Angelina Jolie makes rare comment about her dating life after Brad Pitt divorce

Angelina Jolie revealed she hasn’t dated anyone since her split from Brad Pitt astir a decade ago.

The “Salt” character made nan uncommon remark astir her emotion life successful an question and reply with Yahoo Entertainment while promoting her caller film, “Couture.” In nan movie, Jolie plays an American filmmaker who gets diagnosed pinch bosom crab while moving astatine Paris Fashion Week.

Her character, Maxine Walker, is romantically progressive pinch a cinematographer, Anton (played by Louis Garrel). Jolie said playing Maxine, who has a daughter, made her recognize you tin still day while being focused connected your kids.

“To beryllium candid, I haven’t dated since I divided a decade ago,” Jolie said. “So I benignant of get successful my caput that that facet of maine is not centered successful my life if I’m focusing connected my children, my family.”

“It took maine a 2nd to benignant of say, well, she tin besides emotion her girl and beryllium dedicated to her girl and besides request this arsenic a female and person this arsenic a woman,” she continued.

Jolie, 51, split from Pitt, 62, successful September 2016 aft 2 years of marriage, and nan exes went done a tumultuous divorcement that took 8 years to finalize. The exes share six children together: Maddox, 24; Pax, 22; Zahara, 21; Shiloh, 20; and twins Vivienne and Knox, 17.

Now that her daughters are older, Jolie told nan outlet they’re encouraging her to not conscionable attraction connected being their mother.

“I deliberation successful immoderate measurement they’re bringing maine backmost to my aged self,” Jolie said. “My desire for them to person each of nan spot and openness and softness and religion and ferocity is reminding me. I deliberation they benignant of want maine now to not conscionable beryllium ‘Mom.'”

Jolie said she doesn’t deliberation astir aging but, rather, is now getting to rediscover herself.

“I’m reasoning I person to unrecorded again. Be free again,” she said. “In a measurement that possibly life has surgery maine a small bit.”

Earlier this month, Jolie told Variety her “fighting spirit” has travel back, admitting she “lost it for a bit.”

“It’s coming backmost successful ample portion acknowledgment to my children, who are now older, and encouraging it,” she said.

“My kids are almost each 18, truthful now they want to spot maine walking nan world,” she added. “They cognize maine much than anybody, and they still for illustration me, which says a lot.”

While nan “Maleficent” prima is intelligibly adjacent pinch her kids, they remained estranged from Pitt.

Three of nan exes’ kids — Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh — person taken ineligible steps to driblet “Pitt” from their past name while twins Knox and Vivienne, who are still nether 18, person distanced themselves symbolically.

However, Pax remains adjacent pinch nan actor’s broadside of nan family, Page Six exclusively reported earlier this month.

“Pax still has a narration pinch his dad’s broadside of nan family and continues to walk clip pinch them,” a root told us, noting he precocious attended attended a family gathering.

Still, Pax “doesn’t person overmuch of a narration pinch Brad,” a 2nd root told us.