Angelina Jolie and the complicated relationship with her father, Jon Voight: from not talking to being the almost perfect grandfather
Actor Jon Voight was married twice, one of them to actress Marcheline Bertrand, with whom he had James Haven and Angelina Jolie.
When the two separated, his children could not forgive Jon for all the mistakes he had made during their marriage. Thus began a tense relationship between Angelina, James and her father, Jon Voight.
Relationships between parents and children can be, to say the least, complicated. And if not, ask RocÃo Carrasco or Carlos Baute, who have not made particularly good friends with their offspring. If we go to the United States we can also find very similar situations: Michael Jackson never forgave his father for everything that made them work when they were children; Drew Barrymore fell into addiction at the age of 12 because of his mother and the confrontations between Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight have been continuous for a long time. The latter are the ones that have taken the most magazine covers; He has always been an acclaimed, award-winning performer, while she has been Hollywood's pretty girl.
When her relationship with Brad Pitt broke down, everyone expected Angelina to rely on her family, her father, and her children. It might happen, but in the eyes of the public, that parent-child relationship was still too cold. In addition to everything in the past, the truth is that the mentality between one and the other is very different, something that makes them still argue when they see each other. While Angelina is a bit more ‘progressive’, Jon remains a fervent supporter of the Bush era and the Trump family, a fact his daughter fails to understand. But what is the origin of the bad relationship between father and daughter?
The marriage between Jon and Marcheline
Jonathan Voight was born in New York State in 1938 to a family with prospects; he was the son of professional golfer Elmer Voight. When he came of age he decided to study drama in college and then returned to New York City to begin his acting career. The beginnings were not easy and at that time, all over the world, the possibilities for actors were limited.
His first marriage occurred in 1962, when he met a young woman in the musical The Sound of Music, although six years later they divorced. During the 1970s, he worked under the command of great directors and, in 1986, he won a Golden Globe for his performance in Runaway train. It was a few years earlier, in 1971, when he married Marcheline Bertrand, with whom he had two children: James Haven Voight and Angelina Jolie Voight, but the marriage did not last long, they divorced in 1980.
The bad relationship between Jon, Angelina and Haven
Marcheline passed away in 2007 after fighting ovarian cancer for several years. This was a very hard stick for her children, especially for Angelina, to whom she was very close. The bad relationship between Angelina, James and Jon started when the marriage broke up. According to his sons confessed, the actor left Marcheline, without giving any explanation. Then later on, they found out his father had been unfaithful to her. When Marcheline passed away, Angelina commented that her mother had left everything for her father and that, when it came down to it, he had not behaved or behaved well with her. In addition, Jon's character greatly affected Angelina's adolescence, who she felt that she lived in a totally unstable home.
Angelina chained several failed marriages, abused drugs, and had suicidal thoughts for a long period of time. And everything pointed to the fact that these problems were due to the fact that she had not yet overcome the abandonment of her father. In 2007, after several of these episodes came to light, Jon sent a statement to the press. "I am disheartened by the fact that my children want to show a bad image of me," explained the actor. “Perhaps the trauma of his mother's death has made the situation worse. I continually send my love to them and I am always available for them, for whatever they need from me, "added Jon in the note.
The bad relationship changed when Angelina decided to be a mother. Her first child, Maddox, was adopted in March 2002, in Cambodia. Then, Zahara, Shiloh, Pax and twins Knox and Vivienne would arrive. As her children grew, the relationship between Angelina and her father grew stronger. In addition, according to Angelina herself, it was that one of the agreements they have reached is not to talk about politics, since both have very different aspects of seeing life. Thus, now, both have a more cordial relationship and it is normal to see Jon visiting the home of his daughter and his grandchildren in Los Angeles.
