie mostly socializes with her children — Pax, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 13, twins Knox and Vivienne, 11, and Maddox, 18, who is currently attending college in South Korea — calling them her “best friends.” “She’s always trying to coax them to hang out with her,” the insider says. “But they’re at the age where that’s not cool anymore and want to do their own things.”
So Angelina spends most nights “eating a bland meal alone at home, reading a script,” the insider reveals. “It’s sad.”