Angelina Jolie has spoken out about her highly-publicised split from ex-husband Brad Pitt and the impact it had on her health.
The actress, 48, told WSJ Magazine she suffered from Bell’s palsy just before the divorce due to “stress”.
When speaking about her hesitation to take on her new role as singer Maria Callas, she said: “My body reacts very strongly to stress.”
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“My blood sugar goes up and down. I suddenly had Bell’s palsy six months before my divorce.”
According to John Hopkins medicine, Bell’s palsy is the “unexplained episode of facial muscle weakness or paralysis”.
Jolie added that she and her family “had to heal” following the divorce, but added that her children are her ”close friends”.
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She also said she wants to relocate from Los Angeles, but can’t right now because of the divorce.
“I lost the ability to live and travel as freely,” she said.
She and Pitt share Maddox, 22, Pax, 19, Zahara, 18, Shiloh, 17, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 15, together.
Pitt and Jolie married in 2014, but filed for divorce two years later in 2016 after 11 years together.
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Last year, Jolie alleged her ex-husband was physically abusive towards her and two of their six children on a flight in 2016 in a legal filing.
The fight between Jolie and Pitt on their private flight in 2016 has long been known as the catalyst for the dissolution of their marriage.
It was previously reported Pitt was accused of ”looting” the French château he once jointly owned with Jolie.
Opening up about his divorce and heartbreak, Pitt previously told GQ: “I think all our hearts are broken.”
“I always felt very alone in my life, alone growing up as a kid, alone even out here, and it’s really not till recently that I have had a greater embrace of my friends and family.”
Son Pax previously went on an Instagram rant about Pitt, calling his famous dad a “world-class a–hole” in the explosive post.
Pitt has reportedly found it “depressing to see this dragged up”, according to friends who spoke to UK newspaper The Sun.