Angie: This split’s the pits

IT seems that neither Brad Pitt nor Angelina Jolie is much enjoying their newfound freedom. After Pitt gave a downcast interview to GQ about his new single life, Jolie gave a surprisingly frank assessment of her own bleak post-split state of mind.

“I don’t enjoy being single,” the actress and director told Britain’s Sunday Telegraph while promoting her new movie “First They Killed My Father.” “It’s not something I wanted. There’s nothing nice about it. It’s just hard.”

It has to be said that the facts speak for themselves, since, at 42, Jolie has been married three times, including her 11-year relationship with Pitt. She got married for the first time at just 21, to actor Jonny Lee Miller. The famously private Jolie told the paper that she was struggling to open up about her breakup with Pitt, which began in September 2016 when Jolie filed for divorce after two years of marriage.

“This is the first time I have done this for a long time. It’s not easy,” she said. “I am a little shy this time, because I am not as strong inside as I have been in the past.”

In the May GQ article, Pitt said that now that Jolie and their six children are no longer living with him, he finds comfort in lighting a fire. “I get up every morning and I make a fire,” he said. “When I go to bed, I make a fire, just because — it makes me feel life. I just feel life in this house.”

Jolie revealed this week at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado that she plans to make a return to acting — likely in a “Maleficent” sequel — after taking time off after her split from Pitt.