{"id":247925,"date":"2026-06-23T13:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/angelina-jolie-hasnt-dated-in-the-decade-since-her-divorce\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:36:15","slug":"angelina-jolie-hasnt-dated-in-the-decade-since-her-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/angelina-jolie-hasnt-dated-in-the-decade-since-her-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie Hasn&#8217;t Dated in the Decade Since Her Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What do you do when the love of your life turns out to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/angelina-jolie-admits-to-painful-events-that-prompted-brad-pitt-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of the worst people you\u2019ve ever known<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Many shut down, cutting off aspects of their life. It\u2019s a protective instinct while you heal.<\/p>\n<p>For Angelina Jolie, who\u2019s now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/angelina-jolie-fighting-spirit-returned-after-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reclaiming her fighting spirit<\/a> with the emotional support of her (basically all adult) children, maybe it\u2019s time to date again.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s now confirming that she hasn\u2019t dated since her divorce \u2014 ten years ago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0623_angelinajolie_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Angelina Jolie in 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-557631 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0623_angelinajolie_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0623_angelinajolie_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0623_angelinajolie_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0623_angelinajolie_01-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0623_angelinajolie_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0623_angelinajolie_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0623_angelinajolie_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0623_angelinajolie_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Angelina Jolie attends the \u201cCoutures\u201d Premi\u00c3\u00a8re at Pathe Palace on February 09, 2026.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Aurore Marechal\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-haven-t-dated-since-i-divorced-a-decade-ago\">\u2018I haven\u2019t dated since I divorced a decade ago\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>During an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/article\/angelina-jolie-feels-like-life-has-broken-me-a-little-bit-shes-ready-to-reconnect-with-her-old-self-110000534.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yahoo<\/a>, primarily about her new film, <em>Couture<\/em>, Angelina discussed her dating history.<\/p>\n<p>Or, since her split from Brad Pitt in late 2016, her lack thereof.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be candid, I haven\u2019t dated since I divorced a decade ago,\u201d Angelina shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I kind of get in my head that that aspect of me is not centered in my life if I\u2019m focusing on my children, my family,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>However, she has very recently come to see that she can be a focused mother and date.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Couture | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5XNuytIE4sg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In Couture, Angelina portrays Maxine, who is a mother \u2014 having one daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took me a second to kind of say, well, she can also love her daughter and be dedicated to her daughter and also need this as a woman and receive this as a woman,\u201d she reasoned.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, actors portray roles that help them to explore themselves as people.<\/p>\n<p>This is not exclusive to the acting profession. Writers and other storytellers do this too, exploring character and not always leaving the experience unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>This can be a dark experience for some. But, for Angelina, it has helped her to process her life and relationships.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdydeBrJvwZ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-s-kind-of-reminding-me-what-i-may-have-lost\">\u2018It\u2019s kind of reminding me what I may have lost\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cMaybe I\u2019ve come around to being a little bit more the person I used to be,\u201d Angelina said as she reflected upon being in her 50s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m discovering something now that my daughters are older,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re talking to me as young women,\u201d Angelina detailed, \u201cand I\u2019m seeing what I want for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She elaborated: \u201cI\u2019m seeing what I don\u2019t want them to lose and what I want them to hold on to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angelina admitted: \u201cAnd it\u2019s kind of reminding me what I may have lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CVGdx3ApWOM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI think in some way they\u2019re bringing me back to my old self,\u201d Angelina said in praise of her daughters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy desire for them to have all of the strength and openness and softness and faith and ferocity is reminding me,\u201d she affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they kind of want me now to not just be \u2018Mom,&#8217;\u201d Angelina explained.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cThere\u2019s a different room for me to be that woman again, that\u2019s not just a mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There certainly is! One of the most beautiful women on the planet, who\u2019s incredibly accomplished and famously <em>good<\/em>, doesn\u2019t need to stop living aspects of her life after one awful man turned her world upside down.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/angelina-jolie-no-dating-since-divorce-10-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes What do you do when the love of your life turns out to be one of the worst people you\u2019ve ever known? Many shut down, cutting off aspects of their life. It\u2019s a protective instinct while you heal. For Angelina Jolie, who\u2019s now reclaiming her fighting spirit with the emotional support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}