Angelina Jolie offers rare details of her life after split from Brad Pitt

'The past few years have been really hard' she confessed to British 'Vogue'

Since announcing her split from Brad Pitt in 2016, Angelina Jolie has kept to herself with her head held high, privately struggling with the fallout of her marriage, until now.

The star recently, candidly spoke to British Vogue and admitted the past few years have been "really hard" for her and their six children, Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14, and 12-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.

Asked if she felt happier now, Jolie responded saying, "I don't know. I've been focusing on healing our family.” The Mr. & Mrs. Smith actor goes on to admit, "It's slowly coming back, like the ice melting and the blood returning to my body."

Even though the 45-year-old is unsure about her happiness at the time, she expressed excitement towards her 50s, "I feel that I'm going to hit my stride in my 50s."

"Though we were on the trampoline the other day, and the children said, 'No, Mom, don't do that. You'll hurt yourself,'" she adds. "And I thought, ‘God isn't that funny?' There was a day I was an action star, and now the kids are telling me to get off the trampoline because I'll hurt myself."

Jolie went on to add, "I was never very good at sitting still."

The global celebrity relayed that her desire for action and adventure had also made motherhood slightly challenging for her. "I feel like I'm lacking in all the skills to be a traditional stay-at-home mom."

"Even though I wanted to have many children and be a mom, I always imagined it kind of like Jane Goodall, traveling in the middle of the jungle somewhere. I didn't imagine it in that true, traditional sense." Nevertheless, the Oscar winner assured that she’s "managing through it," courtesy of her kids, who she described as "quite resilient."

However, she expressed the desire to think like a youngster, aside from everything. “Maybe it’s just the young punk in me, but I like the spirit of the youth. I believe they can see right and wrong with more clarity. I see a lot of older people making excuses for certain behaviours, and it tends to be the younger person, who is quicker to say, ‘But this is simply wrong, and we stand against it.’ I’ve wanted to remain that person.”

As for her children, the star said, "They're helping me, but I'm not good at it at all.” She had previously shared that her kids have always been her priority, even when she and Pitt were splitting. "I separated for the wellbeing of my family," she asserted. "It was the right decision. I continue to focus on their healing."

Reports had also emerged about there being some kind of rifts between the kids and Pitt. Jolie said their children knew what had really happened so she trained them accordingly. "Some have taken advantage of my silence, and the children see lies about themselves in the media, but I remind them that they know their own truth and their own minds."

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