Angelina Jolie revealed a secret about her daughters and shared a message for women
The actress revealed that two of her daughters recently underwent surgeries. She did so in an essay for Time magazine and highlighted how the sisters, daughters of Brad Pitt, cared for, valued and helped each other. Female sorority and how to promote young women for the future.
In a writing called "Why girls deserve love and respect on International Women's Day" for Time magazine, actress Angelina Jolie revealed that two of her daughters had been operated on in recent times for different ailments and that this experience them made stronger.
She spoke about how women should and know how to take care of themselves. To take care of ourselves and each other! And the Oscar winner and director of Unbroken knows what she's talking about.
“I have spent the last two months in and out of surgeries with my oldest daughter who, days ago, saw her younger sister undergo surgery for hip surgery,” Jolie recounted for Women's Day.
The actress did not mention their names, but everything indicates that they would be Zahara - 15 years old, whom she adopted in Ethiopia - and Shiloh - who was born a woman but is undergoing treatment to change her gender - or little Vivienne, the same one who appeared in a cameo in Maleficent.
She related how “these days I have seen my daughters take care of each other. The youngest learned everything that nurses did ”when it came to treating her older sister.
Jolie mentioned two daughters. In addition to Zahara, the children that Angelina has with her ex, Brad Pitt, also include Maddox (18, an adult and a student in Korea), Pax (16), Zahara (15), Shiloh (13) and twins Vivienne and Knox. (eleven).
Together we are stronger
Just as Charlize Theron did when talking about her daughter in the past, Angelina Jolie stated that her girls were not only aware of what she would say about them, but also that they were the ones who encouraged her to do so:
"We have discussed it," he said. "They understand that fighting to survive and heal is something to be very proud of," she said.
Angelina highlighted how her children (who grew up very close, a true team traveling around the world with their parents, Angelina and Brad Pitt) were supportive and sweet with their sisters.
On the girls: “I have seen them face their fears with courage. We all know what that moment is like when we know that no one else can help us and when all we can do is close our eyes and breathe.
The moment when we can only take the next step if we accept that pain. That is when we stabilize and we do it ”, highlighted Jolie who in 2013 underwent a double mastectomy and the removal of the uterus in 2015 as measures to prevent cancer.
Best example
With this writing in Time also came to light the reason why Brad Pitt missed the BAFTA awards in the red carpet season where she swept Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
The actor - who dedicated several of the awards he received this year to his children - preferred to be by Zahara's side during one of his operations.
The fight between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for the custody of their children continues after the divorce, but everything subsides when it comes to their well-being.
Angelina recounted in her writing her pride in how “my children put their own lives on the back burner and made their sisters their priority. I saw the joy they felt in being at the service of their loved ones, ”confessed the Oscar-winning actress and director.
A message for the women of the world
"We must do much more to protect them in all societies," said Jolie, who is also a consultant at the United Nations and spoke of how girls' rights are often violated "with subtle attitudes that often go unnoticed or excused."
“It is my wish that we value girls. Let's take care of them. Know that the stronger you grow, the healthier you will be and the more you will contribute to your family and community, ”Angelina wrote on Women's Day.
The actress made her writing a message of encouragement: “Fight a lot, ladies! We will take care of each other, it is a big part of the way forward. Know your rights. And never let anyone tell you that they are not precious, special and, above all, the same ”.
