Angelina JolieMoving away from Los Angeles has reportedly left her father, Jon Voightexcited and worried about their already strained relationship. The Oscar-winning actress has previously spoken about wanting to live abroad when her youngest children turn 18. Now, Voight fears that the move could create more distance between them and asks Angelina to see him before he leaves town.
Jon Voight was worried about Angelina Jolie leaving LA
According to In Touch, Jon Voight is struggling with Angelina Jolie’s plans to leave Los Angeles and start somewhere else. The outlet reports that the 87-year-old actress fears she may not have another option once her daughter moves out.“He’s hitting it hard. Now, he’s asking Angie to at least visit him one last time before he leaves town,” an insider told In Touch.The report added that Jon and Angelina’s relationship became more strained in 2024 after commenting on his long-running divorce battle. Brad Pitt. The former couple filed for divorce in September 2016 after two years of marriage.“Jon and Angelina barely speak or see each other these days. But it’s not for lack of effort on his part. He still checks in with birthday and holiday messages, asks about the kids and prays that one day they’ll be able to put their differences aside and spend quality time together. He misses Angie,” she added.
Angelina Jolie plans life abroad after divorce
Angelina sparked new debate about leaving Los Angeles in an August 2024 interview with The Hollywood Reporter. She said she lives alone “because I have to be here from a divorce.”Angelina and Brad share six children: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17. The twins turned 18 this year on July 12.Angelina said: “When you have a big family, you want to have privacy, peace, security. I have a home now to raise my children, but sometimes this place can be… that humanity that I found around the world is not what I grew up with here. I will spend a lot of time in Cambodia. I will spend time visiting my family members wherever I am in the world.”The actress has also listed her California compound, once owned by filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille for USD 29.85 million.Angelina and Jon were estranged for nearly seven years before reconnecting in 2010 at Brad’s urging. In 2017, Angelina told Vanity Fair that Jon “was very good at understanding that they needed a grandfather at this point. He knows the rule: don’t let him play with you.”Their political views are different, but they have been working on their relationship for 15 years. Angelina’s mother, Marcheline Bertrand, divorced Voight for adultery when Angelina was young. Marcheline died in 2017 at the age of 56 after battling breast and ovarian cancer.
